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Aago                           

Àárz                           

Àbz                             

Af}f}                           

Àìtó                             

Àkótán                        

Àpàpz                         

Àpcrc                         

Àrábíìkì                       

Àríwá                          

Arúgbó                                   

Àsìko                          

Àyálò                          

Ayé                             

Àyípadà          

B|r|                           

Bèèrè                         

Bí i                              

B<lánlé                       

Burú                           

Dztí                             

Cf<                              

Èmi                             

Eruku                         

Èso                             

Ètè                              

Cwéb|                        

Cyin                            

F}                               

F}ràn                          

Fún                             

Funfun                        

Gbc                            

Gbogbo                      

Ìbéèrè                         

Ibi                               

Ìbílè                             

Ìbùsùn                        

Ìdáhùn                        

Il|                               

Ilé                               

Ìnilára                         

Ìnira                            

Ìtura                            

Ìwádìí                          

Ìwv                             

Ìx}jú                           

Iye                              

Kàwé                          

K|?                             

Kéhìndé                      

Kékèèké                     

Kí                                

Kíákíá                         

Kv                               

Koríko                        

Kvrin                           

Kùrukùru                    

Láàárz                        

Lálaál}                        

láràárz            

Lojoojumv                  

Lónìí                            

Lórí                             

Máa n                                       Mélòó                         

Nígbà tí                       

Nígbàwo                     

Nínú                            

Nípa                            

Nítorí(pé)                    

Odò                            

Zgbcl|                                   

Vláyíwvlá                   

Vmvdé                       

Ojúm<                        

Omi                            

Onílé                           

Oníwadìí

Ònkà                          

Òóótv                         

Ooru                           

Oorun                         

Òòrùn                         

Zpzlvpz                     

Orin                            

Oríxìí                           

Orúkv                         

Òtútù                          

Vy}                            

Òyìnbó                                   

Pápá                           

Pé                               

P}                               

Ràn                            

Rárá                           

Rz                  

Xeun                            

Sì                                

Xùgb<n                       

Xzw<n                        

Sv                               

Sùn                             

T}nívlá           

Ta                               

Tere                            

Tètè                            

Tí a bá                        

Ti n bá                        

Tinúvlá                       

Tó                               

Tòkunbz                     

Tún                             

Tutù                            

Wádìi                          

Wákàtí                        

Wí                               

Wipe                           

Wvlé                           

Wvnú                          

Yá jù                           

Ycn                             

Yéwándé                    

 

Time   

Morning

Half

Wind

Inadequacy/not enough          

Summarily/in total

All together/in all

Example

Arabic 

North  

Old person/elderly

Time/period

Borrowed/rented

World/life                                

Transformation/turn around

To start/to begin

To ask/ to question

Like/similar to

Meet wealth at home (personal female name)

To be bad                   

To be dirty/dirty

Vegetables (leafy)

I/Me

Dust

Fruits (Seeds)

Lips

Vegetables

You (Plural) or honorific for someone older

To want/to desire

To like/to love             

Give

White/to be white

To carry/carry                        

All/everything              

Question

Place/venue

Traditional/classic

Bed

Reply/answer             

Land

House/home

Discomfort/act of causing discomfort or pain

Discomfort/difficulty

Relaxation/comfort

Research

You

Minutes

Amount                                   

Study/read

Really?

Second born of twins/last to arrive (personal name)

Small pieces

So that                        

Quickly

Sing

Grass/Weed

Sing a song                

Fog

Morning

Every Night

Every Morning            

Everyday

Today

On top of                                                        

Always

How Many?                                                                

When!/the time that

When?

Inside

About

Because/due to

River

Dry season/drought

Wealth rolls into wealth (personal male name)

Child(ren)                   

Morning/dawn

Water

House owner

Researcher/investigator

Numbers

Truth

Heat

Sleep

Sun

A lot of

Song

Various/different types                                   

Name

Cold

Harmattan

White Person

Grass field

To be complete                      

To be late

To shine (as in Sun)

Not at all

To rain/to soften                     

Thankful (personal name)                  

And/also

But

Very Rare/Uncommon

Say

Sleep

Name (To lay the way for wealth)                  

Sell

November

Hurry

If we

If i

Name (From within wealth/Female)

Enough

Name (from the sea/ born outside of Nigeria/ Unisex)

To repeat/also

Cold

Investigate

Hours

Say

That

To enter/enter                        

Enter within

Too early

That

Mother has returned to find me (personal female name)

 

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