ọgba

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Yoruba

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Etymology 1

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Ọgbà (1)
Ọgbà nílẹ̀ Jèpáànì (2)

Compare with Edo ogba

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ọgbà

  1. fence
    wọ́n ra ọgbà yí oko náà káThey bought a fence around their farm
  2. (by extension) a fenced enclosure, garden, park
    Synonym: àgbàlá
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Etymology 2

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ọ̀gbà

  1. agemate, peer, contemporary
    Synonyms: irọ̀, ẹgbẹ́
  2. social group
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Etymology 3

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Ọ̀gbà

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ọ̀gbà

  1. The plant Mondia whitei

Etymology 4

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ọgba

  1. equal (in size or quantity), equivalent
  2. parallel
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ọgbá

  1. a type of yellow or brown non-venomous snake
    Synonym: gbárágogo
    àsákú ni tọgbá
    The act of running and suddenly stopping is that of the ogba snake