gbo

== Translingual == === Etymology === Abbreviation of English Grebo, northern. === Symbol === gbo (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Northern Grebo. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Northern Grebo terms == Gun == === Etymology 1 === Compare Yoruba gbó (“to bark”), Saxwe Gbe gbò (“to bark”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡ͡bó/ ==== Verb ==== gbó to bark === Etymology 2 === Cognate with Fon gbò, Saxwe Gbe gbò ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡ͡bò/ ==== Verb ==== gbò to cut == Nupe == === Etymology 1 === Compare Yoruba gbó (“to bark”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡ͡bó/ ==== Verb ==== gbó to bark (like a dog) Eshì yán ǹdá è gbó ― Father's dog is barking ===== Derived terms ===== gbómi (“to argue”) gbugbó (“barking”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡ͡bó/ ==== Verb ==== gbó to be large; to be big (in diameter) === Etymology 3 === Compare Yoruba gbo (“to rub”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡ͡bō/ ==== Verb ==== gbo to rub to smother; to daub to file to apply (ointment); to rub on Synonyms: tan, za, zùn Mi lá èkó gbotí. ― I used shea butter to moisturise my face. ===== Derived terms ===== gbofú (“to hoe”) gbonu (“to hoe”) == Yoruba == === Alternative forms === ڠوْ === Etymology 1 === Compare Nupe gbó (“to bark”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡ͡bó/ ==== Verb ==== gbó (intransitive) to bark (like a dog) Ajá aládùúgbò mi máa ń gbó látàárọ̀ dalẹ́. Ó ti sú mi. ― My neighbour's dog barks from morning to night. I'm fed up. Kì í ṣe gbogbo ajá tó bá gbóni lọ́jà, là ń dá lóhùn. ― It's not all the dogs that bark at one at the marketplace that one responds to. ===== Synonyms ===== === Etymology 2 === Perhaps related to Igbo gboo (“early, ancient”) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡ͡bó/ ==== Verb ==== gbó to be old (transitive) to age O ò ní tètè gbó, wàá pẹ́ láyé. ― You won't age fast, you'll live long. (intransitive) to ripen Synonym: pọ́n Àgbàdo ò ì tíì gbó ― The corn is not yet ripe to wear out Synonym: bọn ===== Derived terms ===== ogbó (“old age”) ògbólógbòó arúgbó (“elderly person”) === Etymology 3 === Compare Nupe gbo (“to rub”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡ͡bō/ ==== Verb ==== gbo (transitive) to rub, to squeeze (transitive) to scrub ===== Derived terms ===== àgbo (“herbal medicine”) === Etymology 4 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡ͡bò/ ==== Verb ==== gbò (transitive, ergative) to shake Synonyms: gbọ̀n, mì Mo gbo igi kí èso ré. ― I shook the tree so the fruit would fall. (transitive) to trouble; to take its toll Àìsí ńlé mi gbò ó. ― My absence from home 'affected her. Àìsàn náà ṣì ń gbò wá ― That sickness is still troubling us. ===== Usage notes ===== gbo when followed by a direct object. ===== Derived terms ===== gbò yèpéyèpé (“to wobble”) gbò jìgìjìgì (“to shake violently”), gbò jìgì