gbe
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Verb
to spend the night somewhere, be somewhere at/all night
- Ka o daa kpe vokabili puuni zoli maa zuɣu nti gbe nimaani. And he went into a cave on the mountain and spent the night there. [1KI 19:9]
- o mi daa bi gbɛri yiŋa; gbal’ kaba ni ka o daa kul gbɛra he did not live in a house, he just lived in the graveyard. [LUK 8:27]
- So yi tum taali din simdi ni bɛ ku o, ka bɛ zaŋ o yili tia ku o, yin’ di chɛ ka o gbe tia maa zuɣu 'If anyone is found guilty of an offence deserving the death penalty and is executed, and you hang his body on a tree, you are not to leave his corpse on the tree overnight. [DEU 21:22-3]
- Mali tahima gbe kum ka bɛn’ daŋ wolima pulaa lo. Those who (merely) hope for something have gone to bed hungry and those who are first to produce something are satisfied. [Prov. 1459]
- Bihi yi laɣindi gbɛra du’yindi ka dooni n miriti taba If children are sleeping together in one room and are lying close to one another. [DB Trachoma 05.009]
- Kadaɣila a yɛn gbɛmi? ?? you are going to sleep?