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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