Comments: performed by men at wedding ceremonies, the kye:la:Nmaʔ is a stately and solemn dance consisting of synchronized stepping patterns performed by a group of two or more men whilst pounding the kye: (q.v.); the men take shifts performing the dance because the dance must be performed continuously throughout the duration of the marriage which lasts three days.
Entry:ma:Nmaʔ, -ma:ks-/ma:N-
Grammar:vi.
Meaning:be far, be faraway
Comments:ma:ksɛ It has gotten to be far away; sa:rikma:N It's extremely far away.
Entry:na:Nmaʔ, -na:ks-/-na:N-
Grammar:vt.
Meaning:1) jump horizontally across a border, boundary or point, broad jump; 2) pass (a horizontal point en route to one's destination)
Comments:1) kɛna:N He'll jump across you; na:ksuN I jumped across [it]; kɛʔipsɛllelɔkthikmʔnallekɛga:ksɛ Someone stepped over you while you were asleep; cf. ka:kmaʔ,pipmaʔ 2)\x allɔmyaNluNna:ksulaʔba He'll have passed Myāŋluŋ by now; na:khɛNthɛguna:ksɛtchulaʔba They will have passed that peak by now.
Entry:pa:Nmaʔ, -pa:ks-/-pa:N-
Grammar:vi.
Meaning:come undone, become untangled (sikkiʔ rope, kuhu:p, idzige:k knot)
Comments:tha:Ns-ɛʔ!a:kkhya:kyo:? (weigh-IMP how much amount to) Weigh it! How much does it weigh?.
Entry:ya:Nmaʔ, -ya:ks-/-ya:N-
Grammar:1) vi. 2) vt.
Meaning:1) be dizzy, feel vertiginous; (with intensifying aspectivizer simaʔ) have chills run down one's spine, experience sudden vertigo, be suddenly terrified, be scared to death, experience a vertiginous fright; 2) frighten, shock.
Comments:1) ya:ksaNsyaN I was dizzy as all hell; Nep. jīusiriŋŋhunu
