ogbe

Gun

Etymology 1

From Proto-Gbe *-gbe.[1] Cognate with Saxwe Gbe ogbè, Fon gbè, Aja egbe, Ewe gbe.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ō.ɡ͡bè/

Noun

ogbè (plural ogbè lɛ́ or ogbè lẹ́)

  1. language
  2. sound
  3. voice

Etymology 2

Cognate with Fon gbě, Saxwe Gbe ogbe, Adja egbe, Ewe gbe.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ō.ɡ͡bé/

Noun

ogbé (plural ogbé lɛ́ or ogbé lẹ́)

  1. grass

References

  1. ^ Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1991) A Comparative Phonology of Gbe (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics; 14), Berlin/New York, Garome, Benin: Foris Publications & Labo Gbe (Int), pages 218, 223-4

Yoruba

Alternative forms

  • igbe
  • ugbe (Ekiti)

Etymology

Probably from o- (“agent prefix”) +‎ gbe

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ō.ɡ͡bē/

Noun

ogbe

  1. (zootomy) cockscomb
    Synonym: ogbe àkùkọ
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