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How to say “slave” in Yorùbá

Common WordsLevel 3 · Intermediate
English
slave
Yorùbá translation
Ẹrú

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Ẹrù àwọn èrò náà wúwo

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Examples

Gìdì-gìdì ò mọ́là; ká ṣiṣẹ́ bí ẹrú ò da nǹkan.

Scurrying around does not ensure prosperity; working like a slave results in nothing.

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

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