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A Àbz Àbúrò Adùn Àf|júm< Àgbà Àkókò Àlàáfíà Alàgbà Àlejò Àra Àra cni Ará ilé Àsìkò Àsìkò òjò Àwvn Ayz Bá Bàbá Báwo ni? B}| ni Bz Burú Dáadáa Dal} Dára Dáradára Dé Déédé Dídágbére Dìde Dìgbà Dúp} Dúró Ewu Cgb<n Chìnkùlé Clcgb} Clòmíràn Cni C xé C xeun Fálejò F} F}ràn Fò Fónílé Fún Gíga Gbà Gbádùn Gbé Gbìyànjú Gb< Gbogbo
Ìdáhùn Ìdánwò òpin (|k<) Ìdúp} Ìgbà Ìjókòó Ìkíní Ilé Ilé ìwé Ìlú Ìpínl| Ìrìn àjò Ix} Ìt<jú Iwájú Ìwòyí Ìyá Ìyábz Ìyvnu Jáde Jcun Jí Jókòó Káàbz/Kú àbz Kálv Kan Kárí Kíkí Kí ni Kinni Kò K< Kò sí Kú Kù Láyé Láyz L}yìn Lò L<nà Máa Máa wol| Màmá Mi Mò n bz Mókun M<rí Náà Ni Níbo (ni) Nígbà Nílé Nípa Níwájú Nìycn N k<? Obìnrin Ó dàraOjú Ó káre Olúx}gun Omi Òní Òpin Òpin vdún Zr} Orí O xé Vdún Vj< Vkùnrin Olùk< Znà Zr} Pàdé Pè P}lú Pz Rárá Rc Rí Rvra Sí Sísv Sùn Sùnjí Xé X}gun Xeré X|x| (O) Xeun Xì Xùgb<n Tètè Tó Tolúlvp} T< p} Tú Tutù Tún Wà Wá Wálé Wvlé Wolc W<n Yi |
We The return/the act of coming back from somewhere Younger sibling Sweetness (also a name for females) Dawn (often pronounced as Àf|m<jú) Elder/older Period, time or season Good health Elder (Male) Visitor or guest Body or part of something One’s self/one’s body Family or member of household Period, season or time Rainy season They or plural marker Joy To help or to assist/to catch up or to meet up with Father How? Yes/It is so To return Bad, wicked or mean spirited/to be bad Good/Very well Till night time (or old age) Good/to be good Good/very well To arrive Befitting/exactly Bidding farewell Stand up/to stand up Till period/time (used for saying ‘later- ó dìgbà’) To show appreciation (also used as a name) Stop/to stand or to wait Danger/trouble Older sibling Backyard Age mate/colleague Someone else Person Thank you (to many people or an older person) Thank you (to many people or an older person) For (a) visitor To want/to desire To love/to like To fly For (the) host For/to give Tall /Higher/ Being tall To receive or to collect To enjoy To live To try or to make an effort To hear/to listen/to understand (as a language) All/every
Answer (dáhùn- to respond) Final Exam Gratitude/thanksgiving Period or time frame Seat or act of sitting down Greeting or act of greeting house/home School Town State/land division Journey/travel Work Care (take care of) Front or ahead Contemporary/of today Mother Mother has returned (female name) Trouble or problem Exit, go out or to leave To eat something To wake up To sit down/sit down! Welcome back To follow/follow! One/single To go round Greeting (the act of) What? First Not (negative marker) To learn or to teach or to study There is not To remain/to be left behind In this life or lifetime Happily/ in good health behind or after To use On the way/ on the road Will (future marker) Welcome/ Be careful/ or walk carefully Mother Me I’m coming To have stamina/strength To be fitting (as an headgear) Also Is Where? At the time At home/in the house About In front Is that (indicative) How about? Woman It is goodEye Well done God has conquered/is victorious (male name) Water Today The end End of year Friends Head Thank you (to one person or an age mate) Year/new year or celebration Day Man Teacher Road/way/path Friends To meet/meet up with To call With Plenty/ abundance No/not at all Your (possessive) To see To be careful To/at Act of talking/spoken To sleep To sleep and wake up Yes/No question marker To conquer or to be victorious (a male name- reduced) To play Recently or right now/ thoroughly Thank you To be wrong/ to miss/get it wrong But Quickly To be enough/almost or about All thanks be to God (personal name) Enough for gratitude To loosen/ to untie Cold/ to be cold Also/ again Is (locative) or to exist To come/come Come home (also a male name) To enter/ to come in Watch the floor/be careful/welcome They This |
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