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How to say “money” in Yorùbá

Common WordsLevel 1 · Beginner
English
money
Yorùbá translation
Owó

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bánkì olókó owó ló wò pò jù

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Examples

owó-orí sísan lórí ogún

inheritance tax

Wọ́n yá owó lọ́wọ́ mi.

They borrowed money from me.

ó bùn mi ní owó

He gave me money

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

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