“A ní ká wá ẹni tó lẹ́hìn ká fọmọ fún, abuké ní òun rèé; ti gànnàkù ẹ̀hìn-in rẹ̀ là ńwí?”
English
One seeks a person with a prominent back as suitor for one's daughter, and the humpback presents himself; who spoke of protruding back?
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