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English–Yoruba glossary 281<br />

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4222<br />

highway<br />

oΩ$nà<br />

his/her/its rõΩ<br />

hmm!<br />

hún ùn!<br />

hold your breath, sé èémí<br />

to<br />

honest olóòótoœ$<br />

hospital<br />

ilé ìwòsàn<br />

hot<br />

gbígbóná<br />

hot, to be gbóná<br />

hotel<br />

ilé-ìtura<br />

hour<br />

wákàtí<br />

house/household ilé<br />

house of worship ilé ìjoœ$sìn<br />

how<br />

báwo<br />

how are<br />

báwo ni<br />

how is? (qu. mkr) n;koœ$?<br />

how is/ ... n;koœ$?/<br />

where is . . .? ... dà?<br />

how is (your) ilé n;koœ$?<br />

household?<br />

how much mélòó<br />

how much is it? eélòó ni?<br />

humble<br />

onírõΩlõΩ<br />

I<br />

I<br />

mo<br />

I (dialectal mi<br />

variant of mo)<br />

I (emph. pron.) èmi<br />

I am happy inú mi dùn<br />

I am hungry ebi n; pa mí<br />

(lit. hunger is<br />

killing me)<br />

I can’t<br />

mi ò lè<br />

I understand ó yé mi<br />

I will<br />

màá<br />

I’m surprised ó yà mí lõœnu<br />

if/when<br />

bí . . . bá<br />

if not so bí bõœõΩkoœ$<br />

Ifá priest babaláwo<br />

important, to be ße pàtàkì<br />

in front of níwájú<br />

in hand loœ$woœ$<br />

inch<br />

ínæßì<br />

India/Indian Ín;díà<br />

inhabitant olùgbé<br />

innumerable oΩ$goΩ$oΩ$roΩ<br />

inside<br />

sínú<br />

instead of dípò/kàkà/<br />

kànràn<br />

invite . . . to, to pe . . . sí<br />

iron clothes, to lo≥aßo≥<br />

is<br />

jõœ<br />

(it) is fine/good dáadáa ni<br />

island<br />

erékùsù<br />

it does not work kò ßißõœ<br />

it has<br />

ó ti<br />

it is fine<br />

ó wà<br />

(lit. it exists fine)<br />

it is none of my kò kàn mí<br />

business<br />

it is not bad/ kò burú<br />

it’s OK<br />

it is not clear kò yé mi<br />

to me<br />

it is true lóòótoœ$ ni<br />

it seems as if ó dàbí õni pé<br />

J<br />

Japanese<br />

Jewish temple<br />

jolof rice<br />

joy<br />

junk<br />

just<br />

just/recently<br />

just a minute<br />

K<br />

keep . . . at, to<br />

keep going<br />

Japaníìsì<br />

gboΩ$ngàn àwo≥n<br />

Júù<br />

ìrõsì joΩ$loœ$oΩ$fù<br />

ayoΩ<br />

òßì<br />

ti<br />

ßõΩßõΩ<br />

mo n; boΩ<br />

dá . . . dúró sí<br />

máa lo≥

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