gbà
verb
/ɡ͡bà/
ڠَ (alternative)
Definitions
-
to take, accept, receive, absorb
Mo gba ẹ̀bùn lọ́wọ́ àwọn òbí mi I received a gift from my parents
-
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
-
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
-
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
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 3 entries spelled “gbà”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
Used in
agbẹjọ́rònounàkọ́ìgbànounAládégbùjìnameanìkàngbijùnounàtẹ́rígbànounẹ̀rọ asọ̀rọ̀mágbèsìnoungbààwẹ̀verbgbàdúràverbgbàgbéverbgbàgbọ́verbgbajúmọ̀noungbajúmọ̀verbgbakọgbàlejògbaná jẹverbgbapògbayìgbèkuru jẹ lọ́wọ́ ẹbọraverbgbẹ̀sangbẹ̀wùdánínoungbígbànoungbìyànjúverbgbòdegbòmìniragbowógbọgbẹ́verbìgbafẹ́nounìgbàwèrèmẹ́sìnnounÌrágbìjínamejèbùrẹ́ awo olùgbẹ́bẹ̀intjMọgbànameowó gbà-máà-bínúnounỌyágbọlánameṢọlágbadéname
Possibly used in
Wiktionary says these words were built from a word spelled like this one. It does not say which meaning.
So we show each word under every meaning it could have come from. Some of them belong to a different entry, and we don't know which.
Naming each meaning on Wiktionary fixes this, one word at a time. How to help.
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 2,
where this word is spelled “gba”.
Reference:
en-gba-yo-verb-SbVU0W9v