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B D F G GB H J K L M N P R S X T W Y b as in: bàbá ‘father’ bàtà ‘shoe’ zbv ‘monkey’ d as in: dúdú ‘black’ dòjé ‘sickle’ adé ‘crown’ f as in: funfun ‘white’ fìlà ‘hat’ ìf} ‘love’ g as in: gúgúrú ‘popcorn’ gèlè ‘headgear’ ìgò ‘bottle’ gb as in: gbogbo ‘all’ gbàgbá ‘type of vegetable’ ìgbà ‘period’ h as in: haha ‘sheath of corn’ haúsá ‘Northern Nigerian’ ihò ‘hole’ j as in: jàgùda ‘thief’ jagunjagun ‘warrior’ cja ‘fish’ k as in: kàkàkí ‘trumpet’ k|k} ‘bicycle’ |k< ‘lesson’ l as in: labalábá ‘butterfly’ lékèélékèé ‘cattle egret’ ilé ‘house’ m as in: màálù ‘cow’ màrìwò ‘palm fronds’ vmv ‘child’ n as in: nínú ‘inside‘ àná ‘yesterday’ znà ‘path’ p as in: p}p}yc ‘duck’ pàkúté ‘trap’ apá ‘arm’ r as in: ràkúnmí ‘camel’ rárà ‘oral praise poetry’ ara ‘body’ s as in: sálúbàtà ‘slippers’ sisí ‘young lady’ àsè ‘party’ x as in: xíbí ‘spoon’ xòkòtò ‘pants’ ix} ‘work’ t as in: tata ‘grasshopper’ tòlótòló ‘turkey’ etí ‘ear’ w as in: wàhálà ‘trouble’ wàláà ‘koranic slate’ àwz ‘color’ y as in: yctí ‘ear-rings’ yànmùyánmú ‘mosquito’ ayz ‘joy’ |
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