Tɛkɛ ɔ weɖuɖu Benɛɛtò mɛ tɔn wɛ. Xwèhwenu sin we wɛ ɖò Batɔnu lɛ tomɛ. È nɔ ylɔ́ weɖuɖu enɛ ɖɔ weɖuɖu kpo tɔn. È nɔ ɖu we ɖò nǔwiwa to ɔ mɛ tɔn lɛ mɛ bɔ nɔ awǎjijɛ ye ɖó nú yeɖée ɖò hwenu e ye ko nɔ vo é gudo é.
Tɛkɛ ɔ weɖuɖu Benɛɛtò mɛ tɔn wɛ. Xwèhwenu sin we wɛ ɖò Batɔnu lɛ tomɛ. È nɔ ylɔ́ weɖuɖu enɛ ɖɔ weɖuɖu kpo tɔn. È nɔ ɖu we ɖò nǔwiwa to ɔ mɛ tɔn lɛ mɛ bɔ nɔ awǎjijɛ ye ɖó nú yeɖée ɖò hwenu e ye ko nɔ vo é gudo é. Tèkè ɔ è nɔ lɛ́ ɖú hwenu e è nɔ sɔ́ axɔ́sú ɖé ɖó axɔ́súzinkpo jí é alǒ hwenu e è nɔ ɖu Gaani sín xwè é. Ahwangán lɛ lɔ nɔ ɖu we enɛ hwenu e ye ɖu ɖo ahwan ji é. 1
Lee e nɔ ɖu we ɔ gbɔn e
Tɛkɛ ɔ́ weɖúɖú ɖé wɛ bɔ è nɔ ɖù ɖò tokpɔn Borgou kpo Alibori kpo mɛ ɖò Benɛ́ tomɛ. Mɛ winnyawinnya Bariba lɛ wɛ nɔ ɖu hwenu e è nɔ sɔ́ axɔ́sú ɖé dó zinkpo jí é alǒ hwenu e è nɔ ɖu Gaani sín xwe é.
Nu ye ɖo we ɔ na ɖu wɛ ɔ, weɖutɔ lɛ nɔ xwe gbakun, ye nɔ́ ɖo cokotoasaga gaga, ye nɔ́ hɛn sukpɔnyanu e sɔ gbɔsike ɖo blo na e ɖo alɔ ɖokpo mɛ. Ɖo alɔ wegɔ mɛ ɔ ye nɔ hɛn kpo. Ee ye ɖò wɛ ɖu wɛ ɔ, mɛ winnyawinnya lɛ nɔ blo alɔ kpo afɔ kpo. Hwenɛnu ɔ, ye nɔ ca kpo yetɔn lɛ dó yeɖée tɛntin. 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Tɛkɛ”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Tèkè is recorded in open cultural data. The structured record cited below does not describe the practice, and this entry has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
