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afunní
noun
a giver, one who assigns
ahààn
noun
the act of shewing; an exhibition; pretext
afín
noun
an albino
afín
noun
the king’s palace; court. from this is derived alawọfin, contracted into aláfin, the owner of the palace
afingbá
noun
a calabash carver
afínhan
noun
one who betrays, exposes
afinju
noun
a decent, clean person; cleanliness, neatness. sometimes used for cleverness
afìnnà
noun
engraver, sculptor, carver
afìnná
noun
a blower of smith's bellows
afìnt-ṣe-ajere
noun
an unfaithful, treacherous person
afíṣe
noun
an act of wantonness, irreverence
afìyanjúṣe
noun
a shy act; reluctance
afiyesi
noun
attention, observation, charge; a thing to be noticed, superintended
afọ
noun
space, room, vacancy, opportunity, dale, valley
afọtoro
noun
the cork wood
afọjudi
noun
insolence, obstinacy, petulance, audacity, effrontery, hardihood, loftiness
afọjupamọ
noun
one who masks, covers his face
afọjọṣónà
noun
an earnest expectation
afokuta-bole
noun
a slater
afomìṣebubẹ
adjective
an inhabitant of the water, aquatic
afòmó
noun
a parasite; mistletoe
afọnifọji
noun
valley, dale, vale
afọnilọ́jiyẹ
noun
one who challenges, defies
afọpínà
noun
a flying insect; a moth
afọ́ta
noun
defective vision, half blind
afọ
noun
mire in which a pig wallows
afọ́bájé
noun
utter destruction, annihilation; an overthrow
afọ́gbọ
noun
disobedience, petulance
afọju
noun
a blind person
afọ̀n
noun
the baobab tree
afọnahan
noun
pilot, leader, guide, director, conductor
afọranlọ
noun
one who consults another, seeks advice
afọranmọni
noun
one who suspects, suspicion
afọṣe
noun
soothsaying
afọṣọ
noun
a washerman, washerwoman
afọwọbò
noun
a secret, something concealed from the public
afọwọ́kíkó
noun
the act of stealing cunningly; purloining
afọwọ́tá
noun
a careless handling, groping
afọwọ́wí
noun
the act of talking with the hand to a deaf person
afọwọpe
noun
one who beckons
afọwọwun
noun
hand sewn; weaving by hand
afunni
noun
a giver, donor
afunniniṣe
noun
an employer
afunpọ
noun
a trumpeter
afunti
noun
one who uses the wine press
afura
noun
a suspicious person
aga
noun
a chair, a stool
agabagebe
noun
dissembler, hypocrite
agada
noun
a short sword, scimitar
agádá
noun
a hovel
agadagodo
noun
a padlock
aga-inaraya
noun
a sofa
aga-itise
noun
footstool
aga-iwàsu
noun
a pulpit
agalamasa
noun
a double-dealer; deception, trick, device
agan
noun
a barren woman
agandan
noun
a brown yam, also called àlù
agangan
noun
a small stone on which beads are ground; rack; suspenders
aganju
noun
wilderness, forest
aganju-igbó
noun
a thick forest
aganni
noun
backbiter, contemner, despiser
agan-nigàn
noun
a warlike person, plunderer, marauder
aganwó
noun
mahogany tree
aga-pósi
noun
a bier
agara
noun
weariness, fatigue, turmoil
agàro
noun
after-pains
agasa
noun
a kind of fish
agàgù
adjective
copious, bulky, huge
agbà
noun
manhood, adult
agbá
noun
a great gun, cannon; barrel, cask
agbá
noun
a smooth, hard, flat fruit used for medicine
agbàbò
noun
a foster child; a boarder
agbádá
noun
gown, garment, robe
agbada
noun
a coverless earthenware vessel used for cooking and washing; trough; font
agbàde
noun
scavenger, street sweeper
agbádo
noun
indian corn, maize
agbádu
noun
a species of snake, black with a red stripe on the neck; boa-constrictor
agbadulumo
noun
slanderer, defamer
agbáfìfì
noun
the rattlesnake; a snake that springs on its prey; the boa-constrictor
agbàgbà
noun
elders, ancients; assembly of elders
agbagba
noun
plantain
agbagba ejìyèlè
noun
a spotted pigeon
agbàgbó
noun
desertion, rejection; being discarded
agbagunjo
noun
one who incites to war
agbaiyé
noun
the whole world, the universe
agbájà
noun
one who girds himself
agbajo
noun
congregation, assembly, mass, crowd
agbákò
noun
accident; misfortune
agbákú
noun
a frame for carrying a load, usually of bamboo
agbàlá
noun
a frame for carrying a load, usually of bamboo
agbálá
noun
a courtyard, a walled garden
agbalagba
noun
an aged person
agbalaja
noun
a small shirt, formerly much used
agbalè
noun
a kind of insect; a sweeper
agbálu
noun
the whole city
agbálu
noun
see agbako
agbami
noun
the midst of the ocean
agbani
noun
helper, deliverer, reliever
agbanla
noun
a large cask, barrel
agbanréré
noun
rhinoceros; unicorn