agba
noun
/ā.ɡ͡bā/
spelling unconfirmed
Definitions
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the plants Entada gigas and Motandra paniculata (syn. Motandra guineensis, which are primarily used to make ropes
Used inokùn agbaRelated words
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 3 entries spelled “agba”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
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.
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gbàverb
“gbà” lists “agbà” 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 “agbà” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
gbà
to combust, to burst into flame
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 5,
where this word is spelled “agba”.
Reference:
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