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How to say “yam” in Yorùbá

Common WordsLevel 1 · Beginner
English
yam
Yorùbá translation
Iṣu

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Iṣu tí a fi gún iyán dára

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Examples

Olú ba iṣu jẹ́.

Olu spoilt the yam.

Iṣu ti wọ́n jù

Yam is too expensive

Ẹ bá mi gbé iṣu yẹn sí ibòmíràn.

Help me carry that yam somewhere else.

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

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