A Grammatical Sketch of the Akra- or Gā-Language

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 Excerpt: ...na, place before the gate, adv. outside; „hu rccig &Vqcug;" at the door, gate. 'gbo, agbo, adj. mighty, powerful, great. gbo, v. n. gbo and gbole, to be old; infirm, weak, decayed; to be frequent; comp. bo, bu, wu he; v. a. to smooth, to plane, pl. gblo, inf. gblomo. gbo, pl. gboi, n. stranger, foreigner (accord. to Hanson: „mokpon"), guest; fe m. k. gbo, v. to show hospltality to s. b.; comp. ke m. ye egbo = ke m. k. bo, to become or be one with s. b.; s. fe ekome, bo nanyo etc. Ad. kpa, n. gbo yi, v. to plait the hair. gbobalo, n. lit. deathcomer, i. e. a child born after an other who died, which is supposed to be born again (s. bla). Many curious cermonies are made with such, their faces are cut, they are put into an oven, dragged in the street till some body takes them up etc. and peculiar names are given to them, as: Ogbo or (Ot.) Owu, thou diedst; Abiata, Alema, Abebio (come again) etc. gbobi, inf. gbobimo, v. to hunt; used of men and animals, f. i. leopards, dogs, cats (slagbolo, s. this); comp. ml, v. to hunt with dogs. gbobilo, gbolo, n. hunter. gbobimo, n. hunting, s. mile. gbodso (s. gbo), v. to become weak, to be weakened; ehe gbodso, he is weak; to be sick of the palsy; to belaid up with the gout; inf. gbodsomo. See gbede, kumo, vl etc. gbodsolo, n. a person sick with the palsy; a weak person. gbodsomo, n. weakness = gbedemo; palsy = kuomo. gbodsomotsofa, n. medicine against palsy. gbodsui, n. a kind of antelopes; s. odabo'and odabote, th. s. gbofelo, n. hospitable person. gbofemo, n. hospitality; fr. fe gbo, v. gbogbogbo, adv. very much. gbogbo, n. wall; SBanb, SKauer. gbogbotfa, n. wall-building, i. e. masonwork; ele--, he is a mason. gbogbotfalo, n. mason. S. fatolo, n. Gbogbolulu, pr. n. of a village on the road fr...