zaabiabbr. zaa or zaab1to despise, to disdain, to decry (e.g. through envy), to underrate, to feel superior, to depreciate, to consider or regard as insufficient, unsatisfactory or inferior, to be discontented with, to refuse (restr.)(Prov.) Talim kan zaabi bu nyono kpari ya.The farm does not despise (is not discontented with) its owner's farming.(Prov.) Ba kan zaabi tiirim.They do not despise a gift.Maa zaab wa.I feel superior to him (lit. I despise him).2to be despised, decried; to be refused(Prov.) Ba yueni ain gebik kan zaabi.They say that a knife is never despised.zaab...dekto feel unimportant, to have an inferiority complexFi dan kan zaab fidek, fi faa nipok.If you do not have an inferiority complex, marry a woman.Boglu-lam kan zaabi.[Sacrificed] meat of a shrine is not refused [must not be refused].
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