To learn Yorùbá language, common and simple words or phrases is one of the important sections. Body Parts are one part of vocabulary words used in daily life. If you are interested to learn body parts name in Yoruba, this will help you to learn all human body part names in Yorùbá language.
Body Parts are used in day-to-day life conversations, so it is very important to learn the names in English and Yorùbá. As with any other group of people, the different parts of the body are variously and indigenously labeled. For this beginners’ class, we will be treating 20 parts of the body. The below table gives the translation of Human Body Part names in Yorùbá.
English | Yorùbá |
Body | ara |
Head | orí |
Forehead | iwájú orí |
Hair | irun |
Eye | ẹyin ojú |
Ear | etí |
Nose | imú |
Mouth | ẹnu |
Tongue | ahọ́n |
Tooth/Teeth | eyín |
Lip | ètè |
Face | ojú |
Neck | ọrun |
Shoulder | èjìká |
Hand | ọwọ́ |
Stomach | ikùn |
Buttocks | ìdí |
Back | ẹ̀yìn |
Knee | orúnkún |
Leg | ẹsẹ̀ |
There is usually a song used to learn body parts but this song only covers 4 parts of the body. However, let us use this song also to learn.
English | Yorùbá |
My Head | orí mi |
Shoulder | èjìká |
Knee | orúnkún |
Leg | ẹsẹ̀ |
are parts of my body | àwọn ẹ̀yà ara mi jẹ́ |