gba

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See also: GBA and gbá

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gba

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Gun

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Etymology 1

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Cognates include Fon gbà, Saxwe Gbe gbà, Aja gbàn

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gbà

  1. to break

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Cognates include Fon gbă, Saxwe Gbe gba

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gbá

  1. to build

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gbà

  1. (transitive) to rescue, to save, to deliver
    Synonym: yọ
    gbà mí oDeliver me!
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  • gba when followed by direct object.
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gbà

  1. (transitive) to take, accept, receive, absorb
    Mo gba ẹ̀bùn lọ́wọ́ àwọn òbí miI received a gift from my parents
  2. (transitive) to snatch, take, seize, capture
    Wọ́n ti gba gbogbo ìlú waThey have taken over our town
  3. to take a route or path
    Mo gba apá ọ̀túnI took the right lane
  4. (transitive) to adopt, to take the means of doing something
    Ọ̀nàkọnà ni o lè gbà rí iThere are several paths they can take to see him
  5. (transitive) to accommodate, occupy, fill up, contain
    Yàrá náà á gba gbogbo ẹrù náàThat room will take all the load
  6. to require, to demand, to make something a condition
    Ọ̀rọ̀ yìí gba sùúrùThis matter requires patience
  7. to become favorable, to gain prominence
  8. to work for wages
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  • gba when followed by direct object.
  • Sense 4 usually occurs with the instrumental 'fi' and/or the modal 'lè'
  • Sense 8 is followed by an activity verb
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gbà

  1. (transitive) to combust, to burst into flame
    Synonym: ràn
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gbá

  1. to billow or blow in the wind, to flutter
    Synonym: fẹ́
    Ẹ̀wù ń gbá kiri nínú afẹ́fẹ́The blouse was fluttering in the wind
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gbá

  1. (transitive) to hit, kick, slap, to play (a sport, or with something)
    Wọ́n ń gbá bọ́ọ̀lù aláfọwọ́gbáThey were playing volleyball
  2. (transitive) to sweep
    Ilé ni à á kọ́ọ́ gbá, kí a tóó gbáàtaWe first must sweep the house, before we sweep outside
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gbá

  1. (intransitive) to sway, to strut, to walk majestically
    Kábíyèsí ń gbá nínú ọlá rẹ̀His Majesty is strutting in his royalty
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gbá

  1. to heat oil, to light a fire on a stove, to set a controlled fire
    Mò ń gbá epo lórí ináI am heating oil on the stove
  2. to become heated
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gbá

  1. to hem the edges of a mat, cloth, or net
    Synonym: ṣẹ́
    wọ́n fi aṣọ gbá etí ẹníThey used cloth to hem the edge of the mat
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