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gba ara

Active verb

4 varieties

Ndebe script

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Meanings

  1. make mad; cause to develop madness or mental illness

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Isuama, Mbaise, Ngwa, Owere

  • gba ara Isuama — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • gbaka ishī Mbaise
  • ti arā Ngwa
  • gbaka isī Ngwa
  • gbaka ishī Ngwa
  • gba ara Owere — same spelling as the Izugbe

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ihe ahụ merenụ gbara ya ara.

— What happened drove him mad.

Gịnị gbara ya ara otú a?

— What drove him mad like this?

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