a-yeyú
dry
verb
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Definition
To stop letting out milk or water; go dry (of animals or women lactating, a spring of water).
In a sentence
Ɛgɨ́ra ɛnkɨ́tɛŋ ayeyú amʉ̂ imeékūrē ɛ́átâ kʉlɛ́.
The cow is about to stop letting out milk because it does not have more milk.
Where this comes from
- Source
- Payne & Ole-Kotikash, Maa Dictionary (U. Oregon, 2005)
- Dialect
- Kenyan Maa (Keekonyokie/Purko/Wuasinkishu)