alangba
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Yoruba
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/African_Rainbow_Lizard_or_African_Red-headed_Agama_%288502393169%29.jpg/220px-African_Rainbow_Lizard_or_African_Red-headed_Agama_%288502393169%29.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Possibly from oní- (“one who has”) + à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ǹ + gbá (“to sway, to strut while walking”), literally “The one who sways while walking”
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aláǹgbá
- lizard
- Synonyms: aláàmù, ọ̀gbọ̀gbọ̀, láǹdẹ̀, apọ́nríkọkọ, olódòǹgboro, lárìnká, alámọ̀mọ̀, ògòdògba, òdògba