agbọn
Yoruba
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]agbọ́n
Etymology 2
[edit]a- (“agent-creating prefix”) + gbọ́n (“to be wise, intelligent”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]agbọ́n
- one who is wise or intelligent
Etymology 3
[edit]Cognate with Igala ágbà and Edo agban
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]agbọ̀n
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 4
[edit]a- (“agent-creating prefix”) + gbọ̀n (“to shake, shiver”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]agbọ̀n
Etymology 5
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]àgbọn
Derived terms
[edit]- alágbọn (“owner or seller of coconuts”)
- Alágbọn (“Nigeria Police Headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria”)
- okùn èèpo-àgbọn (“coir”)
- àdín àgbọn (“coconut oil”)
- àgbọn olódu (“African Fan Palm, Borassus aethiopum”)
- àságbẹẹ kèrékèré-àgbọn (“copra”)
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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]àgbọ̀n
Derived terms
[edit]- alágbọ̀n (“one with a peculiar chin”)
- eegun àgbọ̀n (“jawbone”)
- irùngbọ̀n (“beard”)
- tọ́ọ́rọ́ àgbọ̀n (“cleft chin”)
- àgbọ̀n-ìsàlẹ̀ (“lower jaw”)
- àgbọ̀n-òkè (“upper jaw”)
- Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yoruba lemmas
- Yoruba nouns
- Yoruba terms prefixed with a- (agent prefix)
- Yoruba terms prefixed with a-
- Yoruba terms prefixed with a- (nominalizing prefix)
- Visual dictionary
- Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid
- Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid
- Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Volta-Niger
- Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Volta-Niger
- yo:Anatomy
- yo:Containers
- yo:Face
- yo:Fruits
- yo:Nuts
- yo:Insects