agabagebe
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Yoruba[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + gàbà (“to move along clumsily”) + gùn (“to climb”) + ebè (“hill”), literally “Moving along clumsily and climbing many hills”, likely an ideophonic description of the many arguments and excuses one regarded as a hypocrite will make
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
àgàbàgebè
Derived terms[edit]
- alágàbàgebè (“hypocrite”)