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chav.1to shock, to surprise, to astonish, to alarm, to startle; (transl.:) to be shocked, surprised, astonished, alarmed, startledBi-fiika ale nye dii a jueli gongka la, ku cha mu kama.It surprises me that the small child can climb a kapok tree.Atiim nye ate biika cha.Atiim shocked (startled, surprised) the child.2to faint (suddenly, without a visible cause), to become unconscious, to (fall into a) swoon, to pass out, to black out Biika nyini tiimu zuk lo cha.The boy fell from the tree and fainted.chakaunconsciousness, faint (n.)cha vuusumto stop breathing, to be out of breath, to gasp for breath, to choke (to be choked), to suffocate (to be suffocated)N chali a zuag, yaa cha vuusum.I ran a lot, and I am out of breath.vuusum chakabreathlessness
chaam1v.to chew (e.g. T.Z., rice, groundnuts), to crack (e.g. bones) in the mouth (in contrast to ngobi the verb chaam does not denote the whole process of eating)Wa yaa nye naa-biisimu ale saamu nyo wa noai po a chaam ne.Then he took milk and T.Z. into his mouth, chewed and swallowed it.
chaam2v.to weed and make mounds (after the harvest of the early millet farmers weed among the remaining inter-cropped plants and make mounds around the late millet)Chaam zaanga po. Weed in the millet.chaam chaaungto weed (used if no other object is mentioned)chaaung n.
chaantiv.to stretch, to lengthen, to extend, to expand, to be elastic, to widen, to enlargeN bangka a miri, (dari) chaanti te mu.My bangle is (too) tight, widen it for me.Dari maauku chaanti.Stretch (the rubber of) the catapult.N pietuku a chaanti kama.My pants are elasticated.chaanti biikto extend a talk
chaangtikl mchaangtika,chaantisachaungtik or chaangtukadj.elastic (like rubber), resilient, springy, flexibleWa pa ja-chaangtik a bob biik nisini, ate di duag ziim.He took a rubber band and tied the child's hand, and it (the blood) coagulated.miik chaangtikelastic stringja-chaangtiksomething elastic, rubber
chaariv.1to get or have diarrhoea, to have loose bowelsN diem nyu da-bein a chaari.Yesterday I drank unfermented pito and got diarrhoea.2to increase, to develop rapidly, to grow very much (e.g. hair, crops etc.)Zaanga chaari la.The millet has grown very much.chaari tantato prepare soil (for building)3 to winnow (pouring grains from a calabash into a basket or big calabash in order to separate big and small particles; cf. yali v., kpiisi v., koosi v., yiinti v.), to sift, to pour hot water from one bowl into another in order to cool it, to select stones from sand (pottery, building)Chaari nyiamu ate bu yog ate fi tugli biika.Cool the water (by pouring) and feed (tugli) the baby.4to dig (restr., e.g. a pit), to shovel (only with shovel or hoe not with hand)Chaari goluk a gu yaatinga.Dig a pit to bury the rubbish.
chaaruk
chaarikm mchaarika,chaarisan."small waist", part of the backbone with ribs (five ribs below ngiri, the neck)Ba pa chaarika a te ka yeri liewa. They gave the chaarik to the daughter of the house (after a sacrifice, when the meat was shared).
chaarukl mchaaruku,n.diarrhoeaChaaruk le ta mu.I have diarrhoea (lit. diarrhoea has me).ziim chaaruk (cf. poi yogsuk)faeces with traces of bloodchaari v.
chaasiv.1to straighten, to comb, to brush (hair)Biika chaasi wa zuisanga.The boy combed (brushed) his hair.2to shake grains and chaff in a calabash so that the chaff comes to the topChaasi voluku zaanga po bas.Shake (the calabash) so that the chaff of the millet comes to the top.
chaasikl mchaasika,chaasisan.combGa da chaasik te mu.Go and buy a comb for me.
chaasi v.
chaasirim m mchaasinichaasacharikadj.torn, in rags, ragged, tatteredN biika a yaa chim ka bi-chaasiri.My son has now become a ragged child.ja-chaasiria ragged person (insult!), ragamuffin -- Cf. ja-chiak, a ragged thing (esp. used for inanimate objects)synzaringchiak adj., chierim adj., chieri v.
