meyeixaya
Wauja
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]meyeixaya
- lazy man, bum, idler, loafer, slacker, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well, layabout, lounger, shirker (referring to a man or boy)
- Meyeixaya yajo... aitsa kepetejopei.
- [He] is truly [a] lazy man... [he] doesn't [even] have [a] manioc garden.
- sloth, sloths, Bradypus variegatus (brown-throated sloth)
Related terms
[edit]- meyeixapai (“is lazy, indolent”)
- meyeixayalu (“lazy, indolent woman or girl”)
See also
[edit]- keyeixaitsi (“industrious, energetic person”)
- keyeixapai (“is industrious, energetic”)
References
[edit]- E. Ireland field notes. Examples need to be checked by native speaker.