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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