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*    (with the pointed stick ubi [ ˩ ˥ ]).



*    gb-ugbo [ ˥ ˥ ] to do farm work (as



*    one’s occupation); to be a



*    farmer. gb-ugb-ogi-erhã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ]



*    to play a certain children’s game



*    which consists in guessing things



*    that are known to a few of the



*    players only. gb-uke [ ˥ ˩ ] to stamp



*    one’s feet (as in a special kind of



*    dance); uke ɔgbe na ɽa [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] is



*    he stamping uke there? (The na



*    is used when the speaker can see



*    the man.) gb-umɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to rub



*    oneself with camwood (which



*    dyes the skin red); this is e.g.



*    done by the women members of



*    Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] at the ikpolɛki



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] festival, and by men, at



*    the agwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] (new-yam festival



*    at the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ]); ɔgb-umɛ n-



*    ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ / ˩ ] she has rubbed



*    (herself with) camwood for



*    Ɔxwahɛ. gb-uzɛbu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to dance



*    the Uzɛbu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] dance (gbe [ ˥ ] is



*    also used with the names of



*    other dances, e.g. gb-akaba [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ],



*    or gb-ukpukpɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “to dance



*    a war-dance”).



*gbe 2 [ ˥ ] a verb indicating that an



*    action is performed intensively



*    or extensively, or that a certain



*    state exists to a high degree



*    (“much”, “well”); always fol-



*    lowing the main verb; ɔgw-ob-iɽ̃ã



*    gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] (gwɛ [ ˥ ]) he is much



*    (well) acquainted with them;



*    ɔgw-ob-iɽ̃ã gbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ] some-



*    thing like: he is always in their



*    company. (The verbal character



*    of gbe is shown by the different



*    intonation in these two forms,



*    the pf. and ipf.)



*gbe 3 [ ˥ ] (1) to be rotten; aɽ̃aʋ̃ɛ



*    na gbe [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ \ ] this meat is



*    rotten (so that only parts of it



*    are eatable). (2) ɔgbe [ ˩ \ ] also