chaaso!h hinterj.Help! (cry for help in an emergency)Nur ale kaari chaaso! Chaaso! Ate ba chali cheng ba nya. A person shouted “Chaaso! Chaaso!”. So they ran there to see (what was going on)synwaasowaaso / yaaso
chaaungʧa:uŋ; hchaaungku,n.weeding and making mounds around the late millet after the early millet has been harvestedMi chaam chaaung.I do the chaaung-weeding.Chaaungku pagra la.Weeding is hard (difficult).chaaung wenweeding time (season)chaaung chiikthe month of weeding, Septemberchaaung kuihoe for third weedingchaam v.
chabi1v.to sew up (e.g. a calabash), to patch upTeelowa ze baalimoa, alege wa bag a chabi gata.The tailor cannot sew clothes, but he can mend them.
baali v.
chabi2choabiv.to make thinner, to reduce the width (e.g. of a stick by carving)Piesiroawa chabi kpaarung.The carver reduced the width of a hoe-handle (by carving).
chabli1chibliv.to hold sth. in such a way that it can drop easily (e.g. between thumb and forefinger, in pincers, between teeth etc.)Nurwa chabli kui tuilini, ate wa nisanga foti.The man held the hot hoe, and his fingers blistered.
chabli2v.to inhale (or breathe in) smoke of charred medicine(Song) Baanoa chabli tiimu, nipok chabli tiimu.A diviner has inhaled the smoke of charred medicine, a woman has inhaled the smoke of charred medicine.
chabolaʧa'bɔla; l m ldef. chabolanga (pl.),n.(lit. empty waist, i.e. without a waist-string) nakedness, nudity, barenessMi ta chabola.I am naked (lit. I have nakedness).Nurwa zaa chabola a kaabi bogluku.The man is standing there naked sacrificing to the shrine.chaboli
chagiv.1to be satisfied, to be full, to eat one's fillFi chagi ya?Are you full?(Prov.) Nying-woruk nyono ka ngan-diinta a de a chagi.A lazy man has not enough food to eat (lit. to eat to be full).2(transl.) to one's satisfaction, well, enough, exactly Wa ze wa doawa yeni ale za jui-juila chagi-a.He does not know exactly, where his friend's house is.Nurwa wom yiilanga chag ya.The man could hear the songs well.chag ding-dingto eat too much, to be overfed, to overeat Biika de saamu chag ding-ding an baga goa.The child ate too much T.Z. (millet gruel) and could not sleep.3to die, to be dead (esp. dying without knowing the cause of death)Wa chagi kama.He died (of no serious cause, such as illness; i.e. his life has been completed). Nuruwa a chagi kama.The man is dead indeed.
chagsi1l mchagsini,chagsan.crotch, three-forked stick for holding pots and other thingsNurwa cheng goai a yaali chagsa.The man went into the bush to fetch crotches.
taduk, chagsiri
chagsi2v.1to sift, to (pass through a) sieve, to strain, to riddle (sand), to bolt (flour), to filter, to select or pick out stones (e.g. from potter's clay)Nipoowa a chagsi wa daamu.The woman filtered (sieved) her pito.synyeling2 12to hitch up a baby that is tied to one's backFi biik sing doa fi bitakola, chagsi ka.Your child has sunk to your buttocks, hitch it up.
chagsi-muningl h l mchagsi-muningka,chagsi-muningsan.sp. of small bird (Euplectes orix, Red Bishop, weaver, yellow in the dry season, red in the rainy season, builds its nest among high stalks of grass or millet)Chagsi-muning ka nuim naling.The chagsi-muning is a beautiful bird.Euplectes orix
chagsik1l mchagsika,chagsisa, chagsan.sieve (trad. and mod., woven, wooden or perforated calabash bowl), riddle, screen, strainer, filterNipoowa seb chagsisa yoka.The woman knows how to weave sieves.
chagsik2chagsika,n.notchTiini chagsika an soa diiya.The notch in the tiili-ladder is not very big (or deep)
chagtah mchagtanga (pl.), n.satisfaction, fullnessChagta wom mu.I am satisfied (lit. satisfaction hears me).chagta yega-yegaexcess (lit. satisfaction very much)chagi v.)