gbe

See also: Gbe, GBE, gbe-, gbẹ, and gbɛ

Gun

Etymology

Compare Saxwe Gbe ogbè, Fon gbè, Aja egbe, Ewe gbe

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡ͡bè/

Noun

gbè

  1. language

Derived terms
  • Ayɔ̀gbè (“Yoruba language”)
  • Ayọ̀gbè (“Yoruba language”)
  • Flanségbè (“French language”)
  • Fɔ̀ngbè (“Fon language”)
  • Fọ̀ngbè (“Fon language”)
  • Glɛnsígbè (“English language”)
  • Glẹnsígbè (“English language”)
  • Gungbè (“Gun language”)

Mwan

Noun

gbe

  1. son

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡ͡bé/

Verb

gbé

  1. (transitive) to carry; to lift
    Gbígbé ni mo gbé e. ― The fact is that I carried it.
    Ràkúnmí ò lè gbé ẹrù yín, ẹ̀ ìbá fi í sílẹ̀. ― A camel cannot carry your luggage, you should've left it.
    1. (transitive) to exalt
      Ẹ bá mi gbé Jésù ga. ― Exalt Jesus with me.
    2. to take; to transport
      Ẹ jẹ́ a gbé e yẹ̀ wò. ― Let's take it into consideration.
      Wá gbé àpò yìí sí yàrá ìyá ẹ. ― Come and take this bag to your mum's room.
      Dáńfó yẹn ń gbé èèyàn lọ sí Muṣin ― That Danfo is transporting people to Mushin
    3. to put
      Gbé fóònù sórí tébù. ― Put the phone on the table.
      Gbé dígí ẹ sójú, kí o lè kà á dáadáa. ― Put on your glasses so you can read it well
    4. (transitive) to overcome; to overpower
      Wárápá gbé Ṣadé. ― Ṣadé had epilepsy. (literally, “Epilepsy overcame Ṣadé”)
      Oorun ti gbé e lọ. ― She's fast asleep. (literally, “Sleep has overcome her.”)
    5. to marry
      Àpọ́n ṣì ni o, kò ì tíì gbé ìyàwó. ― He's still single o, he hasn't yet married a bride.
      Synonym: fẹ́
Usage notes
Derived terms
  • gbẹ́sẹ̀ (“to perform the gbese dance move”)
  • gbẹ́sẹ̀ lé (“to ban; to confiscate”)
  • gbọ́mọ (“to kidnap”)
  • gbé bọ́dì
  • gbé fìlà (“to gossip”)
  • gbé ga (“to exalt”)
  • gbé lé (“to lift on”)
  • gbé níyàwó (“to marry”)
  • gbé ró (“to sustain”)
  • gbéborùn (“to gossip”)
  • gbéegun (“to be unlucky”)
  • gbéjà kò (“to contest”)
  • gbéra (“to take off”)
  • gbéra (“to depart; to lift off”)
  • gbéra ga (“to be haughty”)
  • gbéyàwó (“to get married”)
  • gbéégún (“to cheat in an exam”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡ͡bé/

Verb

gbé

  1. (intransitive) to live; to inhabit
    Bàbá mi gbé ní Amẹ́ríkà fúngbà díẹ̀. ― My dad lived in the US for a short while.
    Ilé tí Bọ́lá ń gbé ò tóbi tó. ― The house Bọ́lá lives in isn't big enough.
    Abíọ́dún ò gbé nílùú Ìbàdàn mọ́, Èkó ló ń gbé. ― Abiodun doesn't live in Ibadan anymore, she lives in Lagos.
    Àìná gbélé pẹ̀tẹ́ẹ̀sì. ― Aina lives in a high-rise.
Usage notes
  • used with or without the preposition ní.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡ͡bè/

Verb

gbè

  1. (transitive) to favor, to support
    Òrìṣà, bí o ò bá lè gbè mí, ṣe mí bí o ti bá mi ― Orisha, if you cannot support me, leave me as you met me.
    Òwò kan ò lè gbe gbogbo èèyàn. ― A single business cannot support everyone.
    Ìṣẹ̀ṣe á gbè wá o! ― Isese will favor us!
    Iṣẹ́ olùkọ́ ò lè gbè mí. ― Teaching cannot support me financially.
  2. (intransitive) to be favorable, to be profitable
    Iṣẹ́ náà gbè mí ― This job was profitable for me

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡ͡bè/

Verb

gbè

  1. to sing a refrain or chorus
    orin tí kò ṣòroó dá kò níí ṣòroó gbè ― A song that is not difficult to sing will not be difficult to sing a refrain for (proverb on easy handling or response)
  2. to echo a song
Usage notes
  • gbe when followed by a direct object.
Derived terms
  • ègbè (“chorus”)
  • elégbè (“chorus”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡ͡bè/

Verb

gbè

  1. to be spoiled, to be in an unsatisfactory condition or state
    Synonym: bà jẹ́
    ẹja yìí gbè ― This fish has spoiled
Usage notes
  • gbe when followed by a direct object.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡ͡bè/

Verb

gbè

  1. to be next or adjacent to something, to be a successor to something (literally next in line)
    ọmọ yìí jókòó gbè mí ― The child sat next to me
Usage notes
  • gbe when followed by a direct object.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡ͡bé/

Particle

gbé

  1. (syntatic marker)
    Ibẹ̀ la gbé ń ṣeré wa. ― There is where we play our games.
    Ṣáínà ni wọ́n gbé ṣe é. ― China is where it's made.
    Níbo lo gbé rà á? ― Where did you buy it?
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