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*gbe 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to hit; to flog.



*    (2) to kill; v. also gbe [ ˥ ] ɽua [ ˥ ].



*    Iterat. gbele [ ˩ ˥ ]; ɔgbel-iɽ̃ã hia



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] and ɔgbel-iɽ̃ã hi-a [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ]



*    he killed them all. (3) to per-



*    form something, esp. a dance;



*    to dance. (4) to pick (leaves



*    from a tree). (5) to catch, of



*    a trap. This verb is also used



*    for various purposes, its exact



*    meaning being determined by



*    a following noun or verb. Ex-



*    amples of combinations with



*    verbs: gbe [ ˥ ] gĩn-otɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to hit



*    against the ground, e.g. when



*    killing a snake, and also in the



*    meaning of “to insult somebody



*    who is ill and in bed”; cf. agbegĩ^



*    notɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. gbe [ ˥ ] miɛ [ / ] lit.



*    “to hit (and) take (something)



*    from (somebody)”: to seize



*    something by force; ɔgbe ʋ̃ɛ



*    miɛ ʋ̃ɛ-ɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] he seized it



*    from me (by force). gbe [ ˥ ]



*    mu‿otɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to ruin somebody.



*    gbe [ ˥ ] ɽua [ ˥ ] to kill. gbe [ ˥ ]



*    yo [ ˥ ] gbe [ ˥ ] re [ ˥ ] to turn over



*    and over; to fumble; ɔgbe n-eʋ̃i



*    yo gb-ɛe re, ɔmadɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ \ ]



*    “he handled the thing ‘to and



*    fro’ (but) he did not buy (it)”



*    (the syllable gb-ɛe is actually a



*    fall, not a low tone; this could,



*    however, not be shown here);



*    imaɽ̃ɛ̃ ʋ-ɔguã, ɔɣagb-en-ɛʋ̃ɛ yo gb-



*    ɛe re ʋ-eʋa [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ‿ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˥ / ˩ ˩ \ ]



*    “I don’t know what he is talk-



*    ing (about), he is turning the



*    matter over and over there”,



*    i.e. he is not taIking to the point.



*    Combinations with nouns: gb-



*    akiyɛyɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] to make fun (of



*    somebody: ya [ ˥ ]); iya‿e gb-



*    akiyɛyɛ [ ˩ ˥ / ˦ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] I made fun of



*    him, or, made a fool of him; v.



*    gb-iba [ ˥ ˥ ]. gb-akpã [ ˥ ˥ ] to be