Translation of akan — Ateso–English dictionary

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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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