gbɔ
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Fon
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from Proto-Gbe *-agbo (“billy goat, he-goat”). Cognates include Gun ogbọ́, Saxwe Gbe ogbɔ̀, Adja egbɔ, Ewe gbɔ̃, Yoruba àgbò, Edo agbo.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gbɔ́
Derived terms
[edit]- lɛ̀ngbɔ́sì (“ewe”)
- lɛ̀ngbɔ́sú (“ram”)
- lɛ̀ngbɔ́ví (“lamb”)
- lὲngbɔ́ (“sheep”)
Gun
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from Proto-Gbe *-agbo (“billy goat, he-goat”). Cognates include Fon gbɔ́, Saxwe Gbe ogbɔ̀, Adja egbɔ, Ewe gbɔ̆, Yoruba àgbò, Edo agbo
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gbɔ́ (plural gbɔ́ lɛ́) (Benin)
Ifè
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *gbɔ́. Cognate with Yoruba gbọ́ (“to hear, listen, understand, smell, perceive, etc.”), Itsekiri gbọ́ (“to hear, listen, understand”), Igala gbọ́ (“to hear, listen, understand”), Ede Idaca gbɔ́ (“to hear, listen, understand”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]gbɔ́
- (transitive, stative) to hear
- to smell, perceive
- to understand
Derived terms
[edit]- gbɔ́mɔ́ (“to smell”)
- gbɔ́ɔ̀dzã̀mà (“to get news of someone, to be cognizant of someone”)
- gbɔ́ɔ̀rã̀ (“to obey, understand”)
- gbàgbɔ́ (“to believe, accept”)
- gbáɖɔ̃̀ (“to feel sweetness”)
Categories:
- Fon terms inherited from Proto-Gbe
- Fon terms derived from Proto-Gbe
- Fon terms with IPA pronunciation
- Fon lemmas
- Fon nouns
- fon:Mammals
- Gun terms inherited from Proto-Gbe
- Gun terms derived from Proto-Gbe
- Gun terms with IPA pronunciation
- Gun lemmas
- Gun nouns
- Beninese Gun
- guw:Mammals
- Ifè terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid
- Ifè terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid
- Ifè terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ifè lemmas
- Ifè verbs
- Ifè transitive verbs
- Ifè stative verbs