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gweeru jana (from gweeru, jana) n scarcity (domain: 8.1.7.2 - Lack.)
gweese A1 v nudge, touch somebody lightly in order to alert him/her (domain: 7.3.2.9 - Push, 3.5.6.1 - Gesture.)
gwei₁ [L ] A2 v harvest, cut off heads (of millet) (domain: 6.2.5 - Harvest.)
gwei₂ [R ] DE/YA (pl: gwoa) n cola nut (domain: 1.5 - Plant, 5.2.6 - Stimulant, 5.2.3.1.1 - Food from seeds.)
gwɛ₁ [L ] A2 v scatter (domain: 7.5.1.1 - Separate, scatter.)
gwɛ₂ v strut, march, dance a slow kind of dance (domain: 4.2.4 - Dance, 7.2.1.1 - Walk.)
gwɛɛle v balance on the head (domain: 7.3.1 - Carry, 7.2.1.6.1 - Balance.)
gwɛɛne [M ] A1 v dismantle,disorganise, bring to an end (domain: 8.4.6.1.2 - Stop something, 7.5.2.4 - Remove, take apart.)
gwi [M ] A2 v 1turn away, upside down, inside out { Tete veiru mo gwi o tete. The night visitor turns himself away. | n gwi nɔɔno yiga you turn someone aside | n gwi nɔɔno boboŋa you dissuade someone } (domain: 7.2.2.6 - Turn.) 2turn one's head round (domain: 7.2.2.6 - Turn, 2.1.1 - Head.)
gwia₁ KA n left { gwia tu left-handed person } (domain: 8.5.2.3 - Right, left.)
gwia₂ [M ] KA/SE n Yellow-billed Shrike (bird) (domain: 1.6.1.2 - Bird.)
gwo [L ] C5 (impf: gwona₂; past: gwoni) v cut off with a knife { O wora o gwoni dwoa mo se o saŋe. She is cutting off ingredients to cook soup. | gwo peini circumcise | gwo tega rise early in the morning } (domain: 7.8.3 - Cut, 2.6.4.7 - Initiation.) [ der. gwoŋa ]
gwoa [gwǝ] pl. of gwei₂ n pl cola_nuts (sem. domains: 1.5 - Plant.)
gwola [M ] KA/SE n hook (domain: 6.7 - Tool, 6.4.5.2 - Fish with hooks.) [ gwoli-dole ]
gwoli [H ] DE/YA n club, stick with clubbed end used by cow-herds (domain: 6.3.2 - Tend herds in fields, 4.8.2.4 - Defend, 7.7.1 - Hit.) [ zaangwoli ]
gwoli-dole (from gwola, dole) n fish-hook (domain: 6.4.5.2 - Fish with hooks.)
gwona₁ n pattern design on a newly plastered wall
gwona₂ impf. of gwo
gwoni past of gwo v cut (sem. domains: 7.8.3 - Cut.) idiom ni-gwonim promise
gwoŋa KA (der. of gwo) n circumcision, excision (domain: 5.4.6.1 - Circumcision.) [ kangwoŋa ]
gwoŋi₁ A1 v show grief in mourning rites { Kalia we n yi ná luna, n wó paŋe n gwoŋi mo. Monkey says if your eye is deep-set, you need to get a head start in showing tears of grief. }
gwoŋi₂ v drive a herd of cattle (domain: 6.3.2 - Tend herds in fields, 1.6.4.1 - Animal movement, 7.3.3 - Take somewhere.)
gwoŋina n marriage rites in which certain animals are killed [the husband invites the brothers-in-law to his house and kills a dog and a goat for them] (domain: 2.6.1.1 - Arrange a marriage, 4.1.9.2.2 - In-law.)
gwoŋo₁ [M ] KO/TE (pl: gwonnu) n bucket and rope for drawing water (domain: 6.6.7.2 - Conveying water, 5.1 - Household equipment, 6.7.7 - Container.) [ yu-gwoŋo ]
gwoŋo₂ [R ] KO/TE (pl: gwonnu) n trench, deep hole, gutter { A maa vei gwoŋo. I am going to defaecate. } (domain: 7.8.5 - Make hole, opening, 8.2.6.5 - Deep, shallow, 1.2.1.5 - Underground, 7.8.6 - Dig.)