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gba cf: mi·₅. adv also, too

gbaagba excl well done!

gbaagbini cf: gbini·₂, gbini·₃, mɔgbini; cf: bingbaarigu, bini, gbaai, ŋmangbaa; cf: gbaai, gbini·₂. n a cord (for tying pantaloons, pyjamas)

gbaai gbaara cf: maŋgbaabu, maŋa·₂; cf: ŋmangbaa, ŋmani·₂; cf: ŋmaŋgbaa, ŋmani·₂; cf: kambɔŋgbara, Kambɔŋa·₂; cf: bingbaarigu, bini, gbaagbini, ŋmangbaa; cf: gbari·₁; cf: gbaagbini, gbini·₂. v 1to take hold of, hold, grip, 2to catch, capture 3to clinch, grip with the teeth 4to begin to do sth., take up ...ing 5to decide 6to clip things together 7to hit the target

gbaani kneel

gbabi·₁ gbabira cf: gbabo. v to seize with pincers, tongs fu:&c.

gbabi·₂ gbabira v look after, care for

gbabigi gbabigiri cf: gbabi. v to snatch, wrench, wrest (from sb.)

gbabo gbabonima cf: gbabi·₁. n tongs

gbafuɣa n an animal [sp.]

gbaɣa gbaɣisi n 1a long basket for carrying kola nuts, or as an animal-cradle 2a load 3capital, "money given to a person to trade" (IM)

gbaɣi gbaɣibu v to shave, slice off

gbaɣino 'breastplate'

gbaɣiri gbaɣitira cf: niŋgbuŋgbaɣiribu, niŋgbuŋ; cf: gbaɣisi, dam·₂, niŋgbgbaɣiribu; cf: dam·₂, damli·₂, zuɣudamli, wahi·₃, zuɣu·₁. v 1to shake out 2to dispose of under financial pressure 3to shake the head expressing negation 4to have a mild illness

gbaɣisi gbaɣisira cf: gbaɣiri, dam·₂, niŋgbgbaɣiribu. v 1to nod, shake the head 2to change tone (of voice or drum), weaken, slacken

gbaɣu· basket

gbahiŋ gbahima n a long talk, too much talking

gbajaɣa adv carelessly

gbaka gbakanima n a large calabash

gbala·₁ mats

gbala·₂ graves

gbali gbaya cf: gbalipaɣa; cf: gbalikpimalana, 'kpiŋ; cf: gbalipini, kanjampini. n 1the thigh 2the whole leg, leg/back leg of quadruped 3a wheel 4roots of the fv:taŋkɔro

gbalikpimalana gbalikpimanima cf: gbali, 'kpiŋ. n a person with paralysed leg/s