Ilé là ńwò ká tó sọmọ lórúkọ.
Where character shows
Ìpilẹ̀
Ilé là ńwò ká tó sọmọ lórúkọ.
Ìtumọ̀ ọ̀rọ̀-sí-ọ̀rọ̀
- Ilé the-house là ńwò is-what we look-at ká tó sọmọ lórúkọ before we name a-child.
Ìtumọ̀ Gẹ̀ẹ́sì
"One considers the home before giving a child from it a name."
Orísun náà kò dárúkọ ẹni tí ó túmọ̀ rẹ̀.
Ohun tí ó túmọ̀ sí
The household is the evidence for what the child will be.
Ìgbà tí a ń lò ó
Owomoyela: "A child's character is a good indication of the sort of home he or she comes from"
Àkíyèsí lórí ìtumọ̀
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.