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Aápvn                         

Abájv                          

Àbígb|yìn                   

Àbz                             

Àbùkù                         

Àf}s<nà                      

Àgídí                           

àk<bí                          

Aláàánú

Alágídí                        

Aláìgb<ràn                  

Amín                           

Ara                             

Arcwà                         

Bàtà                            

B}| ni                         

B|r|                           

Bí                                

Búráùn                                   
Burúkú                                   

Dí|                              

D<gba                        

Dúdú                          

Cgb<n                         

Èjí                               

Enìyàn                        

Cyinjú                         

f}ràn                           

Ga                              

Gidi                             

Gígùn                         

Ìbejì                             

Idílé                             

Ilé                               

Ìpàdé                          

Ìpánlé                         

Ìran                             

Irun                             

Ìt}l<rùn                       

Iyá                              

Ìyókú                          

Ìwà                             

Iwájú                           

Ìwvn                           

Jv                               

Ju                               

Kankan                       

Kóró                           

Kzw|                          

Kúrò                           

Nìkan                          

Nísìsìyí                       

Nítorípé                       

Òbí                             

Obìnrin                       

Vdún                          

Zgb}ni                                   

Ojú                             

Vkùnrin                      

Olè                             

Vl<gbvn                     

Vl<run                        

Onígbàgb<                 

Oníjagídíjagàn            

Onínúrere                   

Onírèlé                       

Oníxàngó                   

Onísùúrù                    

Onítcríba                    

Oníwà                         

Òsì                             

Zxìx}                         

Vw<                           

Zw<n                         

P|l}                            

Pz                               

Pupa                           

Rántí                           

Sanra                         

Xùgb<n                       

T}}r}                          

Tínrín                          

Títóbi                          

Tutu                            

Yàtz                            

 

Intricacies

No Wonder

Last born

Half

Ridicule/derision

Fiancé

Stubbornness

First born

Kind/caring

Stubborn person

Inattentive person/someone who does not listen

Amen

Body

Beautiful

Shoes

Yes/it is so

To start/to begin

To give birth to

Brown

Bad

A little

Equal/the same

Black/dark

Elder (Older sibling)

Tooth gap

Person/human being

Eye balls

To like/love

To be tall

Real/Genuine

Long

Twin

Extended family/household

House

Meeting

Truants

Lineage

Hair

Satisfaction

Mother

The rest/left over

Character

Front

Measurement

To resemble

More than

Not at all/none

Seed

To write

To leave

Only

Now

Because

Parent

Woman

Year

Mr.

Eyes

Man

Thief

Intelligent person

God

Believer (often used for Christians)

Violent person

Good hearted person

Humble person

Sango (god of thunder) worshipper

Patient person

Respectful person

A person with a certain character

left

Worker/Employee

hand

Dearest

Gentle/sorry/gentle

A lot

Light (in terms of skin tone)

To remember

To be fat

But

Lean/Slim

To be thin/skinny

Big

Cold/quiet/gentle

To be different/different


 

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