agbara
Yoruba
Àgbàrà funfun tó yíká ọ̀gọ̀dọ̀ eléwé kan ní abúlé kan ní Ṣáínà
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”) + ààrá (“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
- agbára afẹ́fẹ́ (“wind energy”)
- agbára agbẹjọ́rò-ìjọba (“power of attorney”)
- agbára ajẹmọ́núkílà (“nuclear energy”)
- agbára apàṣẹwàá (“absolutism”)
- agbára àtinú-òòrun-wá (“solar energy”)
- agbára àtirajà (“purchasing power”)
- agbára àtiṣe-nǹkan (“willpower”)
- agbára àtiṣòfin (“legislative power”)
- agbára átọ́ọ̀mù (“atomic energy”)
- agbára ẹ̀lẹ́ńtíríìkì (“electric power, current”)
- agbára-ẹṣin (“horsepower”)
- agbára ìlègbàsára (“absorptive capacity”)
- agbára ìmú-nǹkanrọrùn (“leverage”)
- agbára ìmúṣẹ́ṣe (“legislative power”)
- agbára ináàlẹ̀ńtíríkì (“electric voltage”)
- agbára iye-òṣìṣẹ́ (“manpower”)
- agbára káká (“brute force”)
- agbára lábẹ́-òfin (“jurisdiction”)
- agbára òòfà (“magnetic energy”)
- agbára òòrùn (“solar energy”)
- agbára ooru (“steam”)
- agbára òṣùpá (“lunar energy”)
- alágbára (“a powerful person, someone who is strong”)
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /à.ɡ͡bà.ɾá/
Noun
àgbàrá
- flood, torrent, erosion
- Synonym: àgbàrá òjò
- Àgbàrá kò fo kòtò, ire ilé ayé kò níí fò wá ― The torrent did not jump over the gutter, and as such, may the goodness of the world not jump over us(proverbial prayer for good fortune)