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*    bandaged my hand. (2) to stick



*    together; cf. gba 1 [ ˥ ].



*gba [ / ] (1) to know somebody



*    thoroughly; of people only;



*    igba-ɽe-ɣ-ɔʋ̃a‿esi nɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    I know him thoroughly, (that)



*    he is a good man. (2) to be



*    complete; exaɛʋ̃ɛ n-idu‿ikotu na



*    gba nɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ] (do [ ˥ ]) the



*    chiefs attending this court are



*    xxxxx



*    complete.



*gba [ \ ] interjection used in



*    calling dogs (same as sss).



*gbaa [ ˩ ] level; used with the verb



*    ye [ ˥ ].



*gbadaa [ ˦ ˦ ] wide; broad (of bigger



*    things than gbadaa [ ˩ ˩ ]), e.g. of



*    a river or pond; cf. gbodoo [ ˥ ˥ ].



*gbadaa [ ˩ ˩ ] wide; broad (used e.g.



*    of a basin); ɔʋɛe gbadaa [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ]



*    it is broad; cf. gbadaa [ ˦ ˦ ].



*gbãgbãagbã [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (1) strongly;



*    closely; iɽ̃ã kexĩ-ɔse gbãgbaãgbã



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] they became close



*    friends (texts: Uke keʋe arhuaɽo).



*    (2) rigid; still; ɔye gbãgbaãgbã



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] it is stiff (same as ɛgi-aʋoxo



*    [ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] it cannot be bent).



*gbaɣada [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (also gbaɽaɣada



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]) describes the fall of



*    something having extremities,



*    e.g. the human body, when



*    thrown down in wrestling; mu-ɛ̃



*    gb-otɔ gbaɽaɣada [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] throw



*    him down gb.! (as an encourage-



*    ment to wrestlers, also ya gbe!



*    [ ˩ ˥ ], gbaɽaɣada!).



*gbãkãgbãkã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] big; thick; of



*    plantains and teeth; ɔɣɛdɛ na ye



*    gbãkãgbãkã [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] this plan-



*    tain is thick.



*gbalaza [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] wide; used with the



*    verb ye [ ˥ ], of ditches, pits,



*    ponds and rivers; indicates a



*    still wider degree than gbodoo



*    [ ˥ ˥ ].