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gbaacfhiesikuriv1to gather, heap up sth.Gbaa yaŋ la hɛ dɔŋɔ.Gather the grass together in heaps.2to make millet-mounds (farming)Ʋ gbaa parɩkpʋraa nɛ.He made millet-mounds.

gbaalan, raised mound

gbaanɩŋn, a kind of plant

gbaarɛcfhilimivto meet, gatherLa gbaara dii.We gathered to eat.

gbabiiŋn, hockey

gbagaan, saddle bags

gbak gbak gbakadv.slowly (movement of tortoise or duck)Gʋlʋŋmʋlʋŋ bɩ wuo faasaa vɛŋ. Ʋ yie vɩvɛŋ gbak gbak gbak.The tortoise cannot move quickly. It always goes very slowly.

gbalɩamɩŋn, fresh pod of bean, a kind of tree

gbambiiŋn, seed of calabash

gbampumuŋn, unopened calabash

gbampʋlan, calabash used for drinking water

Gbanchaanɛn, month of rains and sunshine (end of rains, roughly September)

gbanfɩaŋn, calabash in which food is kept for eating

gbanjɔɔban. pl.load of cooking utensils

gbanloŋn, calabash with small opening for storing water

gbaŋan, calabash, bowl, utensil

-gbaŋacfzɔlɔ-nounsfxstandard batch of one hundred itemsguogbaŋa100 kola nuts (gift to chief)

gbaŋkon, cassava

gbaŋkoguŋn, calabash used for winnowing

gbaŋkʋʋlʋŋn, the substance inside a calabash

gbegecfdayalɩman, leper

gbege ta, gbegi...taidto disgrace, disregardƲ mʋ bɛ zɛmbɛ a pɩpa kuoro, kuoro yie kɛnʋ gbege ta.He betrayed somebody to the chief, so the chief disgraced him.

gbegivto strip bareBʋʋnaa gbegi tɩala kala.The goats have stripped the tree bare.

gbegilegen, a kind of tree

gbegisiv1reduce in wealth, become poorBaal la lɛɛlɛ gbegise nɛ.The man has now become poor.2to remove all leaves from a treeBʋʋnaa gbegisi tɩa la kala nɛ.Goats have stripped the whole tree.

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