Wá
[wá]
verb verbs
LanguageYoruba (Nigeria)
Meaning- to come
Wá síbí lẹ́sẹ̀kẹsẹ̀.
Jọ̀wọ́ wá ilé kí a jẹun.
Please come home so we can eat.
Pronunciationwá
Part of speechverb
Registerneutral
Usage noteThis verb is used when requesting or describing movement toward the speaker's current location.
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Example sentences from Tatoeba
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Amẹ́ríkà ni wá.
We are Americans.
Sentence by janTuki (sentence, CC BY 2.0 FR); English by janTuki (sentence, CC BY 2.0 FR); from Tatoeba.
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Onísègùn ni wá.
We're doctors.
Sentence by ecorralest101 (sentence, CC BY 2.0 FR); English by CK (sentence, CC BY 2.0 FR); from Tatoeba.
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Ó wá láti Èkó.
He came from Lagos.
Sentence by janTuki (sentence, CC BY 2.0 FR); English by janTuki (sentence, CC BY 2.0 FR); from Tatoeba.