Ẹ káàbọ̀!
Welcome! Search this free dictionary in Yorùbá (with or without tone marks or underdots), or search by its English definition. After your first visit, the dictionary is on your device, and it works with no connection.
Or open a word and discover Yorùbá in a new way, finding the connections between words. Every entry lists its Component words, the words it is made from, and Used in, the words made from it. For example, oúnjẹ, food, is made from ohun, a thing, and jíjẹ, eating — and is itself used in oúnjẹ àárọ̀, breakfast, oúnjẹ alẹ́, dinner, and ilé-oúnjẹ, a restaurant. Or start at ẹ̀rọ, a machine, used in ẹ̀rọ ayárabíàṣá, a computer, and ẹ̀rọ amúlétutù, an air conditioner — or at adé, a crown.
Sọ̀rọ̀ sókè
The name of this dictionary means speak up. It is made of four words:
Say words to the heights. Those four are its component words, and each of them opens onto its own. Language of connections introduces teachers and students alike to this view of Yorùbá as a living language of connections, and how it can make learning more engaging.
The words come from Wiktionary, which anyone can edit. A word is here because somebody spoke up. A word that is missing stays missing until somebody does. Contribute lists the gaps we have found, and the edit each one needs.
Speak Nigeria makes this dictionary. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and we build free resources so children can learn Nigerian heritage languages and keep them.