agbọn

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡ͡bɔ̃́/

agbọ́n

1. wasp
2. petulant person

a- (“agent-creating prefix”) +‎ gbọ́n (“to be wise, intelligent”)

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡ͡bɔ̃́/

agbọ́n

1. one who is wise or intelligent

Cognate with Igala ágbà and Edo agban

• agbàn

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡ͡bɔ̃̀/

agbọ̀n

1. basket

   Synonyms: apẹ̀rẹ̀, ìkó, ṣùkù

• alágbọ̀n (“owner of a basket”)
• Alágbọ̀n (“place near Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́, Ọ̀yọ́ State, Nigeria”)

a- (“agent-creating prefix”) +‎ gbọ̀n (“to shake, shiver”)

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡ͡bɔ̃̀/

agbọ̀n

1. one that shakes, shivers, or trembles

Unclear etymology, from à- +‎ gbọn, likely a Yoruba coinage as the words for coconut in Central Yoruba or related languages like Itsekiri, Igala, Edo, Igbo, Nupe, are not related from this (most come from a Portuguese root). Other languages that don't have borrowings from Portuguese usually use a variation or compounding with a word for the oil palm tree, which is similar to the coconut. This may also suggest that Western Yoruba speakers did not receive coconuts from the Portuguese, and instead may have gotten it from another source. Compare with Ifè àgbã.

• Unlikely, but possibly from à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ gbọ̀n (“to shake”)?

• IPA^(key): /à.ɡ͡bɔ̃̄/

àgbọn

1. coconut

   Synonym: kòkódìà

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *à-gbã̀. Cognates exist in most other Volta-Niger languages (where it is often translated as chin or jaw), suggesting what is likely a common Volta-Niger origin, see Igala àgbà, Ayere àngbà, Yekhee agba, Itsekiri agba, Arigidi àmgbà, Arigidi àgbɔ̀̃, Edo agbanmwẹn, Idoma agba, Fon gbà, Igbo àgbà, and Urhobo egba, and potentially Oko-Eni-Osayen akã̂, perhaps from Proto-Volta-Niger *à-gbà. The possible Benue-Congo cognates Ibibio mban̄, Ahwai akpaal, and Ahwai áŋkpàn may suggest a pre-Volta-Niger origin, which is uncertain.

• IPA^(key): /à.ɡ͡bɔ̃̀/

àgbọ̀n

1. chin