a-nyá nalʉmɛ́
yawn
verb
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Definition
To yawn (lit: To eat the yawn).
In a sentence
Kɛ́nyáɨ́ta nalʉmɛ́.
[kɛ́ɲáɪ́ta, two morae in penultimate syllable] She is yawning. (lit: He/She is eating yawn.) (SN)
Notes
Lexicon marks this form as North.
Where this comes from
- Source
- Payne & Ole-Kotikash, Maa Dictionary (U. Oregon, 2005)
- Dialect
- Kenyan Maa (Keekonyokie/Purko/Wuasinkishu) - North