# gbe
## Bassa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡ͡be]

### Noun

gbe
* bed

### References

* Bassa-English Dictionary

## Gun
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡ͡bè/

### Noun

gbè
* 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
* son

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* ڠعِ

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡ͡bé/

#### Verb

gbé
* (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.
** (transitive) to exalt
    Ẹ bá mi gbé Jésù ga. ― Exalt Jesus with me.
** 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
** 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
** (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.”)
** 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

* (5): used exclusively with ìyàwó.

##### 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”)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡ͡bé/

#### Verb

gbé
* (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.

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡ͡bè/

#### Verb

gbè
* (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.
* (intransitive) to be favorable, to be profitable
    Iṣẹ́ náà gbè mí ― This job was profitable for me

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡ͡bè/

#### Verb

gbè
* 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)
* to echo a song

##### Usage notes

* gbe when followed by a direct object.

##### Derived terms

* ègbè (“chorus”)
* elégbè (“chorus”)

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡ͡bè/

#### Verb

gbè
* 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.

### Etymology 6
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡ͡bè/

#### Verb

gbè
* 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.

### Etymology 7
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡ͡bé/

#### Particle

gbé
* (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?