gbɔ

Fon

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Gbe *agbo (“billy goat, he-goat”).[1] Cognates include Gun ogbọ́, Saxwe Gbe ogbɔ̀, Adja egbɔ, Ewe gbɔ̃, Yoruba àgbò, Edo agbo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡ͡bɔ́/

Noun

gbɔ́

  1. goat, sheep

Derived terms

  • lɛ̀ngbɔ́sì (“ewe”)
  • lɛ̀ngbɔ́sú (“ram”)
  • lɛ̀ngbɔ́ví (“lamb”)
  • lὲngbɔ́ (“sheep”)

References

  1. ^ Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1991) A Comparative Phonology of Gbe (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics; 14), Berlin/New York, Garome, Benin: Foris Publications & Labo Gbe (Int), page 212

Gun

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Gbe *agbo (“billy goat, he-goat”).[1] Cognates include Fon gbɔ́, Saxwe Gbe ogbɔ̀, Adja egbɔ, Ewe gbɔ̆, Yoruba àgbò, Edo agbo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡ͡bɔ́/

Noun

gbɔ́ (plural gbɔ́ lɛ́) (Benin)

  1. goat

References

  1. ^ Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1991) A Comparative Phonology of Gbe (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics; 14), Berlin/New York, Garome, Benin: Foris Publications & Labo Gbe (Int), page 212

Ifè

Etymology

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *gbɔ́. Cognate with Yoruba gbọ́ (“to hear, listen, understand, smell, perceive, etc.”), Itsekiri gbọ́ (“to hear, listen, understand”), Igala gbọ́ (“to hear, listen, understand”), Ede Idaca gbɔ́ (“to hear, listen, understand”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡ͡bɔ́/

Verb

gbɔ́

  1. (transitive, stative) to hear
  2. to smell, perceive
  3. to understand

Derived terms

  • gbɔ́mɔ́ (“to smell”)
  • gbɔ́ɔ̀dzã̀mà (“to get news of someone, to be cognizant of someone”)
  • gbɔ́ɔ̀rã̀ (“to obey, understand”)
  • gbàgbɔ́ (“to believe, accept”)
  • gbáɖɔ̃̀ (“to feel sweetness”)
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