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Ààbz                           

Aàfín                           

Àárz                           

Àbáxe                         

Abújá                          

Àgbà                           

Agbèrò                                   

Agogo                         

Apá                             

Awakz                        

Àyà                             

Bàálù                          

Bàbá                           

Báwo                          

Bz                                           

Búr}dì                         

Bùrzdá                                   

Dánfó                                     

Cnìkzzkan                  

Èrò                             

Cs|                                         

Èyí                              

Cyìn                            

Gba                            

Gbádùn                      

Gbìyànjú                     

Gúgúrú                       

Gun                            

Gùn l|                        

Heathrow                   

Ìbíl|                             

Ibùdóko                      

Ìdánwò                                          

Ìjcrin                           

ìjcta                             

Ìjvba                           

Ìgboro                         

Igi                               

Ilé alájà                       

Ilé ìtajà                        

Ilé ìwòsàn                   

Ilvrin                           

Ìlú                               

Ìpanu                          

Ìnáwó                         

Ìrìnàjò                         

Ìsàl|                                       

Ìta                               

Ìwé irìnnà                    

Ìyànà                          

Ìyókù                          

Jade                           

Jìn(nà)                                    

Júwe                          

Juw<                                      

Kún                                         

Láti                             

Lána                           

Láyz                           

L}|kan                                   

L}gbc                         

L}yìn                          

Lórí                                         

M<tó                           

Naira                          

Níbí                             

Nígbà                          

Nígbàwo                     

Nlá                              

Vba                                        

Zdán                                      

Vjà                             

Zkadà                        

Vkv                                        

Òkú                                        

Oním<tò                     

Oníxègùn

Òntajà                        

Òòyì                           

Òpin                           

Zpzlvpz                     

Òpoponá                    

Oríxiríxi                                   

Òsì                             

Ztún                           

Owó                           

Òyìnbó                                          

rin                               

Rìwáyà                                   

Sz                               

Szkal|                        

Xòro                           

Tààrà              

Títì                                          

tuntun                                     

yv                               

yvyínyvyín                              

 

Half

Palace

Morning

Felicitation

Capital city of Nigeria

Elder

Bus conductors

Clock/time

Side

Driver

Heart

Airplane

Father

How?

To return

Bread

Brother

Nickname for passenger buses in Yorubaland

Each person

Crowd

Feet/leg

This

 Back

To collect

To enjoy

To try/to make an effort

Popcorn

To climb

To arrive

Airport in London, England

Traditional/heritage

Bus stop/terminal

Examination/test

Three days ago

Two days ago

Government

City/downtown

Tree

Multiple storey building

Stores/shops

Hospital

A city in Southwestern Nigeria

City

Snacks

Celebration

Journey

Down/below/south

Outside

Passport

Turning (on a road/street)

Remainder

To leave or to exit

To be far/far

To describe

Wave hands

To be full

From

(at) Yesterday

In joy/safely

(at) Once

Beside

After

On

Vehicle

Nigeria money Currency 

Here

When!/the time that

When?

Big

King

Oak

Market/goods

Motorcycles used for transportation in Nigeria

Husband

Corpse/funeral

Vehicle owner/commercial driver

Medical practitioner/herbalist

Trader

Dizziness

End

Several/many

Road/highway/Intersection

Various

Left

Right

Money

White person

To walk

Vehicle electrical repair (man)

To get down/to disembark

To get down/to disembark/to come to the ground floor

To be difficult

Straight (road)/directly

Road/Street

New

To remove/to emerge

Dentist


 

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