gbàgbé
verb
/ɡ͡bà.ɡ͡bé/
Definitions
- to forget
Etymology
From gbà + gbé, with some etymological evidence that it may be a splitting verb, perhaps from gbà (“to be taken, to receive”) + gbé (“to be lost; to be gone”), literally “That which is received and then lost”. Compare with Ayere gbé, Igala gbényọ́ọ̀
Component words
Wiktionary records 2 different ways of breaking this word down. Each line is one of them, not a further part.
gbà
3 entries are spelled “gbà”, and the etymology doesn't say which one this word is built from — we've linked to the first.
gbà
to rescue, to save, to deliver
gbà
to take, accept, receive, absorb
gbà
to combust, to burst into flame
gbé
3 entries are spelled “gbé”, and the etymology doesn't say which one this word is built from — we've linked to the first.
gbé
to carry; to lift
gbé
to live; to inhabit
gbé
gbàto be taken, to receive
gbéto be lost; to be gone
3 entries are spelled “gbé”. The etymology calls it “to be lost; to be gone”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
gbé
to carry; to lift
gbé
to live; to inhabit
gbé
Used in
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “gbagbe”.
Reference:
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