beniv.1to delay, to stay (be) late, to stay for a long timeBa kal duloa a beni kama.They settled there and stayed late.Ka bena!(traditional greeting) For a long time we have not met. 2to keep for a long time, to be durable, transl. to endure Jaab diak a dan toa, bu [or ku] beni kama.When the price of a thing is high, it is durable.Yog-nienka tuemu a beni wa po ká nna yega-yega.The sick person has endured his illness for a very long time (lit.: the illness of the sick person has stayed in him very much).

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