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Taariika rewɓe mawɓe" ko konngol gonngol e haala, jowitiingol e haalaaji fenaande walla fenaande. Ɗe mbaawi wiyde sahaa e sahaa fof ko sifaa lefol wuro, mbiyaa ko rewɓe mawɓe ndokkata yonta sukaaɓe. Hono ɗeen haalaaji ina njiytee ko fenaande, haalaaji leñol walla haalaaji ɗi hoolkisaaka tawa ina njogii exaggerated de'tail e/or ko rewɓe njogii e aadaaji, ko wayi no reedu, sukaaɓe, jokkondiral renndo, cellal, leɗɗe e ñamri.

E nder ngool laawol, konngol debbo ngol firti ko "debbo" wonaa "debbo dewbo". Ngolɗoo kuutorgal ummorii ko e ɗemngal Engele ɓooyngal wif ("debbo") e nanndugol e ɗemngal Almaañ Weib (maana kadi "debbo"). Ndee ɗoo firo konngol ngol ina huutoree haa jooni e ɗemngal Engele hanndewal e nder mahdiiji ko wayi no midwife e fishwife.

Haalaaji rewɓe mawɓe ina keewi noddireede ngam ustude won e jikkuuji, ko ɓuri heewde e sukaaɓe, walla ngam renndinde gannde safaara leƴƴi ngam ñawuuji gila e ɓuuɓri ƴiiƴam haa e ɓuuɓri ƴiiƴam.

Miijo daartol rewɓe ɓooyɓe ina woodi gila e teeminanɗe. E hitaande 1611, deftere King James Bible yaltinaama e firo aayaare ndee: "Kono salaade haalaaji bonɗi e haalaaji rewɓe mawɓe, mbaɗtaa hoore maa ngam rewde Alla" (1 Timote 4:7).[1]

Haalaaji rewɓe mawɓe ummorii ko e aadaaji haalpulaar en. Ɓe ɓuri waawde sarde ɗe ko rewɓe ɓe nganndaa janngude, ina kaalda daartol hakkunde mum en walla sukaaɓe. Daartol ngol etotaako moraande, kono ko jannginde jaŋde e waɗde miijooji caɗtuɗi ko wayi no maayde walla gargol duuɓi ina weeɓi faamde sukaaɓe. Ɗee daartol kadi ina kuutoree ngam hulɓinde sukaaɓe mbele ɓe mbaɗa ko yiɗaa[2]

      1. "1 Timothy 4:7 (KJV)". Retrieved 14 March 2018.
      2. The Guardian, 15 May 2010, Greer, Germaine. "Grandmother's footsteps" https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/may/15/germaine-greer-old-wives-tales