log-piiriml l mlog-piirinilog-piirimalog-piiring1pregnancy (elevated speech)2a specific divinatory code-object consisting of a round hard fruit meaning “pregnancy”Baan-doari a dagi log-piirimu.The diviner’s stick pointed at the log-piirim code object.piiri v. (to swell)
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logim mlognilogastomach (esp. if protruding), belly (visible shape, big belly as in pregnancy), abdomenlogi kpiengpot-belly, big belly (cf. kpieng big)N ko kpiengka ta logi kpieng.My grandfather has a big belly.Wa la jam la ain wa pok yali ti teng ale logi.He came and said that his wife had married into our town in pregnancy (lit. with a belly).Wa ta logi.She is pregnant (lit. has a belly).logi nyatika v.n.a pregnancy ritual: see syn. poi-nyatika v.n.poi, puuk
logsito push one's way (e.g. through a crowd or through bushes, to elbow one's way, to try to get through; also fig., e.g. to get money), to come out of sth. unscathedWa bo logsika po.He was trying to come through. - Cf. expl. kogri v.
lok1llokulokta [lɔγta; lɔkta; lɔ:ta; l l]1(poisonous) Black-necked or Spitting CobraLoku a chesi tintueta a nyo biika niniga po.The Spitting Cobra spat saliva into the child's face.Naja nigricollis2poison of snake or of other originNurwa nye lok sa piemanga.The man makes poison and applies it to arrows.
lok2llokuloktaquiverWa daa wi wa kambon-nalimanga dek-deka miena, ain ba bob ngmienta, ta kambon-tiim ale piema ale lokta.Then he called all his headmen and told them to tie bamboo-sticks (=bows?), to have gun-powder, arrows and quivers ready.lo-kpak [l m], pl. lo-kpaksaflat quiver (old form)lok chekaritual cutting up the bow and quiver at an old man's funerallok-diaklit. ‘male quiver’; small quiver made of hard, untanned cow-hide without using any woodlok-nubilit. ‘female quiver’ cylindrical quiver made of wood (bigger than lok-diak)lok juka dai or lok tulika dai4th day of the juka-funeral celebration (quiver of the deceased is burnt)
lok3hloka loksa1sleeping- and hiding place of certain animals (rabbit, rat, snake etc.), burrow, den, lair, nest (but not of birds)Nga yaa cheng a nye diila daa miena, a jam a paari jaab [ale] doa wa vorub po, wa doa lok po...They went and did this every day, and they came across a creature lying in its hole, lying in its den. 2pocketBiika pa ligranga a nyo wa loka po.The child put the money in his pocket.kuruk lokpocket of kuruk-trousers
lokoto'loko'to; m m mlokotowalokotobalakotobig snail (approx. 8 cm, bigger than kungkoluk, brown shell, not eaten by Bulsa, children use the shell as a humming-top)Bisanga a diini ale lokoto.The children are playing with a lokoto (-shell).lokoto gogkaspinning a snail (children’s game)
lonsi1lɔnsiloansi1to let or make (sb.) fall, to drop, to throw or put (sb.) down (suddenly), to curve or vault (a piece of iron by beating it with a hammer, i.e. ‘to put the middle down’)(Prov.) Boning a dan bora lonsi fu, fi kan nya tuenga.If a donkey is going to throw you down, you do not see his ears.Wa lonsi ti nyiamu po.He let us fall into the water.lonsi beli poto throw into the river2to destroy, to break (restr.)(Prov.) Fi dan pa tintueta se yeri, maglim la lonsi di.If you build a house with saliva, the (morning-) dew will destroy it.che...lonsito fell (a tree)Wa dan nya pogi, wa che a lonsi.If he saw a pogi-tree, he should fell it.3(transl.) downBa nag wa a lonsi.They knocked him down.nag lonsito shoot down, to knock downlo (to fall)
longto avoid, to stay away from, not go near sb.A long nurwade, ale waa yesim kama.Avoid this man, for he is mad.
longil llongni or logni [l m]longa [l l], def. pl. longa [l m]logni, logribell (also mod.: electric bell)Longni bora kum.The bell is ringing.Wa bora nag logni.He is ringing the bell.
