yoruba nouns and adjectives1

àtẹ́

a tasteless soup

àjòjì

a stranger

ààrè

a traveller who has no plans to return home

ògbùfò

an interpreter

yànmùyánmú

mosquito

òṣùmàrè

rainbow

ẹ̀ké

deceit

ìpéǹbù/ àbùjá

shortcut

kìràkìtà

hustle

ìpànpá

when an association should have an agreement on a particular thing

abùlàgà

a proud person

ẹgbẹ́ra

equal, mates

ayélejára

online internet

arúùgbẹ́

dwarf

also called ràrá

pàfọ̀

someone who stains himself with mud

afínjú

a neat person

arán

someone who speaks gibberish

àtíbábá

a canopy

ẹlẹ́sẹ́osùn / ẹtu

antelope

ọlọ́kùrùn

a sick person

agódóngbó

baby horse

ahun

tortoise

also called ìjàpá

ìtàn

story

ìrègún

deed recount

ìlérí

promise

àtẹ̀jíṣẹ́

text message or message

èèrùn

soldier ants

agà

caution sign

alágbédá

scammers

awọ́n oníjìbìti

emọ

lumps

agbófinró

one who executed the law

amòfin

one who knows the law

afurasí

one who is a suspect

afẹ̀sùnkàn

one who is accused

ìtají

hint

òṣuwọ̀n

measurement

ènì

bonus

tìmùtìmù

foam

àkòdì

courtyard

ègúnjẹ

bribery; to eat thorns

also called owó ẹ̀yìn

àrunsu

diarrhoea

obì

kolanut

àkànse

project

ìlàkọ̀já

the act of breaking through

òfún

soup without palm oil

àrùn onígbáméjì

cholera

olóòrayè

an idle person

àjàrà

grapes