Sebagaya

Continuing the discussion from Week-end bɛ di?:

Sebagaya kɔrɔ ko di?

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“Sebagaya” can be broken down like this:

se-baga-ya

to.be.able-person-ness

  • ka se = to able to
  • -baga = temporary agent suffix
  • -ya = abstraction suffix

A sebaga is “a person who is able”, as in “a person with power”.

Sebagaya is the state of being a person who is able or powerful.

In the context of a soccer game or a sports match like in the original example, it means something like “victor-hood” and is one way to talk about who won a game or match.

Nka mɔgɔ si ma sebagaya sɔrɔ

“But no person obtained victorhood”
(as in, “But nobody won” or “But nobody was victorious”)

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