Translation of ainyam — Ateso–English dictionary

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ainyam2

verb [ transitive verb ]

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1

to eat

2

to consume (of solids)

3

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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