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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