naya
[na.jäʔ]
verb
LanguageIban
Meaning- spill
- fall down the cheeks because of crying; fall in a stream
- dead (ritual speech)
- To cause a liquid to flow over the edge of a container, or to have tears fall down one's cheeks. In ritual speech, it can also refer to being dead.
Ai ti dalam piring nya naya laban aku sengaja ngelanggarnya.
The water in the plate spilled because I accidentally bumped into it.
Pronunciationna.jäʔ
Part of speechverb
Usage noteThe term has a specialized ritual meaning in addition to its common usage.
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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.