nyingmnyingkanyingsa1body, (transl.:) -self, (restr.:) health(Prov.) Kum doa ale yuaroa nying.A sick body is a friend of death.Maa cheng ayen n so n nying.I am going to wash myself (my body).Te bu beg nying po.Let us ask about our health (lit. body; initiating phrase of ritual greeting)Yueni fi nyingka po.Tell about your health (lit. about in your body).Fi nyingka po?How are you? (stereotype greeting; lit. how is it in your body?)2side (restr.)gala nyingleft side; anti-clockwise, south (the compound is facing west)juga nyingright side; clockwise, north ning-nying(lit. front side) or ye-nying (side of the compound) westngaang nying(lit. the back side [of the compound]) east (syn. kori)3(transl.) on, upon, on the surface of, at, (usu. not horizontally on top of sth., but vertically on the side of sth.)Bangka mang siaka nying.The lizard is on the wall (sticking to the wall).noai nying [h m]forward, before, in front of (opp. ngaan nying)Wa lo noai nying.He fell forward (lit. on his mouth, cf.: wa lo ngaan nying; he fell backwards).ngaan nying [l m]backward(s), behind, back of, after (opp. noai nying)Biika kali ka n ngaan nying.The child is sitting behind me.Atong jam naawa ngaan nying.Atong came after the chief.4(transl.) because of, due to, for the sake of, forN vaanchaab naa le mu ba nganta nying.My companions are abusing me because of their things.(Prov.) Baa chali biaka ka nyono nying.They fear the dog because of its owner.dila nying [h h m]because of that, so, thereforedila nying le soa ate or dila nying atethat is why, thereforeKa dila nying ate ti yaa kpaling chaab.That is why we fought one another.le...la nyingbecause, as, since (conj.)Mi laa yuag la nying, man jam ya.As (since) I was ill, I did not come.boan nying(sentence-initially succeeded by ate or te; sentence-finally usu. boan nying-a) why? for what reason?Boan nying te fi jam?Why have you come?N vong boan nying-a?Why should I forgive?yog nying(lit. to cool body) to try hard, to make an effortYog nying cheng sukuuriwa a nueri.Make an effort to finish school.synzuk2 55nying-compounds:nying-doma [m l m] n.pl.body sickness (restr.), e.g. state of a cripple, leper, paralysed person, suffering from fits etc.nying-gbang [l lm] n., pl. nying-gbangsa [l m l]skin (syn. gbang; nying is often necessary, because gbang has many more meanings)nying kaasikalit. ‘spoilt body’, e.g. body of a lepernying-kobta [l m m] n.pl.(cf. kok hair) body-hair (not hair on head)nying-soka-dok [m m m l] n. (cf. so to bathe, dok room), pl. nying-soka-diina [m m m l l]bathroom (trad. and mod.)Cf. also: nying-biiri n., nying-tuila n.pl., nying-woruk n., nying-wula n.pl., nying-yogsa n.pl.
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