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• bìpoke; push
• ènáused only in the following proverb:-bi iwọ ko ni owo o kò ni ènà, bi o kò ni ènà o kò ni ohun rere lẹnu, "if you have no money (to give a person in distress) can you not pay visits, and if you cannot pay visits can you not send some kind messages?" hence the title "apènà," which means "one who calls together.
• arìràliterally thunder, often used with bi, as "bi arìrà," meaning "as thunder." cf. árá
• há(emphatic); no indeed (always followed by bi); amazement; astonishment; indeed; then (used emphatically in interrogative sentence)
• afiunless, except. e.g.-ẹmi ki yio lọ afi bi o bukun mi, “i will not go unless he bless me.”
• afibiunless, except. e.g.-ẹmi ki yio lọ afi bi o bukun mi, “i will not go unless he bless me.”
• ayámqdestiny; fate. see abáfu; generally followed by bi, pe; otherwise; unless. ayámọbi is contracted in ambi in conversation