agba
See also: ágba
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
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agba
Declension edit
Inflection of agba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | agba | agbat | ||
genitive | agban | agbojen | ||
partitive | agbaa | agboja | ||
illative | agbaan | agboihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | agba | agbat | ||
accusative | nom. | agba | agbat | |
gen. | agban | |||
genitive | agban | agbojen agbainrare | ||
partitive | agbaa | agboja | ||
inessive | agbassa | agboissa | ||
elative | agbasta | agboista | ||
illative | agbaan | agboihin | ||
adessive | agballa | agboilla | ||
ablative | agbalta | agboilta | ||
allative | agballe | agboille | ||
essive | agbana | agboina | ||
translative | agbaksi | agboiksi | ||
abessive | agbatta | agboitta | ||
instructive | — | agboin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Igala edit
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Etymology 1 edit
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Noun edit
ágbà
References edit
- John Idakwoji (2015 February 12) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN
Etymology 2 edit
Cognate with Yoruba àgbọ̀n and Yoruba àgbàn, ultimately proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *à-ɡbã̀, equivalent to *à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + *ɡbã̀
Pronunciation edit
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àgbà
Nupe edit
Etymology edit
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àgbá (plural àgbázhì)
Yoruba edit
Etymology 1 edit
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àgbà
- adult, elder
- Synonym: arúgbó
- senior institution or entity
- Ìṣẹ̀ṣe làgbà ― Ìṣẹ̀ṣe is the most senior institution of the Yoruba
Derived terms edit
- adàgbàmádanú (“an insult”)
- àgbà ọ̀jẹ̀ (“expert”)
- àgbàkágbà (“bad adult”)
- àgbàlagbà (“adult”)
- àgbààyà
Etymology 2 edit
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àgbá
- (geometry) cylinder, a term for an object or entity that is cylindrical in shape
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- àgbá afẹ́fẹ́-àmísínú (“oxygen cylinder”)
Etymology 3 edit
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àgbá
- the plants Alafia multiflora and Landolphia togolana
Etymology 4 edit
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agba
- the plant Prioria balsamifera
Etymology 5 edit
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agba
- the plants Entada gigas and Motandra paniculata (syn. Motandra guineensis, which are primarily used to make ropes
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Related terms edit
- igbà (“a type of rope used for climbing”)
Etymology 6 edit
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agba