Yoruba words and phrases beginning with Y

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This page lists the 6 words and 2 phrases beginning with Y in the Yoruba community dictionary. Each entry has its own page with its full meaning and example sentence. This data is openly available at no cost for language preservation and research, with attribution to LanguageKnow. You can return to the home page or browse all languages at any time.

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6 words and 2 phrases — 8 entries in total.

Words (6)

Y (6)

y (Yoruba) character Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

The twenty-fifth letter of the Yoruba alphabet

yámà (Yoruba) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

west

Yan laiperu (Yoruba) idiom AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Choose the convenient path

Yanjú (Yoruba) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

To solve

Yára (Yoruba) adjective Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

Fast

yẹ́úkẹ́ (Yoruba) adj Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

fluffy

Phrases (2)

Ya sí apá òsì. (Yoruba) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Turn to the left.

Ya sí apá ọ̀tún. (Yoruba) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Turn to the right.

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