gbá
verb
/ɡ͡bá/
ڠَ (alternative)
Definitions
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to billow or blow in the wind, to flutter
Ẹ̀wù ń gbá kiri nínú afẹ́fẹ́ The blouse was fluttering in the wind
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 5 entries spelled “gbá”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
Used in
àgbànoun
6 entries are spelled “àgbà”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first.
àgbà
adult, elder
àgbá
cylinder, a term for an object or entity that is cylindrical in shape
àgbá
the plants Alafia multiflora and Landolphia togolana
agba
the plant Prioria balsamifera
agba
the plants Entada gigas and Motandra paniculata (syn. Motandra guineensis, which are primarily used to make ropes
agba
a type of drum played by the Ìlàjẹ and Ìkálẹ̀ people
gbígbánoun
ìgbánoun
2 entries are spelled “ìgbá”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first.
ìgbá
bitter tomato, Solanum aethiopicum; garden egg, eggplant
ìgbá
African locust bean (Parkia biglobosa)
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where this word is spelled “gba”.
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