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longtukm mlongtukugurglingMi wom wa longtuku saliukude.I heard him (lit. his) gurgling this morning.wongti v. (more common)gurglelangtuk n.
lulu1to pierce, to prick, to stick in (e.g. thorn)(Prov.) Garu-piema nyini kan lu chaaba.Needles do not prick (pierce) each other.Ba pa piema a lu tuenga a ngobi.They took arrows, pierced the beans and ate.Mung le lu n nangka.A thorn is sticking in my foot (lit. has pierced my foot).2to open an abscess or boil by piercing it (usu. a boil is cut open, cf. mobi v.), (mod.:) to vaccinate, to inject, to give an injectionWa lu wa nangka.(Lit.:) He pierced his leg. He opened the boil on his leg.luka v.n.injectionlu pein(lit. to pierce an arrow) to commit suicide (by using a poisoned arrow, cf. also bob miik)Abil kowa lu ka pein a kpi.Abil's father committed suicide (by using a poinsoned arrow).lu siitato take (collect) honey from a hive by piercing it with a burning stick.Bisanga cheng ain ba lu ka siita.The children have gone to collect honey.
luemlɥe:m1to burn brightly, (fire:) to be ready for use (e.g. cooking), cf. also luom v.Bolimu luem ya.The fire is ready for use. The fire is burning brightly.luem beto get lost, to hide, to vanish, to sidle off, to slip awayYaaloawa va suomu, te bu luem be.The hunter followed the rabbit, but it vanished.Wa luem be.He is lost in life (he cannot do the things that are expected of him).2to tame, to weaken (e.g. a cow by binding brushwood on her back so that afterwards she allows one to ride her), to be weak, to be tamed (cf. more common verb balim)
luentilɥe:nti1to peel (e.g. an orange), to scale off (skin), to peel off, to skin, to sloughKanchuingsanga ale yigi biika la, wa nyingka a luenti kama.When the child had measles (lit. when measles had caught the child), his skin (lit. body) peeled off.waab luentikasloughing of a snake2to clear (e.g. sky), to be clearWa nina luenti ya.(Lit.: His eyes are clear) He has come to his senses.3to remove the fatty tissue from a new animal-skinBa luenti lam-bunung.They removed the fatty tissue (of a skin).
luenglɥe:ŋ; mluengkaluengsa1awl (used e.g. for piercing calabashes when mending them, in Wiaga: yueng, syn.)Pa luengka ta jam, ate n vuri chini.Take the awl and bring it so that I can pierce the calabash.synyueng2small red-brown bush mouse (eaten by children), jumping mouse (Rattus morio?) Adum yig lueng.Adum has caught a (lueng-) mouse.
lueriluerito choose, to elect (in a more informal way than bob naam, to elect a chief), to select, to take out, to pick out, to find out(Prov.) Ba kan pai nina a lue yesa jenta.They do not use their eyes to find out if a soup is salty (lit. to choose a salty soup; meaning: you must taste).lueka, (rarer:) luerikachoice, election (e.g. of a leader)Dilapo-dilapo ate goai dungsanga yaa jam tu chaab ain ba lueri ba naab...Long, long ago, when the bush-animals came together to elect their chief...lueri basito take away, to decrease, to subtract (also math., syn yieri v.)lueri bie ngaye basi.Take two seeds away.lueka or (rarer) luerikav.n. subtraction (syn. yieka v. n.)lueri tekadistributionlugi v.
luerinil l lluerini [l l m]luerimaluering [l l]chosen, elected, selected, sorted or singled outKan pa ngan-luerimanga pilim chaab.Do not take the things that have been sorted out and mix them up (with other things).(Chr.:) Naawen nur luerimaGod's chosen peoplelueri v.
luesilɥe:sito withdraw, to leave, to vanishNichaanoawa kali maga a luesi.The stranger stayed a little and then left.Wanyiwa a luesi alaa ge banu.One (of the ghosts) vanished leaving five.
lugilugi1to favour, to prefer, to discriminate, to make a difference, to give preference toWa poli ain wa dan pa liewaa te Kadem-naab, ba le yueni ain wa lug kama, wa le ka nalimanga kpagi la nying.He thought that if he gave (his) daughter to the chief of Kadema, they would say that he favoured (gave preference to) him, because he was the eldest of the chiefs.2to pick up (in a certain order), to choose, to select, to elect, to separate one from the other (restr.)Ba lugi zaa le tue le sungkpaam.They separated (picked out) the millet from the beans and grundnuts.(Prov.) Juisiroa kan lugi.A beggar has no choice. lueri v.
lugsi1lugsito take back, to claim back (e.g. a gift), to cancel, to revoke (e.g. an oath in an oral way and by spitting water; the cursed person must be present; cf. kogri v.), to withdraw, to declare null and void, to annul, to suspendApagrim bora lugsi wa noani, wa le ka la.Apagrim is revoking his curse (that he cursed).lugsi noaito revoke a cursesynpiiri2luisi v.
luisilɥi:sito sow a second time (only in places where the seed has not germinated or where birds have eaten it)Ti ga luisi sungkpaamu.Let us go and sow groundnuts a second time.lugsi v.
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