agbara

Yoruba

Àgbàrà funfun tó yíká ọ̀gọ̀dọ̀ eléwé kan ní abúlé kan ní Ṣáínà

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡ͡bà.ɾà/, /à.ɡ͡bà.ɾà/

Noun

agbàrà or àgbàrà

1. wooden fence

   Synonym: ọgbà

Etymology 2

a- (“agent prefix”) +‎ gba (“to knock away”) +‎ àrá (“thunder”)

Alternative forms

• agbààrá

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡ͡bà.ɾá/

Noun

agbàrá

1. lightning rod, something that deflects lightning

   Synonym: gbàrá-gbàrá

Etymology 3

a- (“agent prefix”) +‎ gbé (“to carry”) +‎ ara (“body”), literally “that which powers the body”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡ͡bá.ɾā/

Noun

agbára

1. physical strength

   Synonym: okun

2. capacity
3. energy, voltage

   Synonym: iná

4. authority, power

   Synonym: àṣẹ

Derived terms

• agbára afẹ́fẹ́ (“wind energy”)
• agbára agbẹjọ́rò-ìjọba (“power of attorney”)
• agbára ajẹmọ́núkílà (“nuclear energy”)
• agbára apàṣẹwàá (“absolutism”)
• agbára ẹ̀lẹ́ńtíríìkì (“electric power, current”)
• agbára ináàlẹ̀ńtíríkì (“electric voltage”)
• agbára iye-òṣìṣẹ́ (“manpower”)
• agbára káká (“brute force”)
• agbára lábẹ́-òfin (“jurisdiction”)
• agbára ooru (“steam”)
• agbára àtinú-òòrun-wá (“solar energy”)
• agbára àtirajà (“purchasing power”)
• agbára àtiṣe-nǹkan (“willpower”)
• agbára àtiṣòfin (“legislative power”)
• agbára átọ́ọ̀mù (“atomic energy”)
• agbára ìlègbàsára (“absorptive capacity”)
• agbára ìmú-nǹkanrọrùn (“leverage”)
• agbára ìmúṣẹ́ṣe (“legislative power”)
• agbára òṣùpá (“lunar energy”)
• agbára òòfà (“magnetic energy”)
• agbára òòrùn (“solar energy”)
• agbára-ẹṣin (“horsepower”)
• alágbára (“a powerful person, someone who is strong”)

 

Etymology 4

à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ gbàrà (“to outbid”)

Alternative forms

• ìgbàrà

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.ɡ͡bà.ɾà/

Noun

àgbàrà

1. outbidding, getting outbid, outbidder

Derived terms

• agbàgbàrà-ọjà
• aṣàgbàrà
• alágbàrà

Etymology 5

Alternative forms

• àgbàá
• ọ̀gbàrá

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.ɡ͡bà.ɾá/

Noun

àgbàrá

1. flood, torrent, erosion

   Synonyms: àgbàrá òjò, ìkún omi, omíyalé

   Àgbàrá kò fo kòtò, ire ilé ayé kò níí fò wá

   The torrent did not jump over the gutter, and as such, may the goodness of the world not jump over us

   (proverbial prayer for good fortune)