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 |
|---|
| 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 |
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| 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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