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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