figagbaga
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Yoruba
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From fi (“to use”) + iga (“limbs”) + gbá (“to hit”) + iga (“limbs”), literally “to use one's limbs to hit another's limbs”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]figagbága
- to engage in a physical confrontation (usually in a test)
- Synonym: múgagbága
- (idiomatic, intransitive) to compete
Derived terms
[edit]- abánifigagbága (“competitor”)
- ilé-iṣẹ́ abánifigagbága (“competitive terms”)
- owó-ọjà aláfigagbága (“competitive price”)
- ìbánifigagbága (“competitiveness”)
- ìfigagbága (“competition”)