Durorp-English Dictionary

Yy

180 Yy ya (v) like; prefer; love; be fond of e.g. 1. Or ya u rung ma. He/she likes to live here. 2. A ya nkwoni? Which do you prefer? 3. Or ya mmi. He/she loves me. 4. Or ya u seeng a dubam da orkpa. He/she is fond of walking on the river bank. yaaii (v) decorate e.g. Seeng be yaaii ngo. Go and let them decorate you. yaaim (v) stay awake all night; keep vigil yaaka (v) stick, get stuck on something, stand pressed against something (such as a wall) e.g. 1. Ekpai e yaaka a mini ma orkpor. A rat is stuck in latex. 2. Be baat yaaka a dubut kpat i seeng yeu kwa i biri ning mbe. They stood pressed against the wall until we walked past without seeing them. yaang (n) tree pangolin yaani (v) don’t like e.g. N yaani aye. I don’t like him/her. yai (v) become flat (especially a drink) e.g. Orkem quo or yai. This palm wine is flat. yaiba (v) wander, wander about, wandering, wandering about yain (v) hate e.g. Kpara a yain mmi. Don’t hate me. yaing (v) cut; cut short, interrupt e.g. 1. Yaing kainaii kai. Cut this stick. 2. Kpara a yaing ukwen umi. Don’t interrupt my speech. yaing nkaim (v) circumcise e.g. A ikwai changhachanhanai be ka yaing kwen quor nkaim. In eight days’ time they will circumcise that child. yaini (v) don’t hate; wake up (from sleep) e.g. 1. N yaini aye. I don’t hate him/her. 2. A ka fara yaini diyain? Will you wake up early tomorrow? 3. A yaini. [lit.: Have you woken up?] Good morning. 181 yaira (v) take down, write,written (quickly) e.g. Orbasi, mbork, yaira din dimi a nkwet a ikpain. God, please, write my name in the book of life. yait (v) write; draw e.g. A keme u yait buyairi? [lit: Can you write writing?] Can you write? yang (v) dribble; (also used figuratively) deceive e.g. 1. A keme u yang mmi na borl? Can you dribble me with the ball? 2. A kemeni u yang orne ngha mmi. You cannot dribble/deceive a person like me. yarara (v) reveal, divulge, expose a top-secret e.g. Mbork kpara a yarara aidiaimi aibon. Please, don’t reveal our plan. yau (v) love; feel affection for e.g. Yau aton ngo ngharangha a ya baikait baingo. Love your wife as much as you love yourself. yebere (v) dodge; avoid meeting someone or something e.g. A biri koom neen na ochu quo or ka yebere u ngwei. If you don’t keep watch over that thief, he/she dodge to escape. yeei (v) shout at or bark at repeatedly e.g. Kpara a yeei ben bor. Don’t shout at those children. yeeke (v) carry on the shoulder e.g. Ket arangha n ka yeeke dion du. See how I will carry this gun on the shoulder. yeen (v) return, go home; an order to “go back” to where one has come e.g. Yeen aranghaquo/Seeng yeeen aranghaquo. Go home now. (adj) a little; a bit e.g. Ikpain i normi yeen aranghaquo. Life is a bit better now. yeenee (v) lean on; place one’s weight on; wedge against e.g.1. Kpara yeenee nne a baikait. Don’t lean on my body. 2. Unan u yeenee a kainaii. A stone has wedged against a tree. yeeng (v) find, has found (something new); discover, discovered 182 e.g. Ini nyini, ameme omi or yeeng iyik a enyi a urum a kormborm. Once, my father found elephant tusks in the jungle. yep (v) stalk, follow quietly to hunt or catch; imitate; mimick; emulate e.g. Ata utaip quor or ror u yep chaap. That hunter knows how to stalk an animal. yeh (v) shout or bark at; warn, caution; admonish, reprimand, reproach yene (v) lean something e.g. Yene kemet kor ma. Lean that fuelwood here. yeu (v) cross; walk or run past someone; pass, passed, over (eg. time) e.g. 1. A ka keme u yeu orkpa quor. Will you be able to cross that river? 2. N ka nwei yeu ngo. I will run past you. 3. Or ka yeu uromo umorng. He/she will passed his/her exams. yeye (v) shout...