agbe

See also: agbẹ

English

Noun

agbe

1. A type of African rattle, similar to a sekere.

Ewe

Noun

agbe

1. life.

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Ẹyẹ agbe méjì

Perhaps related to Yoruba ogbe (“crest, cockscomb”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡ͡bē/

Noun

agbe

1. great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡ͡bē/

Noun

agbe

1. mendicity; beggary

Derived terms

• alágbe (“beggar”)
• kò-là-kò-ṣagbe (“middle class”)
• ṣagbe (“to beg”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡ͡bè/

Noun

agbè

1. vessel traditionally made from a calabash used for fetching water

   Synonym: akèrègbè