ugba
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
ugba (uncountable)
- A Nigerian condiment made from fermented African oil bean seeds (Pentaclethra macrophylla).
Yoruba[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ùgbà
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Yoruboid *ʊ-gbá, cognate with Yoruba igbá, Igbo ụgbā.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ugbá
- (Ekiti, Ijebu, Ondo) calabash, the plant Lagenaria siceraria
Derived terms[edit]
- ọmọrúgbá (“calabash lid (Ìjẹ̀bú)”)
- àkíkàràgbá (“broken calabash (Èkìtì)”)
- àákàràgbá (“broken calabash (Èkìtì)”)
- àíkàràgbá (“broken calabash (Ìjẹ̀bú)”)