Yorùbá · Verbs · Level 1

How to say “Hold” in Yorùbá

VerbsLevel 1 · Beginner
English
Hold
Yorùbá translation
Mú

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Mú ìwọ̀n ẹwà bọ̀ ni ọ̀la!

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Examples

Ọbẹ̀ náà mú.

That knife is sharp.

Mo mú bọ́ọ̀lù.

I caught the ball.

Ó mú mi mumi.

It made me drink water.

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

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