agba

From Edo ágbá.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑɡbɑ/, [ˈɑ̝ɡbɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑɡbɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ag‧ba

agba

1. agba (Prioria balsamifera, syn. Gossweilerodendron balsamiferum)

• ágbáà

Cognate with Yoruba agbọ̀n

• IPA^(key): /á.ɡ͡bà/

ágbà

1. basket

• John Idakwoji (2015 February 12) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN

Cognate with Yoruba àgbọ̀n and Yoruba àgbàn, ultimately proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *à-ɡbã̀, equivalent to *à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ *ɡbã̀

• IPA^(key): /à.ɡ͡bà/

àgbà

1. chin

From Yoruba àgbá

• IPA^(key): /à.ɡ͡bá/

àgbá (plural àgbázhì)

1. cannon
2. field gun

• IPA^(key): /à.ɡ͡bà/

àgbà

1. adult, elder

   Synonym: arúgbó

2. senior institution or entity

   Ìṣẹ̀ṣe làgbà ― Ìṣẹ̀ṣe is the most senior institution of the Yoruba

• IPA^(key): /à.ɡ͡bá/

àgbá

1. (geometry) cylinder, a term for an object or entity that is cylindrical in shape
   1. a type of Yoruba drum in the gbẹ̀du family of drums, historically played by members of the senior religious and political group, the Ògbóni
   2. barrel, cylinder
   3. wheel
   4. cannon

      Synonym: ìbọn àgbá

• àgbá afẹ́fẹ́-àmísínú (“oxygen cylinder”)

• IPA^(key): /à.ɡ͡bá/

àgbá

1. the plants Alafia multiflora and Landolphia togolana

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡ͡bā/

agba

1. the plant Prioria balsamifera

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡ͡bā/

agba

1. the plants Entada gigas and Motandra paniculata (syn. Motandra guineensis, which are primarily used to make ropes

• okùn agba

• igbà (“a type of rope used for climbing”)

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡ͡bā/

agba

1. a type of drum played by the Ìlàjẹ and Ìkálẹ̀ people