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*    he is grumbling indistinctly



*    (also ɔgwi hũhũhũ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ]). (4)



*    to drone (of beetles only).



*gw-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. gwɛ [ ˥ ].



*gw-okɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. gwa 1 [ ˥ ].



*gwɔ [ ˥ ] to tremble; to shiver;



*    ɔgwɔe [ ˩ \ ] he shivered; v.



*    sɔgwɔsɔgwɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*gwɔɣɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to get, or, be broken



*    (of glass, earthenware, etc.);



*    uɣegbe na gwɔɣɔe [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ \ ] this



*    mirror is broken (but can still



*    be used; v. wu [ ˥ ] which means



*    that it is now completely use-



*    less). (2) to break something;



*    ɔgwɔɣ-uɣegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] he broke



*    the mirror.



*gyãɽ̃ãɽ̃ãɽ̃ãɽ̃ãɽ̃ã [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] loud, de-



*    scribes the crying of an infant.



*gyɛɣɛgyɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] of very small



*    size (e.g. of infants or yams);



*    same as guɛɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˩ ]; inya na biɛe



*    gyɛɣɛgyɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] this yam



*    has yielded very small fruit.



*gba 1 [ ˥ ] an auxiliary verb in-



*    dicating that the main action



*    is done by several subjects to-



*    gether; iɽ̃ã gbaɽu‿ɛe [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ \ ] they



*    are doing it together; gi-a



*    gbaɽu‿ɛe [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ \ ] let us do it



*    together!



*gba 2 [ ˥ ] (1) to tie; ɔgba ʋ̃-obɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] he tied my hands. gba



*    [ ˥ ] gĩna [ ˩ ˥ ] to tie to; igb-



*    ab-enwaʋ̃-ɔ̃xɛrhɛ ni gĩna-ɽ-egbe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ / ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “I have tied the



*    branch of that young oil palm



*    (ɔxɛrhɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]) to its body”.



*    (Also gba [ ˥ ] mu [ ˥ ].) gb-ogba



*    [ ˥ ˩ ] to make a fence (ga [ / ]



*    round something). Iterat. gbalɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ] is used with plural objects,



*    but in ɔgbalɔ ʋ̃-obɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] it



*    means: “he tied my hand



*    several times round”, i.e. he