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”)

 

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.ɡ͡bā/

Noun

ọgba

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

Derived terms

• ọgbọọgba (“equally”)
• dọ́gba (“to be equal”)

Etymology 5

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