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ààbo                           

Àbí                              

Àbíké                          

Adélékè                      

Adéwálé                     

Àgb|                           

Àjzdún                        

Aláàárù                       

Àlàyé                          

Alápatà

Alápò  

Aláta               

Àna

Àpò ilé ìwé

Àpò

Arabal|                       

Àròyé

Akéwì                         

Axv     

Atúmz                        

Àwz                            

Àtàpz                          

Bí _ bá ti                     

Bí ó til| j}                    

Bólátitó                       

Bóyá

Di        

Dálé    

Èdè                             

Eélòó  

Cl}fz<

Elùbo 

Epo pupa                    

Èrè     

Eto cdínwó ojà           

Èwo

Ewédú

Èyí      

Cdínwó                       

Cgbà vw<                   

Cja gbígbe      

Enìkankan                  

Cran   

Ewà

Ewì                             

Fadérera        

Fi        

Fiyelé

Folásadé

Funfun                        

Gààrí

Gan an ni                   

Bìyànjú                       

Góòluù                       

Gùn    

Ìgò      

Ìkzzkan                      

Ìlé ata 

Ilé ìkàwé                     

Ilé ìtàwé                      

Ìlé rodo                       

Ìlé tàtàse                    

Ìlé tòmátì                    

Ilé-ìfìwéránse  

Ìnájà   

Ìrcsì

Ìsz                              

Ixu      

Ìwe atúmo ède           

Ìwé ewì                       

Ìwznba                       

Ìyá alátc                     

Ìyá Elélùbo

Ìyàwó

Iye owó                      

Ìyz      

Jál|    

Jc kí   

Jù_ lv 

Kan

Kaba   

Kí n tó 

Kz       

Kò sí

Kódà   

Láfún  

Láìpe  

Lc       

L}tà 

L<pz   

L<jà    

Lónìí

Lóòt< ni

Mefàmefà                   

Méjeméje                   

Mejomejo                   

Mewàámewàá           

Múra   

Ná      

Náírà 

Níbí yì í                       

Nítorí náà                    

Nj}      

Nnkankan      

Ó yc   

Zde òní                      

Ohun èlò vb|             

Ohun  

Vl<jà

Olúwaremílekún         

Oníbàárà                    

Onífàdákà                  

Oníwúrà                     

Znt| owó                   

Zòtee-letà      

Zrá

Oríxìríxi

Òxìxé ilé ìfìwéránse   

Oxìxe

Oyèbimpe      

Vba

Vbe aláta

Vdún  

Vdúnayz                    

Vjà

Ojúmv

Vjà níná          

Òjé     

Vládàpz                     

Vl<g<rùn-ún   

Vl<jà   

Olóyè

Vm<tóók}                  

Vm<ycmí

Vpo    

Oúnjc

Pinnu 

Pupa

Ránx}

Rodo

San

Sanwó            

Xùgb<n           

Xàlàyé                        

Xe r}gí            

X<zbù 

Tàwon

Tàtàxe

Tèmítope                    

Tìbàdàn 

Tìjebú 

Tínnrín                        

Títà

Tòmátì

Túnbosún

Wá      

Wo      

Yunifásítì

 

We are thankful/grateful (response to greeting)

Half     

Right? 

Born to be favored/pampered (female praise name)

The crown supplants (personal male name)

The crown comes home (personal male name)                   

Farmer           

Anniversary/celebration

Load bearer/porter (for buyers and sellers in the market). 

Explanation    

Butcher/meat seller

Bag seller

Pepper seller

Yesterday

School bag                 

Bag/ Sack/pocket

Patience/calmness                

Explanation/story

Poet                

Cloth/Outfit     

Translator

Color

Sell together/combined sales

Whenever      

Even though               

The worth of wealth (personal name)            

Maybe

Till/to become

Pricing

Language

How much?    

Vegetable (green) seller

Yam flour

Palm oil                      

Profit   

Sales/Discount          

Which one?

Jute leaves

This    

Sale/Discount                        

Hand Chain/ Bracelet                         

Dried fish        

Anybody/no body                    

Meat/beef

Beans/black eyed peas

Poem

Show off with the crown (personal female name)     

To use

To put a price on an item/increase price       

Use wealth to make a crown (personal female name)  

White              

Cassava flour

A lot                

Try                  

Gold                

Long/to climb 

Bottle  

Each (thing)               

Pile/stack of pepper   

Library            

Bookstore                   

Pile/stack of hot pepper (habenero)              

Pile/stack of bell peppers                   

Pile/stack of tomatoes                       

Post Office     

Bargaining/buyers and sellers           

Rice

Stall/store                                                                   

Yam    

Dictionary                               

Book of poems                       

A little/enough             

Seller (woman)                      

Yam Flour vendor/seller (woman)

Wife

Price/price tag/amount                      

Salt     

last price/as low as can go (used during bargaining)

Let’s   

More than       

Next

Dress 

Before I           

To refuse/to reject      

There’s not

Even/Infact     

Type of cassava flour

Soon/not too long

To stick          

Letter

Cheap/plentiful           

At the market  

Today

True/It is true

In pack/selection of six                       

In pack/selection of seven                 

In pack/selection of eight                   

In pack/selection of ten

Get dressed   

Bargain           

Nigerian currency       

Here               

Therefore                   

Do you ?

Something      

Ought to         

Modern/contemporary times              

Stew/Soup ingredients                       

Thing

Seller/market person

God has consoled me/stop my tears (personal female name) Customer/buyer                     

Made of silver             

Made of Gold              

Price tag                     

Stamp

Plastic bag

Different/various

Post office worker/Mail Man               

Employee/worker

I’m born perfectly by royalty (personal female name)

King

Pepper stew (spicy)

Year/festival/celebration or holiday    

Year or season of joy (personal name)         

Market/ goods

Dawn/morning           

Bargaining      

A popular Market in Ibadan, Nigeria   

Wealth has come together/mixed (personal name)

Worth one hundred    

Seller  

Chief

The child worthy of pampering (personal female name).

The child fits me (personal name)

Many   

Food

To decide/decide

Red

To send something/to send a message

Hot pepper (habanero)

To cook

To pay

To pay (money)          

But      

To explain/explain                              

Fitting/perfect (size or measure)/appropriate            

Shop   

Theirs

Green/Red Bell pepper

My situation is worthy of thanksgiving (personal name)        

Made in Ibadan/From Ibadan (a city in southern Nigeria)

Made in Ijebu/From Ijebu (a town in western Nigeria)

To be thin/thin/narrow            

Act of selling

Tomatoes

Further move forward (personal name)

To search       

Which 

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