Maata Fire
Naam
Ignite a fire or to light a lamp/candle
Lay- to
get burned
Laay
Start
a fire
Rikitiit A
fire burning fiercely / with big flames
Ywookyi
Increase the intensity of the fire
Ng’asyan
Glowing (ng’ēsyēnē ãng’oong’tiit)
Āng’oong’tiit This refers to
glowing charcoal/ firewood. This is what some of us would go and borrow from a
neighbour to come and light your own fire or that which you would cover with areek
(Ash) so that in the morning you will have something with which to naam or laay your fire/ maata
Mis To go off
Miis To put off a fire/flame
Mēl Scorch Like chicken after
removing the feathers and now you want to clear the remaining hair/fur. This
also applies to the practice of passing a stick through fire with the intention
of hardening it.
Lalaany To
warm something like water for bathing so that the water becomes lebleb
Peel Burn
or roast like you would do with green maize
Yooy Boil
in water; like if you want a boiled egg or even boiled maize
Waatan Roast
like nyama choma
Suus To
fry using oil
Chuchuuy
Decrease the intensity of a
fire/ reduce the intensity
QESTIONS:
1. What is the appropriate terminology
for Milk, Tea or Water
Do we peel cheeko or Yooy cheeko?
What about tea do we peel or yooy
What bout water do we lalaany, peel or yooy beeko?
2. Is there anything other than meat
that we Waatan? e.g. Potatoes?
