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wakĩa

n. · class 2

  1. term used in greetings between old and young; wakĩa maĩtũ = greeting by nephew or niece to aunt and response by aunt to niece; wakĩa baba/awa = greeting by niece to paternal uncle and response by uncle to nephew; wakĩa ĩyũ = greeting by mother-in-law to daughter-in-law

Related words

  • aaki — builders, masons. Builders. People who construct buildings, especially those who
  • ciake — his/her/its. His/her/its. A possessive pronoun agreeing with class 8 nouns, indi
  • gĩake — his, hers, its (cl. 7 possessive)
  • mbako — notch for bowstring in the end of an arrow; ledge formed by leaving a brick proj
  • mwaka — season; the names of the main divisions and their order vary according to altitu
  • mwako — building in course of erection; process of house-building
  • mĩaka — years (pl. of mwaka)
  • rĩake — its, his, hers (cl. 5 possessive)
  • aka — To build or construct. Also: women (plural of muka). Can also mean to tear down
  • ake — his; her; its (possessive pronoun stem)
  • akia — to light or turn on - means starting a fire, lighting a lamp, or switching on an
  • akue — let him/her die; may he/she die (subjunctive)