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*    means something like “it is



*    gone” in the case of something



*    that one takes without intending



*    to return it, e.g. from a debtor.



*gbe 4 [ ˥ ] to break (of day); ɛdɛ gbe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] day is breaking (this sen-



*    tence is also used as a name).



*gbe [ / ] (1) to cross; to pass; in



*    gbe [ / ] ra [ / ]; ɔgbe ra xiã ʋ-



*    imi-ɔɛ̃ n-owiɛ [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he



*    was passing along when I saw



*    him this morning; gbe ra n-



*    uɣɛɣiɣe ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ / ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ \ ] pass with-



*    out looking at me! Also “be-



*    sides”: ɔs-iɽ̃ã‿eha n-ir-eʋa gbe



*    ra-ɽe (sɛ [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ / ˩ ] there



*    were three of them there besides



*    him (lit. “it reached them



*    three...”). Also used as second



*    verb in verbal combinations,



*    imparting a motion across some-



*    thing, v. mu 1 [ ˥ ], vĩ [ ˥ ]. (2) to



*    bar by putting something in



*    (“across”) the way, e.g. (a) to



*    show that a certain plot has been



*    chosen for clearing a farm; it is



*    done by putting two crossed



*    planks on a small round cleared



*    spot in the bush; (b) to debar



*    access to one’s wife by using a



*    certain “medicine”: uxuʋ̃u n-



*    aya gb-oxuo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] medicine



*    taken to “cross” a woman.



*    gbe [ / ] odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to bar the road;



*    to bar one’s way, or, plan;



*    uhuʋ̃u n-ɔgie re gbe ʋ̃-od-eʋ̃i



*    n-iteɽaɽu-ɽɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] the



*    message which he sent prevented



*    me from doing the thing that



*    I was going to do to-day. gb-



*    otɔe [ / ˩ ] xɛ [ / ] “to bar ground



*    wait”: to put poison (eɽ̃uã [ ˩ ˥ ])



*    into somebody’s path in order



*    that he may contract a disease,



*    etc.; ɔgb-otɔe x-ɔɽe [ ˩ / ˩ / ˩ ] “he



*    poisoned the ground waited for