Prayers are a very important part of the etsakọ culture and there are prayers for almost every situation.
The response to a prayer is isẹẹ which means may it be so or may it hit the mark.
Eguma mẹ e ka mila mẹ w'obọ ẹ, [gu na vhẹ] khi mi chi mama vhẹ. Olema n'Ọfiolema ọ fi, mi laa sọ wọ. Tirali ona, e sọ mẹ wọ, e nyielama mẹ (e zẹ imani shi mẹ egbe) e kẹ yafi.
When my servants ask you about Me then I am close. I answer the call of the caller when he calls upon me. So let them answer me and believe in me so that they may be successful.
_Quran
Ishinẹgba ọ gbe etse kua
May God forgive
Ishinẹgba ọ gwege odẹ a
May God open up doors (also ways)
Ishinẹgba ọ r'ọ kila oni agie
May God make it a good one
Ishinẹgba ọ r'ọ shi asha agie
May God put him in a good place
Ishinẹgba ọ yele a
May God overlook
Ishinẹgba ọ r'ọ bu n'ẹ
May God increase you
Ishinẹgba ọ zẹ kh'o vọ n'ẹ
May God replenish you
Ishinẹgba ọ r'ọ tẹsẹ agbọ
May God make him live long
Ishinẹgba o r'ọ te asha agie
May God make it pass through a good place
Ishinẹgba ọ r'egia shi ẹ w'alo
May God put laughter in your face
Ishinẹgba ọ r'ẹ ze
May God heal you
Ishinẹgba ọ r'ọ lọkhọ
May God make it easy
Ishinẹgba ọ m̄u ekpẹ shi ẹ w'egbe
May God honour (have mercy on) you
Ishinẹgba ọ kpagie ẹ
May God help you
Ishinẹgba ọ ku oni obe a
May God do away with evil
Ishinẹgba o r'eyẹ rami ayo
May God make us reach there
Learn the basics of Etsakọ, a dialect of Edo language. The North Ibie dialect is a unique dialect of the Etsakọ language which is spoken in Edo North.
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