agbara
Yoruba edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
agbàrà or àgbàrà
Etymology 2 edit
a- (“agent prefix”) + gba (“to knock away”) + àrá (“thunder”)
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
agbàrá
- lightning rod, something that deflects lightning
- Synonym: gbàrá-gbàrá
Etymology 3 edit
a- (“agent prefix”) + gbé (“to carry”) + ara (“body”), literally “that which powers the body”
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
agbára
Derived terms edit
- agbára afẹ́fẹ́ (“wind energy”)
- agbára agbẹjọ́rò-ìjọba (“power of attorney”)
- agbára ajẹmọ́núkílà (“nuclear energy”)
- agbára apàṣẹwàá (“absolutism”)
- agbára ẹ̀lẹ́ńtíríìkì (“electric power, current”)
- agbára ináàlẹ̀ńtíríkì (“electric voltage”)
- agbára iye-òṣìṣẹ́ (“manpower”)
- agbára káká (“brute force”)
- agbára lábẹ́-òfin (“jurisdiction”)
- agbára ooru (“steam”)
- agbára àtinú-òòrun-wá (“solar energy”)
- agbára àtirajà (“purchasing power”)
- agbára àtiṣe-nǹkan (“willpower”)
- agbára àtiṣòfin (“legislative power”)
- agbára átọ́ọ̀mù (“atomic energy”)
- agbára ìlègbàsára (“absorptive capacity”)
- agbára ìmú-nǹkanrọrùn (“leverage”)
- agbára ìmúṣẹ́ṣe (“legislative power”)
- agbára òṣùpá (“lunar energy”)
- agbára òòfà (“magnetic energy”)
- agbára òòrùn (“solar energy”)
- agbára-ẹṣin (“horsepower”)
- alágbára (“a powerful person, someone who is strong”)
Etymology 4 edit
à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + gbàrà (“to outbid”)
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
àgbàrà
- outbidding, getting outbid, outbidder
Derived terms edit
Etymology 5 edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
àgbàrá