gbó
verb
/ɡ͡bó/
ڠوْ (alternative)
Definitions
- to be old
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to age
O ò ní tètè gbó, wàá pẹ́ láyé. You won't age fast, you'll live long.
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to ripen
Àgbàdo ò ì tíì gbó The corn is not yet ripeSimilar wordspọ́nverb 5 entries are spelled “pọ́n”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. pọ́n to flatter, to compliment, to praise pọ́n to be stained pọ́n to sharpen pọ́n to wrap, (as in leaves used in wrapping food, see ẹẹ́rà) pọ́n to climb
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to wear out
Similar words
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 2 entries spelled “gbó”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
Etymology
Perhaps related to Igbo gboo (“early, ancient”)
Used in
arúgbónoun
2 entries are spelled “arúgbó”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first.
arúgbó
old age, elderliness
arígbó
alternative form of arúgbó (“old age, elderliness”)
gbójúnounìgboyànounogbó atọ́ àsúre Ìwòrìwòfúnphraseògbólógbòó
Possibly used in
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gbólóhùnnoungbónánoun
ogbóold age
Wiktionary points at “ogbó”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “ògbo”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “ogbó” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
ògbo
a name for several species of small wild cat, similar to the civet
ògbóninounÒgbóniname
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 2,
where this word is spelled “gbo”.
Reference:
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