agbọn

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See also: agbon and Agbon

Yoruba

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Agbọ́n

Etymology 1

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Noun

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agbọ́n

  1. wasp
  2. petulant person

Etymology 2

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a- (agent-creating prefix) +‎ gbọ́n (to be wise, intelligent)

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agbọ́n

  1. one who is wise or intelligent

Etymology 3

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Olú jíjẹ nínú agbọ̀n

Cognate with Igala ágbà and Edo agban

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Noun

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agbọ̀n

  1. basket
    Synonyms: apẹ̀rẹ̀, ìkó, ṣùkù
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Etymology 4

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a- (agent-creating prefix) +‎ gbọ̀n (to shake, shiver)

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Noun

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agbọ̀n

  1. one that shakes, shivers, or trembles

Etymology 5

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Igi àgbọn pẹ̀lú àgbọn púpọ̀ tí ò tí i gbó

Unclear etymology, from à- +‎ gbọn, likely a Yoruba coinage as the words for coconut in Central Yoruba or related languages like Itsekiri, Igala, Edo, Igbo, Nupe, are not related from this (most come from a Portuguese root). Other languages that don't have borrowings from Portuguese usually use a variation or compounding with a word for the oil palm tree, which is similar to the coconut. This may also suggest that Western Yoruba speakers did not receive coconuts from the Portuguese, and instead may have gotten it from another source. Compare with Ifè àgbã.

  • Unlikely, but possibly from à- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ gbọ̀n (to shake)?

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Noun

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àgbọn

  1. coconut
    Synonym: kòkódìà
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Etymology 6

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Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *à-gbã̀. Cognates exist in most other Volta-Niger languages (where it is often translated as chin or jaw), suggesting what is likely a common Volta-Niger origin, see Igala àgbà, Ayere àngbà, Yekhee agba, Itsekiri agba, Arigidi àmgbà, Arigidi àgbɔ̀̃, Edo agbanmwẹn, Idoma agba, Fon gbà, Igbo àgbà, and Urhobo egba, and potentially Oko-Eni-Osayen akã̂, perhaps from Proto-Volta-Niger *à-gbà. The possible Benue-Congo cognates Ibibio mban̄, Ahwai akpaal, and Ahwai áŋkpàn may suggest a pre-Volta-Niger origin, which is uncertain.

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àgbọ̀n

  1. chin
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