akan
noun F
plural: akanin
1
a hand
2
an arm
3
a signature
4
a handwriting
5
a thieving habit. without money, poor at that time
• akoto aikwac akan
I want to write (to scratch the handwriting)
• etau k’akan
palm of the hand
• toma akan
in the hand
• akan k’etom
an elephant trunk
• ejai ikoku ngin akan
that child is a thief
• kolot akan ya
go to the other side
• akan k’emeleku
the handle of a hoe or plough
• eokitos akanin
to have nothing in the hands; to be empty-handed
• abunit eong eokitos akanin
I have come empty-handed i.e
See also:
aigirigir, eojak ibokor: she/he has long fingers (hence, is lazy or thieving)
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