onipẹrẹnsẹ

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.nĩ́.k͡pɛ́.ɾɛ̀.ŋ̀.sɛ́/

Noun

onípẹ́rẹ̀ǹsẹ́

1. (Ifẹ, derogatory, ethnic slur, historical) a term used to refer to people of ethnic groups to the north of Ifẹ̀, including the Nupe people, Hausa people, and Ìyàgbà people.

   Èmi ò ní torí onípẹ́rẹ̀ǹsẹ́ kú ― I will not die for the sake of the northern foreigners (from the oríkì of Ilé-Ifẹ̀)

Usage notes

• While the Ìyàgbà people are today regarded as a Yoruba-subethnic group like the people of , they were not regarded as the same people when this term was widely used.

Further reading

• Adéẹ̀kọ́, Adélékè. 'Oral Poetry and Hegemony: Yorùbá Oríkì [1], 2001