Yorùbá · Nouns · Level 1

How to say “Bird” in Yorùbá

NounsLevel 1 · Beginner
English
Bird
Yorùbá translation
Ẹyẹ

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Ṣé ẹyẹ ìdì náà n fò?

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Examples

Ẹyẹ yẹn dúdú

That bird is black

Labalábá fi ara ẹ̀ wẹ́yẹ, kò lè ṣe iṣẹ́ ẹyẹ.

The butterfly compares itself to a bird, but cannot do what a bird does.

These are sentences where the word appears, matched automatically rather than hand-picked usage.

“Bird” across Nigerian languages

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