gba

== Translingual == === Etymology === Clipping of English Gbaya. === Symbol === gba (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Gbaya. == Gun == === Etymology 1 === Cognates include Fon gbà, Saxwe Gbe gbà, Aja (East Africa) gbàn ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡ͡bà/ ==== Verb ==== gbà to break === Etymology 2 === Cognates include Fon gbă, Saxwe Gbe gba ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡ͡bá/ ==== Verb ==== gbá to build == Isoko == === Etymology === From Proto-Edoid *gbha === Verb === gba to tie == Yoruba == === Alternative forms === ڠَ === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡ͡bà/ ==== Verb ==== gbà (transitive) to rescue, to save, to deliver Synonym: yọ Ẹ gbà mí o ― Deliver me! ===== Usage notes ===== gba when followed by direct object. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡ͡bà/ ==== Verb ==== gbà (transitive) to take, accept, receive, absorb Mo gba ẹ̀bùn lọ́wọ́ àwọn òbí mi ― I received a gift from my parents (transitive) to snatch, take, seize, capture Wọ́n ti gba gbogbo ìlú wa ― They have taken over our town to take a route or path Mo gba apá ọ̀tún ― I took the right lane (transitive) to adopt, to take the means of doing something Ọ̀nàkọnà ni o lè gbà rí i ― There are several paths they can take to see him (transitive) to accommodate, occupy, fill up, contain Yàrá náà á gba gbogbo ẹrù náà ― That room will take all the load to require, to demand, to make something a condition Ọ̀rọ̀ yìí gba sùúrù ― This matter requires patience to become favorable, to gain prominence to work for wages ===== Usage notes ===== gba when followed by direct object. Sense 4 usually occurs with the instrumental 'fi' and/or the modal 'lè' Sense 8 is followed by an activity verb ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡ͡bà/ ==== Verb ==== gbà (transitive) to combust, to burst into flame Synonym: ràn ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 4 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡ͡bá/ ==== Verb ==== gbá to billow or blow in the wind, to flutter Synonym: fẹ́ Ẹ̀wù ń gbá kiri nínú afẹ́fẹ́ ― The blouse was fluttering in the wind ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 5 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡ͡bá/ ==== Verb ==== gbá (transitive) to hit, kick, slap, to play (a sport, or with something) Wọ́n ń gbá bọ́ọ̀lù aláfọwọ́gbá ― They were playing volleyball (transitive) to sweep Ilé ni à á kọ́ọ́ gbá, kí a tóó gbáàta ― We first must sweep the house, before we sweep outside ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 6 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡ͡bá/ ==== Verb ==== gbá (intransitive) to sway, to strut, to walk majestically Kábíyèsí ń gbá nínú ọlá rẹ̀ ― His Majesty is strutting in his royalty ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 7 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡ͡bá/ ==== Verb ==== gbá to heat oil, to light a fire on a stove, to set a controlled fire Mò ń gbá epo lórí iná ― I am heating oil on the stove to become heated ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 8 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡ͡bá/ ==== Verb ==== gbá to hem the edges of a mat, cloth, or net Synonym: ṣẹ́ wọ́n fi aṣọ gbá etí ẹní ― They used cloth to hem the edge of the mat ===== Derived terms =====