ainyam2
verb [ transitive verb ]
ko-a
to eat
to consume (of solids)
to take possession of
• anyam etengei
to be hungry
• kanyam eong etengei
I am hungry (literally, hunger has eaten me)
• ainyam eul
to become cheeky (literally, to eat impudence)
• anyam ngesi eul
she/he has refused, or she/he is cheeky
• ainyam eropit
to receive pay
• anyam emusaago
to lose a case; to get into a case
• anyam (nes) ecor
she/he was drowned
• anyam nges akim
she/he was burnt
• ainyam ekia
to be poisoned
• ainyam etau
to worry one, make angry
• kanyamata eong akiro ngun etau
that made me very angry
• anyam nges akwap
she/he was buried; she/he died
• enyami ngesi akwap
she/he runs very fast
• anyam lowok akwap
she/he lost the case
• ainyam ajakaanut
to be elected into leadership
• enyami ibore yen isirigin
this thing is expensive
• ainyam edus
to eat without working
• ainyam kepali
to cheat
• ainyam apese
(of girl’s relative) to get part of her dowry
• ainyam k’akou kice
to live on somebody else; to be a parasite or a hanger on
• ainyam eding
ainyam ekolo: to be enemies; to be at loggerheads
• anyam erot ikaboro
I lost my things on the way
• ainyam kokwap
to undermine; to plot against
• ainyam iboro
not to pay back
• enyami ngesi ekulukulu (enyapedo)
she/he lives on the dole or lives on begging
• aipet ainyam
to eat from everywhere or at every house; to partake of every meal
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