gbɛ

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

Gun

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Gbe *-gbɛ.[1] Compare Fon gbɛ̀, Saxwe Gbe ɛgbɛ̀, Adja egbɛ (“universe, creation, life”) and Ewe agbe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡ͡bɛ̀/

Noun

gbɛ̀ (plural gbɛ̀ lɛ́) (Benin)

  1. life

Derived terms

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 218

Mwan

Noun

gbɛ

  1. wing
    gbɛ nɛ̀ bhɛ
    finger
    gbɛ kpù
    fist
  2. branch
    yrì gbɛ nɛ̀
    twig
  3. side
    gbɛ yìɛ ta
    to the right
  4. way, manner, mode
    ye gbɛ
    way of seeing
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