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Adé                  Crown (used in forming Yorùbá personal names)

Adébámbz       Crown has come with me (a Yorùbá personal name)

Adédeji            The crown has doubled (a Yorùbá male personal name)

Àdír}sì             Address

Ajé                   Profit/ sales

Aládúgbò          Neighbor         

Àpò                  Bag/ pocket

Àròpv               Addition

Àtij<                Ancient/ of old

Axv                  Cloth

Axv ìnujú         Handkerchief/ face cleaning cloth

Ày|wò              Test/ examination

Bày<l<jì           Biology

B}|b}| lv        And so on and so forth (etc.)

Bínú                 To get angry

Bisi                  Born at….. (reduced form of a Yorùbá personal name)

Di                    To pack

Dín                  Less than (E.g.: árùndínlógún   5 less than 20= 15)

D<là                Dollar

Dáhùn              Answer/ to reply

Déédé               Regularly/ as intended

Dowó               Become money/ expensive

Èlèèló               How much (each)?

Èsì                   Results

Crz ìbániszrz     Telephone

Cyìn                 Back/ backwards

Fà                    To cause/ effect of

Fún                  To give/ give

Fúnmiláyz       Give me joy (a Yorùbá male personal name)             

Gbé                  To carry

Gb<dz              Must

Idá-àpò             Percentages

ìdánwò             Examination/ test

Idásíw}w}        Fractions

Ìdì                    Pack/ bunch

Ìhín                  Right here/ this location

Ìkórun              Act of threading one’s hair

Ìpàwér}           Eraser

Ìqoro                Downtown/ city/ off campus

Irun                  Hair

Ìxirò                 Arithmetic

Ìwé                  Book    

Ìwv                  You

Ìyvkúrò            Subtraction (also àyvkúrò)

Jcm<                Related to

Jìnà                  Far away 

K}hìn               Last/ to be last (same as k}yìn)

Kà                    To count/ to read

Ká                    Before (kí a)

Kálàmù            Pen

Káre                 Well done

Kcfà                 Sixth

Keji                  Second

Kcrín                Fourth

Kéré                 Small/ to be small

Kíláàsì              Classroom

Kúrò                To leave/ to depart

Kvkànléláàd<sàn           One hundred and seventy-first (171st)

Kzzkan Each (one)

Láìp}                Very soon

l}|dì                Lead (pencil)

lé                     More than (E.g.: zkànlélógún   1 more than 20 = 21)

lè                     Can

lérò                  Think/ to have a thought

Lónì                 Today (ni oni)

Lórí                  On/ on top of

M}f||fà           All six

meloo meloo   How many (in each)? 

mú                   To pick/ take/ select/ bring 

Múra                To get ready/ to prepare

N<nbà              Number/ numeral

Nigbàwo           When?

O qà á           You got it!

Òkè                  Mountain/ top/ above

Olùk< àqà         Head teacher/ principal          

Olùrànl<w< Olùk<        Teaching assistant (T.A)

Olusola             God has provided wealth (a Yorùbá personal name)

Ònkà                Numbers/ numerals

Owó                 Money

Òwú                 Thread

Ó yc                 S/he should

>fíìsì                Office

Zgá                  Boss

Vjà                   Market/ goods/ sales

Zhún                Over there/ yonder

Vladcjv             Wealth has become common (a Yorùbá male personal name)

Vl<jà                Market person/ trader

Zpz                  Cheap

Zs|                    Week

Zw<n               Expensive/ rare

Pé                    That (for reported speech or action)

Rán mi létí       Remind me

Rántí                Remember/ to remember

Rò                    To think

Rúla                 Ruler

Sáà                   Semester/ term

Szrz                  To speak

Xòro                 To be difficult/ difficult

Tan                  Finish/ at least

Títì                   Road/ street

W<l}|tì             Wallet

W<n                 To be expensive/ rare

Wò                   To see

Wznyí              These

Yàtz                 Different/ to differ

Yé                    To understand