agbo

Yoruba

Àgbò

Etymology 1

Cognate with Edo agbo, Urhobo egbo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.ɡ͡bò/

Noun

àgbò

1. ram

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡ͡bō/

Noun

agbo

1. crowd,
2. herd, group

   Synonym: ọ̀wọ́

Derived terms

• agboolé (“family compound”)

Etymology 3

From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ gbo (“to squeeze”), literally “that which is squeezed”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.ɡ͡bō/

Noun

àgbo

1. herbal remedy; usually squeezed by hand in water and consumed as a liquid

Derived terms

• alágbo
• ọmọ àgbo
• àgbo ibà

Related terms

• àgúnmu (“powdered herbal remedy”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.ɡ͡bó/

Noun

àgbó

1. A type of drum

   Synonyms: àpéré, oriki, pẹ̀pẹ́