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Adùn

Àdúrà

Àgbà

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Àjvyz

Àkókò

Aládúgbò

àmin

Àmúléró

Ànfàní

Àníkún

àntí

Àp|crc

Àxa

Àxc

Àxírí

Atare

Àti

àtìl}yìn

àwùjv

Ayé

Aycyc

Àyípadà

Bàbá

babanlá

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bíbélì

bo

Bzdá

borí

burúkú

dàqà

dára

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Cyin

Fèrìgì

Fòsì

Fztún

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Gbéyàwó

Gbogbo

Gb<mv

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Ìbíl|

Ìdí

Ìf}

Ìfinijoyè

Ìqàtí

Ìqésí

Ìgbeyàwó

Ìjáde

Ìkókó

Ìkómvjáde

Ìlera

Ìlú

Ìná

Ìnáwó

Ìpal|m<

Ipò

Ìp<njú

Ìrèké

Irú

Ìxílé

Ìsìnkú

Ìsvmvlórúkv

Ìtòsí

Ìtúm<

Ìwúrí

Ìyá

Ìyàwó

Ìyekan

Ìyípòpadà

Iyz

Jáde

Jeésù

Jíjìn

Kal}

Kárí

K}

Kékeré

Kìnìún

Kódà

Kzzkan

Kankan

Kómvjáde

Láàrin

Lágbára

Lára

L<bal<ba

M|kúnnù

Mzl}bí

Níqà

Nítorí

Òbí

Obì

Odo

Òfin

Ojú

Òkè

Òkú

Olóòkú

Olúwa

Omi

Òní

Orí

Oríire

Oríxiríxi

Orógbó

Òrùka

Òxogbo

Oyè

Oyin

Vdún

Vgbà

Vkv

Vmv

Vmvdé

Znà

Zpzlvpz

Zr}

Zta

Pàtàkì

Pàt}w<

Péjv

Pzn

Púpz

Sáré

Síhín

Sinima

Xìnkú

Svkún

Svmvlórúkv

S<un

Xíwájú

Tàbí

Tuntun

Wáyé

Wvlé

Wznyí

Wúlo

Yàtz

Yz

Parched corn snack

Sweetness

Prayer

Elder/The older one

Lack of wealth
Regression /lack of progress
To celebrate together
Time / period
Neighbors

Amen 
Benefit
Plentiful
Aunty
Example
Culture
Amen / so be it
Secrets
Alligator
pepper

And
Support
Society
Life / world
Celebration
Turn around / change / transformation
Father
Ancestor
Yes
Bible
To cover
Brother
To triumph / to cover the head
Bad / wicked
To be old
Good
Small/ a little
Family
Human being

God

Fish

Worshipper

Person

Oil

Play

Feet

Back/behind

To use gums

To use left

To use tight

Just like

To believe

To get married (lit. to carry the bride)

All

To carry the child

Sadness

Traditional

Reason

Love

To appoint someone to a position

When / time that

Existence

Wedding

Coming out

Newborn /a small child  

Naming ceremony (lit. the bring out of the child)

Health

City

Fire / light

Festivities / spending money

Preparation / to clean up

Position

Trials / tribulations

Sugar Cane

Fermented locust beans

House Warming

Burial

Naming ceremony

Nearby

Meaning

Encouragement

Mother

Bride / Wife

Relative

Transformation / transition

Salt

To come out

Jesus

Far / distant

To dance

More than

Till the end / till the night

To be enough / to go round

To take care of / to pamper

Small

To greet

Lion

In Fact

One at a time

None / tightly

To bring the child out

In between / among

To have the power

Part of / on the body

Kings / royal gathering

Poor person / lower class person

Extended family

At the time / When

Because

Parents

Kola Nut

River

Law

Eye

Upstairs / Up / Above

Dead person

The person who is burying someone

God

Water

Today

Head

Success / good luck or fortune

Various / different

Bitter cola

Ring

A city in Southwestern Nigeria

Title / position

Honey

Year / festival

Compound

Husband / Groom

Child

Little child

Road

Several people

Friend

Enemy

Important

To clap

To gather around

To be red

A lot

To run

Over here

Cinema

To bury someone

To perform a funeral

To name a child

Over there

To be in front

Or

New

To come to life / to happen

To enter

These

Useful

Different

To rejoice

 

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