Ilé là ńwò ká tó sọmọ lórúkọ.
Where character shows
Original
Ilé là ńwò ká tó sọmọ lórúkọ.
Glosa literal
- Ilé the-house là ńwò is-what we look-at ká tó sọmọ lórúkọ before we name a-child.
Inglés idiomático
"One considers the home before giving a child from it a name."
La fuente no nombra a ningún traductor.
Qué significa
The household is the evidence for what the child will be.
Se usa cuando
Owomoyela: "A child's character is a good indication of the sort of home he or she comes from"
Notas sobre la traducción
Yorùbá naming is literally descriptive, and a name given at the naming ceremony records circumstances of the lineage and the birth, so "considering the house" is a real procedural step and not a metaphor. The proverb is then used metaphorically for any judgement that should take origins into account.