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nyiam

nyiam

Buli (Ghana)

Noun

nyiam

  1. water
    • 2006, Bulsa Sunsuelima: Erotic Folktales of the Bulsa in Northern Ghana, volume 2, pages 110 and 111:
      [Nipowa] ain wa be ngari nyiam te fi [wa] ya? [...] Wa nye nyiam te wa, wa so ya.
      [The woman] asked if she should fetch water andgive it to you [to him]? [...] She brought him water and he washed [himself].