Yorùbá · Common Words · Level 3

How to say “butterfly” in Yorùbá

Common WordsLevel 3 · Intermediate
English
butterfly
Yorùbá translation
Labalábá

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Mú labalábá tó lẹ́wà náà wá.

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Examples

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

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

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