ọgba

Yoruba

Etymology 1
Ọgbà (1)
Ọgbà nílẹ̀ Jèpáànì (2)

Compare with Edo ogba

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ̄.ɡ͡bà/

Noun

ọgbà

  1. fence
    wọ́n ra ọgbà yí oko náà ká ― They bought a fence around their farm
  2. (by extension) a fenced enclosure, garden, park
    Synonym: àgbàlá
Derived terms
  • aṣọ́gbà (“gatekeeper”)
  • iṣẹ́-ọ̀gbìn ọgbà (“horticulture”)
  • olùṣọ́gbà (“gardener”)
  • ọgbà ẹ̀wọ̀n (“prison yard”)
  • ọgbà àjàrà (“orchard”)
  • ọlọ́gbà (“gardener”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ̀.ɡ͡bà/

Noun

ọ̀gbà

  1. agemate, peer, contemporary
    Synonyms: irọ̀, ẹgbẹ́
  2. social group
Derived terms
  • ojúgbà
  • ẹgbẹ́ òun ọ̀gbà

Etymology 3
Ọ̀gbà

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ̀.ɡ͡bà/

Noun

ọ̀gbà

  1. The plant Mondia whitei

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ̄.ɡ͡bā/

Noun

ọgba

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

Alternative forms
  • ụgbá

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ̄.ɡ͡bá/

Noun

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
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