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How to say “color” in Yorùbá

Common WordsLevel 2 · Easy
English
color
Yorùbá translation
Àwọ̀

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Àwọ̀ funfun dúró fún mímọ́.

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Examples

àwọ̀ ọ́ dán

The skin is shining

Kí ni àwọ̀ ìwé-ìdáhùn ìbéèrè-ìdánwò ọdún yìí?

What's the colour of the examination paper this year?

Láìkú ẹ̀kìrì, a kò lè fi awọ rẹ̀ ṣe gbẹ̀du.

Untill the black duiker dies, it's skin cannot be used to made a gbẹ̀du drum.

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

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