airam

• erami ngesi atenus

she/he beats the drum

• airam itunga

to call people together (in olden times by drum, but these days a person can move from home to home telling people to attend a gathering, or simply place a radio announcement)

• airam adeudeu

to play the harp (musical instrument)

• airam edongot

to ring the bell

• aram naka etau

heartbeat, pulsation

• airam erot

to beat road level

• airam itunga origa

to call people away for a hunt

• airam emome

a method of catching flying ants (emome) by beating a dry log with two small sticks (the ants mistake the sound drops and swarm up a tube which leads into a pot where they are trapped)

• airam imu

a traditional ceremony after the birth of twins, involving wearing ebomo, emuria and egwangira plants on the head and waist, dancing emidiiri, beer drinking and a lot of other observances