Yorùbá · Common Words · Level 2

How to say “neck” in Yorùbá

Common WordsLevel 2 · Easy
English
neck
Yorùbá translation
Ọrùn

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Rárá, ọrùn ọwọ kò dùn mi mó.

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Examples

Irun kọ́, ọ̀run ni

Not your hair, the sky (sarcastic)

Ọsán tó já ló sọ ọrun di ọ̀pá.

The bowstring that got broken was what turned the bow into a stick.

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