agbe

See also: agbẹ

English

Noun

agbe

1. A type of African rattle, similar to a sekere.

Ewe

Etymology

From Proto-Gbe *-gbɛ. Compare Fon gbɛ̀, Saxwe Gbe ɛgbɛ̀, Adja egbɛ (“universe, creation, life”) and Gun ogbẹ̀.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.ɡ͡bè/

Interjection

àgbè!

1. long live!, viva!

Noun

àgbè (definite singular àgbè lá or àgbèà, collective plural àgbèwó, definite collective plural àgbèàwó)

1. life, living
2. well-being, health
3. existence

Derived terms

• agbe blibo (“lifelong”)
• agbebrewu (traditional cone-shaped object believed to bestow long life)
• Agbedofui (name given to someone whose parents previously had stillbirths or neonatal deaths, literally “uselessly wasted life”)
• agbedɔ (“merchant, peddler”)
• agbedɔme, agbedɔtɔ (“wandering merchant”)
• agbeɖeɖe (“saving of lives”)
• agbeɖuɖu (“enjoyment of life”)
• agbehiã (“hardship, suffering”)
• agbeka (“Achilles tendon”)
• agbekɔ (“traditional war drum”)
• Agbeli (name given to someone whose parents previously had stillbirths or neonatal deaths, literally “there is life”)
• agbeli (“cassava”, literally “there is life”)
• agbeme (“lifetime”)
• agbemenu (“belongings”)
• agbemenunya (“life wisdom”)
• agbemlɛ (“longing, homesickness”)
• agbemɔ (“path of life”)
• agbenɔ (“living being”)
• agbenɔdɔ (“chronic illness”)
• agbenɔɣi (“lifetime”)
• agbenɔnɔ (“lifestyle”)
• agbenɔto (“living being”, literally “ear of the living”)
• agbeta (“end of life”)
• agbetagbee (“life-threateningly ill”) (dialectal)
• agbetɔe (“vigorously”)
• agbetsi (“holy water”)
• agbetsila (“survivor”)
• agbexaxa (“something life-threatening”)
• agbeya (“oxygen”)

References

• Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905), “agbe”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎^[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, pages 169-175
• Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906), “agbe”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎^[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 115
• Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N.; Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017), “agbe”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 14

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Ẹyẹ agbe méjì

Perhaps related to Yoruba ogbe (“crest, cockscomb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡ͡bē/

Noun

agbe

1. great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡ͡bē/

Noun

agbe

1. mendicity; beggary

Derived terms

• alágbe (“beggar”)
• kò-là-kò-ṣagbe (“middle class”)
• ṣagbe (“to beg”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡ͡bè/

Noun

agbè

1. vessel traditionally made from a calabash used for fetching water

   Synonym: akèrègbè