gbá
verb
/ɡ͡bá/
ڠَ (alternative)
Definitions
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to hit, kick, slap, to play (a sport, or with something)
Wọ́n ń gbá bọ́ọ̀lù aláfọwọ́gbá They were playing volleyball
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to sweep
Ilé ni à á kọ́ọ́ gbá, kí a tóó gbáàta We first must sweep the house, before we sweep outside
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 5 entries spelled “gbá”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
Used in
agbábọ́ọ̀lùnounàgbájọnounagbálẹ̀nounbọ́ọ̀lù àfẹsẹ̀gbábọ́ọ̀lù aláfọwọ́gbáfigagbágaverbgbá bọ́ọ̀lùgbájú-ẹ̀noungbájúmọ́verbgbálẹ̀verbgbígbánoun
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)
ìgbábọ́ọ̀lùnounìgbálẹ̀noun
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Source: Wiktionary · etymology 5,
where this word is spelled “gba”.
Reference:
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