Yoruba Dictionary
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JẸ
/jẹ/
To eat
Strange
Foal (young horse)
Dwarf A person who's strangely shorter than the average height of normal human being
Relatives "Families"
Wife/Partner/Spouse
A calf (of a cow)
Squab (child of a pigeon)
To eat
Tadpole (child of a frog)
To laugh mildly
God
to examine closely, to investigate deeply, or to pay close attention to details
Dot
The child of a deer
Suggestion Pre-affirmations(In IFÁ/Òrìsà mythology)
Antonyms; Àmúwà Continuous disapprovement/failure of success and Goodness
Intent of attracting/possessing one's Goodness
Wonders
Thunder Or Lightning
Chest. Scientific/medical name "Thorax" A regional part of the body where human breasts are suited and located
It connects two negative or impossible statements in a sentence to emphasize that if the first is unlikely, the second is even more impossible. Similar to "let alone", "much less", "not to talk of".
Succeed or Breakthrough
Homage
Wedding