Yoruba Words and Meaning

1. Iwáró: Two people that escort a new wife to her husband's house

2. Alágbe: A person who sings and dances for money

3. Onísòwò: Someone that is into buying and selling

4. Àgbẹ̀: A farmer

5. Agbẹjọ́rò: A lawyer

6. Alágbẹ̀dẹ: A smith

7. Babaláwo: An ifa priest

8. Ọ̀tá: An enemy

9. Alápatà: A butcher

10. Pẹjapẹja: A fisher

11. Àyò: A favorite

12.  Òbùrẹwà: An ugly person

13. Aláròká: A rumour monger or talebearer

14. Onírìkísí or Ọlọ̀tẹ̀: A dilly dally person or someone that plots conspiracy or a betrayal

15.  Wọ̀bìà or Alájẹjù: A glutton

16. Alámupara: A drunkard

17. Arúfin: A defaulter

18. Ẹlẹ́wọ̀n: A prisoner

19. Alágbàtọ́: A carer or nanny

20. Alákọ́bẹ̀rẹ̀: A beginner

21. Ọlọ́pàá: Police

22. Rélùwéé: Railway

23. Mọlémọlé: A builder or bricklayer

24. Gbẹ́nàgbẹ́nà: A carpenter

25. Olùgbìfọ̀: A translator

26. Alágbàfọ̀: A laundry man

27. Onígbàjamọ̀: A barber

28. Jagunjagun: A warrior

29. Oníwòsìwósì: A petty trader

30. Elébìrà: A worker or labourer

31. Alárinà: A match maker or an intermediary

32. Arẹwà: A beautiful person

33. Akọ̀wé: An educated person

34. Adájọ́: A judge

35. Ẹrú: A slave

36. Òkóbó Akúra: An impotent man

37. Orò: A masqurade festival that a woman must not see.

Yoruba Proverbs and Their Meaning

1. Ẹnu ò mẹnu, ètè ò métè ní kó ọ̀ràn bá ẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́

Meaning: Excessive talk brings insult.

2. Ẹni t'ó yá ẹgbẹ̀fà tí kò san, o bẹ́gi dínà ẹgbàá

Meaning: A person who has defaulted on repaying 1,200 disqualifies himself or herself from a credit of 2,000 from the same source.

3. Ẹni tó sọ pé kárá ilé òun má là, ará òde ní yóò yaa lọ́fà

Meaning: He who wishes poverty for his or her relations will end up as a bond-man in the hands of strangers

4. Ẹni tó lẹlẹ́dẹ̀ ló lẹ̀ẹ̀dẹ̀

Meaning: The owner of the pigs owns or dominates the compound.

5. Ẹni tó jogún kógún, ìtàn kítàn ni yóò máa pa

Meaning: He or she who illicitly inherits will live to tell fictitious stories to back up his or her illegal act.