Yoruba Vocabulary
Welcome to the 9th lesson about the Yoruba vocabulary. We're dedicating this page to the most important and most used words in Yoruba. For example: clothes, languages, countries, travel, survival words, class, and house components.
shirt ewu penpe | sweater ewu otutu | jacket ewu awoleke | coat ewu awoleke |
socks ibose | shoes bata | trousers sokoto | pajamas ewu awo-sun |
belt igbadi | underwear awotele | hat akete | skirt to-bi (ewu obirin) |
The following words are related to languages and countries.
| Language | Yoruba | Country | Yoruba |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | larubawa | Morocco | moroko |
| Chinese | shainis | China | shaina |
| English | geesi | England | ingilandi |
| French | faranse | France | faranse |
| German | jaman | Germany | jamani |
| Greek | grik | Greece | gris |
| Portuguese | potoki | Portugal | potoki |
| Hindi | hindi | India | india |
| Italian | italia | Italy | itali |
| Japanese | japanis | Japan | japan |
| Russian | roshian | Russia | roshia |
| Spanish | spanish | Spain | spen |
| Swedish | swedish | Sweden | swedin |
The following vocabulary is related to travel and survival.
| Travel | Yoruba | Survival | Yoruba |
|---|---|---|---|
| airport | papa baalu | doctor | onisegun |
| airplane | oko baalu | medicines | oogun |
| train | oko oju irin | pharmacy | pipo-oogun |
| taxi | oko aje-igboro | hospital | ile iwosan |
| bus | oko ero | ambulance | oko ile iwosan |
| car | oko ayokele | poison | majele |
| ticket | iwe afiwole | help me | ranmi lowo |
| hotel | ile igbafe | danger | ewu |
| reservation | ifipamo | accident | ijamba |
| passport | iwe ifuni-laaye | police | olopa |
| luggage | eru | headache | efori |
| tourism | irin-ajo | stomach ache | inu-rirun |
The following list of words is related to a class environment and the components of a house.
| Class | Yoruba | House | Yoruba |
|---|---|---|---|
| books | awon iwe | toilet | ile-igbonse |
| pen | kalamu | bed | ibusun |
| dictionary | iwe itumo oro | bedroom | iyewu |
| library | ile ikojopo-iwe | furniture | awon tabili ati aga |
| desk | apoti ikowo | house | ile |
| student | akeko | kitchen | ile-idana |
| teacher | oluko | plate | awo |
| chair | aga ijoko | refrigerator | ero amohunje-tutu |
| paper | takada | room | iyara |
| page | oju ewe | table | tabili |
| pencil | kalamu | window | ferese |
| question | ibeere | television | amohun-maworan |
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| Yoruba Verbs |
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