Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language, to which are Prefixed the Grammatical Elements of the Language1843 |
Common terms and phrases
abah ti feh ADVERBS afeh Afunjah agbara Ara Yoruba ati feh awong Ayaba babba biaati borh calabash Chief of Yoruba conj cowries Defective Verbs duro ehnyi ehruh ehshehh enia British enni eyini gboddoh gbogbo idah Ileri yi Illorrin illuh IMPERATIVE MOOD inoh iruh isheh iwor jehki kekere kewu kinni kpada loved mbeh ng-bah ngti ngfeh ngni nhung nigbati ninoh nisalleh nkan Noun ntori NUMBERS nwhorni nwong Obba Yoruba obiri ofin ogung Oh ogboddoh ohwoh ojja okkorh okung Olodumare oloh Olorung Oluwar ommoh ongsheh orung Participle person POTENTIAL MOOD prefixing prep pron Pronouns rahn rehh roro sahn sheh Shigboh shije shisheh sihn SPECIMENS OF TRANSLATIONS SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD takardah thing Verb wehh wong YORUBA LANGUAGE
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