agabagebe

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /à.ɡà.bà.ɡē.bè/

Noun

àgàbàgebè

  1. hypocrisy
    Synonym: àbòsí

Derived terms

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