yaam1hyaamuyaata or yaantayaang1gall, bile (is regarded as the localisation of yam, sense, reason)Kpiaka yaamu a mob basi ka poni po, ate ka kpi.The chicken's gall bladder burst (in its belly) and it died.2poison (e.g. for arrows or for killing people, it is obtained from a sp. fruit; cf. also syn. yobik)Yaaloawa a bora nye yaam a sa wa peni.The hunter is applying poison to his arrow.yaam-piemapoisoned arrows3tree, Strophantus sp. (seeds [yiiba] from the cotton-like fruit are used for preparing arrow-poison)Nisomoawa a jueli, yaamu ain wa yaali yaam a sa wa piema.The old man climbed up the yaam-tree to get yaam-poison for his arrows (lit. to smear on his arrows).4wickedness, wicked mindNuruwade ka popoli yaanta.The man had a wicked mind.yaani1 adj.
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