Dagbanli Dictionary

Noun

nyoo

copaiba balsam tree Daniellia oliveri (Rolfe) Hutch. and Dalz. Women used this as a chewstick. Known as good firewood. The roots are boiled and drunk as a palliative for a hernia.

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What does “nyoo” mean in Dagbanli?

copaiba balsam tree Daniellia oliveri (Rolfe) Hutch. and Dalz. Women used this as a chewstick. Known as good firewood. The roots are boiled and drunk as a palliative for a hernia.

Also spelled Dagbani — both spellings refer to the same Mabia (Gur) language spoken in northern Ghana.

Meanings

1

copaiba balsam tree Daniellia oliveri (Rolfe) Hutch. and Dalz. Women used this as a chewstick. Known as good firewood. The roots are boiled and drunk as a palliative for a hernia.

di nyɛla tia

Forms

nyoo

Q110786

nyohi

Q146786

Sentences using “nyoo”

Real-world usage from Mozilla Common Voice and the University of Ghana HCI Lab corpus.

Ya ka nyɔhi maa yirina maa?

Source: Mozilla Common Voice

Maa dibu ka o nya nyɔhi ni tuɣiri zoʼ shɛli zuɣu sa.

Source: Mozilla Common Voice

Maa dibu ka o nya nyɔhi ni tuɣiri zoʼ shɛli zuɣu sa.

Source: Mozilla Common Voice

Ya ka nyɔhi maa yirina maa?

Source: Mozilla Common Voice

Ya ka nyɔhi maa yirina maa?

Source: Mozilla Common Voice

Ya ka nyɔhi maa yirina maa?

Source: Mozilla Common Voice