oriki

== Yoruba == === Alternative forms === وْرِكِ oókì === Etymology === From orí +‎ kíkì, ultimately from orí (“head, destiny, conscience”) +‎ kì (“to recite, praise”), literally “The act of praising one's existence”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ō.ɾí.kì/ === Noun === oríkì A form of Yoruba oral praise poetry, (ewì), it is characterized by long epithets praising and acknowledging the traits, accomplishments, and or attributes a specific person, family or lineage, town, animal, òrìṣà, subethnic group etc. This form of oriki is known as oríkì jáǹtìrẹrẹ, and are normally chanted or sang. Synonym: oríkì jáǹtìrẹrẹ Oríkì ní ó gbajúmọ̀ jù nínú gbogbo ohùn-ẹnu Yorùbá ― Oriki is the most popular of the Yoruba oral poetic genres A class of Yoruba names, this form of oriki known as oríkì ṣókí, it consists of short single Yoruba praise names or nicknames. It is often given by one's grandmother or older relative, similar to a cognomen. These often are informal and not part of the official name of a person. Synonyms: oríkì ṣókí, oríkì ọlọ́danni (proverb on the importance of an oríkì name) definition Synonym: oríkì nǹkan ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Adétọmíwá, Àánúolúwapọ̀ A. ÀTÚPALẸ̀ ÀṢÀYÀN EWÌ OLÓYÈ SULAIMAN AYÍLÁRÁ ÀRẸ̀MÚ AJÓBÍEWÉ [1], 2015 Awoyale, Yiwola (19 December 2008), Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎[2], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN