àgbà
noun
/à.ɡ͡bà/
Definitions
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adult, elder
Similar wordsarúgbónoun 2 entries are spelled “arúgbó”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. arúgbó old age, elderliness arígbó alternative form of arúgbó (“old age, elderliness”)
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senior institution or entity
Ìṣẹ̀ṣe làgbà Ìṣẹ̀ṣe is the most senior institution of the Yoruba
Used in
adàgbàmádanúàgbà ọ̀jẹ̀Àgbàakinnameàgbààyààgbàkágbààgbàlagbànounalágbànoundàgbàverbìdàgbàsókènounọ̀rọ̀ àgbànoun
Possibly derived from
Each of these pages lists a word as built from it, spelled a little differently from this one — a different tone mark, or an underdot this word doesn't have.
Tone and underdots are what tell two Yorùbá words apart, so we can't say whether the other page meant this word and mistyped it, or meant a word that has no page here yet.
Writing that word up on Wiktionary settles it. How to help.
gbáverb
“gbá” lists “agbá” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring tone marks. It may be a misspelling, or “agbá” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
gbá
to billow or blow in the wind, to flutter
gbá
to hem the edges of a mat, cloth, or net
Listed as a similar word by
These words list this one in their own definitions. This word does not list them back, so Wiktionary records the link in one direction only.
The meaning shown next to each is the one that named this word.
elder, respected person
adult
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1,
where this word is spelled “agba”.
Reference:
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