àgbàdo
noun
/à.ɡ͡bà.dō/
ìgbàdo (alternative)
Definitions
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maize, corn
Bí agbada ò bá gbóná, àgbàdo ò lè ta If the pan isn't hot, the corn won't popSimilar wordsọkànoun 4 entries are spelled “ọkà”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. ọkà millet, sorghum ẹkà corn, maize ẹ̀ka branch, offshoot ẹ̀ka recitation, (in particular) reciting a dirge yangannouneginrineginrin àgbàdo ẹlẹ́pànoun 2 entries are spelled “ẹlẹ́pà”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. ẹlẹ́pà corn, maize ẹlẹ́pà A peanut farmer, someone who sells peanuts ìjẹ́rẹ́nounUsed inháhá àgbàdoigi àgbàdoìrùkẹ̀rẹ̀ àgbàdo
Etymology
Possibly cognate with Fon agbadé, Gun gbàdó, Igbo ọ̀gbàdụ
Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
àgwā̀dōHausa
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “agbado”.
Reference:
en-agbado-yo-noun-vzRBO-yw