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Yoruba–English glossary 263<br />

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$<br />

$<br />

ànækárá a type of<br />

cloth<br />

àpõõrõ<br />

example<br />

apá<br />

arm/side<br />

apá oΩ$tún<br />

right side<br />

àpèjúwe description<br />

àpótí ìmótutù refrigerator<br />

àpótí ìwé bookcase<br />

ara<br />

body<br />

ara . . . yá . . .’s body is<br />

well<br />

ara ríro body ache<br />

Arábìnrin Miss<br />

àßáró<br />

yam porridge<br />

aßõœwó<br />

a prostitute<br />

aßo≥<br />

clothes<br />

aßo≥òkè cotton-based or<br />

silk-based<br />

woven<br />

material<br />

ata<br />

pepper<br />

àti<br />

and<br />

àti bõœõΩbõœõΩlo≥ etc.<br />

àtiwo≥<br />

entrance<br />

atúnkoΩ$næpútàße<br />

computer<br />

specialist/<br />

technician<br />

àtùpà<br />

lamp<br />

àwa<br />

we (pronom.)<br />

àwo≥n<br />

(pl. mkr)<br />

àwo≥n õbí family<br />

members<br />

àwo≥n awakoΩ drivers<br />

àwo≥n ibòmíràn other places<br />

àwo≥n òrìßà deities<br />

àwo<br />

plate/disk<br />

àyà<br />

chest<br />

àyè<br />

space<br />

ayé jíjõ worldly<br />

enjoyment/<br />

pleasures<br />

ayoΩ<br />

joy<br />

$<br />

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bá dé<br />

to arrive with<br />

bá mi rán an to sew it for me<br />

Bàbá<br />

father<br />

bàbá onílé landlord<br />

babaláwo Ifa priest<br />

Badagry name of a place<br />

in Lagos State<br />

banújõœ to be sorrowful<br />

bàtà<br />

shoes<br />

báwo<br />

how<br />

báwo ni how are<br />

bèèrè<br />

to ask<br />

bõ<br />

to pray<br />

bõœõΩ<br />

so<br />

bõœõΩdì<br />

bed<br />

bõΩrõΩ<br />

to start<br />

bõΩrõΩsí<br />

to start to<br />

bì<br />

to throw up<br />

bí . . . bá if/when<br />

bí bõœõΩkoœ$ if not so<br />

bí i<br />

like<br />

bi mí<br />

to ask me<br />

bí ó<br />

as it<br />

bí ó tilõΩjõœ pé even though<br />

bíà<br />

beer<br />

bóyá<br />

maybe<br />

boœ$n;gáloΩ bungalow<br />

boœ$oΩ$lù alápõΩrõΩ basketball<br />

Bràsíìlì Brazil<br />

bùbá<br />

long-sleeved,<br />

loose blouse<br />

búláòsì blouse<br />

búlúù<br />

blue<br />

búráùn brown<br />

búrõœdì<br />

bread<br />

burú<br />

to be bad<br />

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d’oΩ$la<br />

by tomorrow<br />

dà<br />

to pour

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