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Aago                           

Àbz                 

Àdúrà                         

Àdùk}                         

Ajé                              

Àkàní                          

Ak}kz<                       

Àkókó                         

Àmzlé

Àrùn                           

Àxàk}                         

Àsìkò                          

Awv                            

Ayé                             

Aycyc                         

                               

Balùw|                       

                                

B<látitó                       

Dàbí                            

Dàgbà                        

Dájúdájú                     

Dán                            

                                

Dídùn                          

Dí|                              

Dúdú                          

Dúró               

Cnìkan                        

Ènìyàn                        

Ètè                              

Èyí                              

Eyín                            

F}ràn                          

Fínífíní                         

Ìbùsùn                        

Ìdí ixin                         

Ìgbà                            

Ilé onígbàjámz

Ilé oúnjc                      

Ìm<tótó                       

Ìmúra                          

Ìpara                           

Ìpínl|                           

Irun                             

Ìt<jú ara                      

Ìwa                 

Kaj<                            

Kàwé                          

                              

K<k<                           

Látàárv                       

Lv                               

Lojoojumv                  

M<                              

M<k<la                                   

Níbo                            

Nínú                            

Obìnrin                       

Zd<                            

Ogbó

Oge                            

Ohun                          

Ojú                             

Ojúxe

Olóòórùn                    

Vl<j<                           

Vnà                

onímz<tótó                 

Ooru                           

Zr}                             

Orí                              

Oríxiríxi                       

Zx|                            

Oxù                            

Padà                           

Para                           

Xeré                           

                                

                               

Wákàtí            

                               

Yàrá                           

 

Time/watch/clock

Half

Prayer

One to compete to care for/pamper (female praise name)

Profit

One to selectively/uniquely have (male praise name)

Student

Moment/period/time

One that is beneficial to know (female praise name)

Sickness/ailment/infection

One to select and care for/pamper(female praise name)

Period/time/season

Skin/exterior/leather

World/life

Celebration/feast/ceremony

To meet/to match

Bathroom

To give birth

As much as wealth is worth (personal name)

Similar to/just like/same as

Get old/older

Certainly

To shine/to glow/to be smooth

To braid

Sweetness/to be sweet

A little

Dark in complexion

Wait/stop/stay

One person

Human being/person

Lips

this

Teeth

To love/to like

Spotless/perfect

Bed

an area in Lagos, Nigeria

when

Barbing Saloon

Restaurant/Cafeteria

Cleanliness/neatness

Dressing

Lotion

State

Hair

Body care

Character

To count days

To read/study
To weave (hair)

First(ly)

Since the morning

To iron

Everyday

To be clear/clear/bright

An area in Ibadan, Nigeria

Where?

Inside

Female

Youth

Old age

Fashion

Thing

Eyes

Duty (one’s duty)

Smelly/with fragrance

Owner of the day (i.e. God)

Path/road/way

Clean person

Heat

Friend

Head

Various/different things

Week

Month

Turn back/around

To cream (one’s) body

To play

Open

To get dark

Hour                           

To comb

Room


 

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