ireke

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Yoruba

Ìrèké gígé

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Noun

ìrèké

  1. sugarcane
    • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:
      A kì í bá kíkan láàrin ìrèké
      We do not find sourness inside a sugarcane (proverb on sugar cane as symbolizing sweetness).

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  • Hausa: ràkē