““M̀bá wà lỌ́yọ̀ọ́ mà ti so ẹṣin”; àgùntàn-an rẹ̀ á níye nílẹ̀yí.”
English
“Were I at Ọ̀yọ́ I would own a horse by now”: he should have numerous sheep to his name in this town.
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