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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
* [ ˥ ˥ ].