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How to say “man” in Yorùbá

Common WordsLevel 1 · Beginner
English
man
Yorùbá translation
Ọkùnrin

Hear it in a sentence

Ọkùnrin ẹni iyì ni yóò rí ìbọ̀wọ̀ gbá.

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Examples

Ọkùnrin yìí lọ́kàn láti dúró de ẹkùn

This man was courageous to have stood in the way of a tiger.

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

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