ìjọba alágbádá
noun
/ì.d͡ʒɔ̄.bā ā.lá.ɡ͡bá.dá/
Definitions
- civil authority, democratic government
Etymology
From ìjọba + alágbádá, ultimately from ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + jọba (“to rule”) + oní- (“one who has”) + agbádá (“agbada”), literally “The government of the one who wears the agbada”
* This refers to the fact that many leaders of democratic government's in Africa wear the African attire the agbada, as opposed to the military uniform of military dictators.
Component words
Wiktionary records 2 different ways of breaking this word down. Each line is one of them, not a further part.
ìjọbaalágbádá
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ijọba alagbada”.
Reference:
en-ijọba_alagbada-yo-noun-~gd8unuu