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Èdè Yorùbá – 2017-05-01

So, Yorùbà is a tonal language, ok. It is *not* monosyllabic, though. Not so OK :/

  • igba ‘two hundred’
  • igbá ‘calabash’
  • ìgbà ‘time’
  • ìgba ‘the season when perennial crops have the least production’
  • ìgbá ‘garden egg’
  • igbà ‘climbing rope’

 

  • ọkọ ‘husband’
  • ọkọ́ ‘hoe’
  • ọ̀kọ̀ ‘spear’
  • ọkọ̀ ‘vehicle’