ọgba

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Ọgbà (1)

Ọgbà nílẹ̀ Jèpáànì (2)

Compare with Edo ogba

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.ɡ͡bà/

Noun

ọgbà

fence
wọ́n ra ọgbà yí oko náà ká ― They bought a fence around their farm
(by extension) a fenced enclosure, garden, park
Synonym: àgbàlá

Derived terms

aṣọ́gbà (“gatekeeper”)
iṣẹ́-ọ̀gbìn ọgbà (“horticulture”)
olùṣọ́gbà (“gardener”)
ọgbà àjàrà (“orchard”)
ọgbà ẹ̀wọ̀n (“prison yard”)
ọlọ́gbà (“gardener”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.ɡ͡bà/

Noun

ọ̀gbà

agemate, peer, contemporary
Synonyms: irọ̀, ẹgbẹ́
social group

Derived terms

ojúgbà
ẹgbẹ́ òun ọ̀gbà

Etymology 3

Ọ̀gbà

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.ɡ͡bà/

Noun

ọ̀gbà

The plant Mondia whitei

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ̄.ɡ͡bā/

Noun

ọgba

equal (in size or quantity), equivalent
parallel

Derived terms

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

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