See dodo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Àwọn Yorùbá kì í wọ aṣọ tó bá rẹ̀ dòdò.",
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"text": "Ó rẹ̀ dòdò bí òòrùn alẹ́.",
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"text": "Ó já sí pápá, ó rẹ̀ dòdò, ó so igba àdó mọ́rí.",
"translation": "It bursts into the open field, it comes out in deep red, it ties two hundred tiny gourds on its head (riddle = imí/ìgbẹ́ (feces))",
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"text": "Ìlẹ̀pa dòdò kì í jẹ́ kí òkú bẹ̀nìyàn wò.",
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"text": "Ìrì kérékéré níí dodò; ìrì wàràwàrà níí dòjò, kí ọmọdé méje kọ oúnjẹ alẹ́ níí dìjà àgbàlagbà.",
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"text": "Mo dódò mo kàndí/tìró, mi ò rọ́lọ́kọ̀ tí yóò tù mí gàlé, omi ńlá ti gbé ẹja lọ!",
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