agbara
التعريفات والمعاني
== Isoko ==
=== Etymology ===
Cognate with Urhobo agbara.
=== Noun ===
agbara (plural ịgbara)
chair
Synonym: akaba
=== References ===
M. E. Umukoro, E.O. Agbada, J.O. Okedi, Ụbị Isase Isoko - Rọ Kẹ Ịmọ Ukpe Ọsụsụọ (JS 1) - 2020
== Urhobo ==
=== Etymology ===
Cognate with Isoko agbara.
=== Noun ===
agbara
chair
=== References ===
Anthony Obakpọnọvwẹ Ukere (1986), Urhobo-English Dictionary[1], Ilupeju Press, page 1
== Yoruba ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ā.ɡ͡bà.ɾà/, /à.ɡ͡bà.ɾà/
==== Noun ====
agbàrà or àgbàrà
wooden fence
Synonym: ọgbà
=== Etymology 2 ===
a- (“agent prefix”) + gba (“to knock away”) + àrá (“thunder”)
==== Alternative forms ====
agbààrá
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ā.ɡ͡bà.ɾá/
==== Noun ====
agbàrá
lightning rod, something that deflects lightning
Synonym: gbàrá-gbàrá
=== Etymology 3 ===
a- (“agent prefix”) + gbé (“to carry”) + ara (“body”), literally “that which powers the body”
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ā.ɡ͡bá.ɾā/
==== Noun ====
agbára
physical strength
Synonym: okun
capacity
energy, voltage
Synonym: iná
authority, power
Synonym: àṣẹ
===== Derived terms =====
=== Etymology 4 ===
à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + gbàrà (“to outbid”)
==== Alternative forms ====
ìgbàrà
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /à.ɡ͡bà.ɾà/
==== Noun ====
àgbàrà
outbidding, getting outbid, outbidder
===== Derived terms =====
agbàgbàrà-ọjà
aṣàgbàrà
alágbàrà
=== Etymology 5 ===
==== Alternative forms ====
àgbàá
ọ̀gbàrá
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /à.ɡ͡bà.ɾá/
==== Noun ====
àgbàrá
flood, torrent, erosion
Synonyms: àgbàrá òjò, ìkún omi, omíyalé
(proverbial prayer for good fortune)