agbo

Edo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Yoruba àgbo (“a purgative medicinal drink”), Krio agbo (“medicinal drink”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.ɡ͡bó/

Noun

agbo

  1. a Yoruba purgative medicinal drink

Etymology 2

Cognate with Yoruba àgbò (“ram”), Urhobo egbo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.ɡ͡bò/

Noun

agbo

  1. ram

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Cognate with Edo agbo, Urhobo egbo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.ɡ͡bò/

Noun

àgbò

  1. ram

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ā.ɡ͡bō/

Noun

agbo

  1. crowd,
  2. herd, group
    Synonym: ọ̀wọ́
Derived terms
  • agboolé (“family compound”)

Etymology 3

From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ gbo (“to squeeze”), literally “that which is squeezed”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.ɡ͡bō/

Noun

àgbo

  1. herbal remedy; usually squeezed by hand in water and consumed as a liquid
Derived terms
  • alágbo
  • ọmọ àgbo
  • àgbo ibà
  • àgúnmu (“powdered herbal remedy”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.ɡ͡bó/

Noun

àgbó

  1. A type of drum
    Synonyms: àpéré, oriki, pẹ̀pẹ́
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