ogbon

Refers to an animal in relation to the parent or parents from which it came. Depending upon the species, it may correspond to English young, offspring, progeny, litter, cub, calf, piglet, or another species-specific term.

PROBABLE LEXICAL RELATIONSHIP

Probably historically related to obon “something or someone left behind; survivor; remainder.”

The semantic development may be understood as:

what remains or is left by someone
→ those left by a deceased person
→ descendants or progeny
→ animal offspring

The consonantal difference between obon and ogbon remains to be explained, so ogbon should presently be treated as a related lexical form rather than mechanically segmented as a transparent affixed derivative.

SEMANTIC NOTE

The word denotes the living young or progeny, whereas omon denotes an egg before hatching.

ETYMOLOGICAL NOTE

Compare Central Bikol ugbón, “offspring; animal young.” The Boie’nen form is therefore more plausibly part of a wider Bikol lexical family than a derivation from omon “egg.” The precise historical reconstruction remains to be established.

COMPARE

• obon — something or someone left behind; survivor or remainder.

• naobon — remained, survived, or was left behind.

• omon — egg.

• omonomon — scrotum or testicles.

• agin — human child.

•  Pirangogbon nyo ayam? (How many puppies did the dog have?)
•  Nangogbon na yo ayam. (The dog has littered.)