Yorùbá · Adjectives · Level 1

How to say “Dead” in Yorùbá

AdjectivesLevel 1 · Beginner
English
Dead
Yorùbá translation
Kú

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Àwọn aáyán jẹ oúnjẹ tó kù náà.

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Examples

Wẹ́ ra kú

You will not die!

Ẹ kú ọjọ́-ìbí!

Happy birthday!

A kú pọ̀pọ̀ṣìnṣìn ọdún

Season's greetings!

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

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