# gba
## Translingual
### Symbol

gba
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## Gun
### Etymology 1

Cognates include Fon gbà, Saxwe Gbe gbà, Aja gbàn

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡ͡bà/

#### Verb

gbà
* to break

### Etymology 2

Cognates include Fon gbă, Saxwe Gbe gba

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡ͡bá/

#### Verb

gbá
* to build

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* ڠَ

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡ͡bà/

#### Verb

gbà
* (transitive) to rescue, to save, to deliver
    Synonym: yọ
    Ẹ gbà mí o ― Deliver me!

##### Usage notes

* gba when followed by direct object.

##### Derived terms

* gbà là
* gbígbà
* ìgbà

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡ͡bà/

#### Verb

gbà
* (transitive) to take, accept, receive, absorb
    Mo gba ẹ̀bùn lọ́wọ́ àwọn òbí mi ― I received a gift from my parents
* (transitive) 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
* (transitive) 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
* (transitive) 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

##### Usage notes

* gba when followed by direct object.
* Sense 4 usually occurs with the instrumental 'fi' and/or the modal 'lè'
* Sense 8 is followed by an activity verb

##### Derived terms

* gbakọ (“to be pollinated”)
* gbapò (“to replace”)
* gbayì (“to be prestigious”)
* gbẹ̀san (“to get revenge”)
* gbowó (“to take money”)
* gbọgbẹ́ (“to get wounds”)
* gbàdúrà (“to pray”)
* gbàlejò (“to host guests”)
* gbààwẹ̀ (“to fast”)
* gbìyànjú (“to attempt”)
* gbígbà
* gbòde (“to become popular”)
* gbòmìnira (“to gain independence”)
* Mọgbà

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡ͡bà/

#### Verb

gbà
* (transitive) to combust, to burst into flame
    Synonym: ràn

##### Derived terms

* agbà
* gbígbà
* ìgbà

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡ͡bá/

#### Verb

gbá
* to billow or blow in the wind, to flutter
    Synonym: fẹ́
    Ẹ̀wù ń gbá kiri nínú afẹ́fẹ́ ― The blouse was fluttering in the wind

##### Derived terms

* agbá
* gbá kiri
* gbígbá
* ìgbá

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡ͡bá/

#### Verb

gbá
* (transitive) to hit, kick, slap, to play (a sport, or with something)
    Wọ́n ń gbá bọ́ọ̀lù aláfọwọ́gbá ― They were playing volleyball
* (transitive) to sweep
    Ilé ni à á kọ́ọ́ gbá, kí a tóó gbáàta ― We first must sweep the house, before we sweep outside

##### Derived terms

* agbábọ́ọ̀lù (“footballer”)
* agbálẹ̀ (“sweeper”)
* bọ́ọ̀lù aláfọwọ́gbá
* bọ́ọ̀lù àfẹsẹ̀gbá (“football”)
* gbá bọ́ọ̀lù (“to kick a ball”)
* gbájú-ẹ̀ (“fraud”)
* gbálẹ̀ (“to sweep”)
* gbígbá
* ìgbá
* ìgbálẹ̀ (“broom”)

### Etymology 6
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡ͡bá/

#### Verb

gbá
* (intransitive) to sway, to strut, to walk majestically
    Kábíyèsí ń gbá nínú ọlá rẹ̀ ― His Majesty is strutting in his royalty

##### Derived terms

* gbábíàká
* gbígbá
* ìgbá

### Etymology 7
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡ͡bá/

#### Verb

gbá
* to heat oil, to light a fire on a stove, to set a controlled fire
    Mò ń gbá epo lórí iná ― I am heating oil on the stove
* to become heated

##### Derived terms

* gbápo
* gbígbá
* ìgbá

### Etymology 8
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡ͡bá/

#### Verb

gbá
* to hem the edges of a mat, cloth, or net
    Synonym: ṣẹ́
    wọ́n fi aṣọ gbá etí ẹní ― They used cloth to hem the edge of the mat

##### Derived terms

* agbá
* gbá létí
* gbátí
* gbígbá
* ìgbá
* ìgbátí