ɔl-ɔsɛ́k

Definition

Act of outsmarting, trick; craftiness, intrigue.

In a sentence

Nɛ́ākʉ̄ táatá ɛtagolíkīō doí iyíóók naá aké amʉ̂ ɛtarákɨ ɛlɛ̂ kúaak oiterúnore ɛnkɛ́ráí peê ɛŋamʉ́ ayiolóú ilosekîn lɛ́ mórúáó ... naá ɨnâ mɛtáa kɛ́bʉlʉ́ aké ɛnkɛráí néméyíólo enkishón é mórúáó

So, nevertheless, we are troubled because the behavior [practice] that begins a child has been abolished so that he comes to know the wangles of elderhood ... and that is how the child will just grow not knowing the life of adulthood.

Where this comes from

Source

Payne & Ole-Kotikash, Maa Dictionary (U. Oregon, 2005)

Dialect

Kenyan Maa (Keekonyokie/Purko/Wuasinkishu)