nya [nyaŋey: plural; nyaŋo: demonstrative] [ɲa, ɲano]:
mother, maternal aunt (noun; 7p);
turi nya:
fruit tree (noun, 13)nya gunde
[ɲa
gunda] real mother
(noun; 26p)
nya-ize, nya-izo [ɲa-ize] brother, sister [same mother]
(noun; 26p)
nya-ka-fo-sina [ɲa-ka-fo-sina] child of father's brother or
mother's sister, first cousin, usually mother's
side; sometimes applies brother or sister, but nya'ize
is more frequently used for this. Also: distant
cousins (noun; 26p)
nyum [ɲum] to wash a part of the body or small
object or
the dishes (verb;21)
nyumante [ɲumante] bathed (adjective; 21)
nyumey [ɲumey] to take a bath (verb; 21)
nyumna [ɲumna] to do the laundry, to wash clothes
(verb;
21)
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