Oro Ile Emi Oya
This verse can be heard in this youtube video between these timestamps: 6:12 - 6:40
CALL:
common spelling | common pronunciation |
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oro ile | oh-roh ee-lay |
emi oya | ay-mee oh-yah |
RESPONSE:
Same as call.
ALTERNATE CALL:
common spelling | common pronunciation |
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oro ile | oh-roh ee-lay |
oro ile | oh-roh ee-lay |
ALTERNATE RESPONSE:
Same as call.
Learn More!
- In the recording from Abbilona, the shorter
oro ile
call/response is sung first, but on this page, I have documented them flipped.oro
means literally words, or in this case, singing and praise.ile
would mean house or religious family.emi
means me.
- And putting that together, it may allude to the meaning:
I am singing with my religious family to/for Oya.
We all sing together.
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