wari1h hwaniwie1thing, matter, affair, eventWanide daa fi wari ya.This matter is not your affair.Ka boan wari?What is the matter?wa yengthe same thing2something, anything; neg.: nothing(Prov.) Nur dan nye wari ate di wom wa duloa, ale wa ming yam.If a man does something and it hurts him (lit. hears him there) he will learn sense.Mi an nya wari ya.(Lit.: I do not see a thing). It is nothing (important). Never mind. No offence.3word, statement, rumourFi ta wari ain fi gum n wienga po?Have you anything to add to my words.Wa wienga yaa deri waang.The rumour about him spread quickly.4problem, questionWari karo.There is no problem.N beg fu wari-a?Should I ask you a question? 5secretFi dan yueni fi wari a sag wa, wa ta nyini a yueni kama.If you tell her your secret, she will go and tell it (to others).6news, case, deed, factFi le kuli Buluk la, fi wom ti yeni wie-ya.When you left for the Bulsa area, did you hear any news (about any cases, deeds) about our house?ngiak wie [h h] n.pl. (cf. ngiak first ancestor) or daam dem wie [l m h] n.pl.(lit. deeds of former people), history or deeds of ancestorsTi yeni nisoma diem yueni daam dem wie sag ti.The old men of our house taught us history.7idioms with wari...ku le poom ka wa wari la....as it is his customWa ka wari-a.He is peaceable.8compounds with wariwa-chagsa [l l l ; m l l] n. pl. (cf. da-chagsamultiple forked branchwa-fiik [h h], pl. wa-fiisasmall problem, unimportant matterwa-goalini, def. wa-goalini, pl. wa-goalimaexpanded affair, lengthy discussionNipoowa ta wa-goalima boro a biisi.The woman had a lengthy discussion.wa-kpiong [h h] or wa-kpiem [h h], pl. wa-kpiongta or wa-kpiemaimportant affair, problem, eventwa-mang [h m], pl. wa-mangsagood, useful thing, important affair, the better thingwa-nalung [h m m], pl. wa-nalinsagood newswa-nyok [h l], pl. wa-nyokta [h l l], cf. syn. wen-nyok n.misfortunewa-paali [h h h], pl. wa-paalanew word, newswa-paasini [h m m m] or wa-paasung [h m m], pl. wa-paasimadeception, delusionwa-songta [h m m] n.pl.good words, good deeds, benefactionCf. also: wa-biok n., wa-boari n., wa-daanung n., wa-giak n., wa-kaasung n., wa-kinkagli n., wa-magsini n., wa-sinsagi n., wa-susugi n., wa-togni n., wa-wogi n.
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