agbe

== English == === Noun === agbe A type of African rattle, similar to a sekere. == Ewe == === Etymology === From Proto-Gbe *-gbɛ. Compare Fon gbɛ̀, Saxwe Gbe ɛgbɛ̀, Aja (West Africa) egbɛ (“universe, creation, life”) and Gun ogbẹ̀. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /à.ɡ͡bè/ === Interjection === àgbè! long live!, viva! === Noun === àgbè (definite singular àgbè lá or àgbèà, collective plural àgbèwó, definite collective plural àgbèàwó) life, living well-being, health existence ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905), “agbe”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, pages 169-175 Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906), “agbe”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 115 Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N.; Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017), “agbe”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 14 == Yoruba == === Etymology 1 === Perhaps related to Yoruba ogbe (“crest, cockscomb”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ā.ɡ͡bē/ ==== Noun ==== agbe great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ā.ɡ͡bē/ ==== Noun ==== agbe mendicity; beggary ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ā.ɡ͡bè/ ==== Noun ==== agbè vessel traditionally made from a calabash used for fetching water Synonym: akèrègbè