Dietary & Allergies

1. Sindya inyama

   I do not eat meat

   Usage

   Telling someone you are vegetarian

   Grammar Note

   si- (I do not) + -n- + -dya (eat) + inyama (meat); the negative of kurya (to eat)

2. Inyama

   Meat

   Usage

   Naming a kind of food, as in Inyama canke ifi? (meat or fish?)

   Grammar Note

   inyama is "meat", as in Murarya inyama? (do you eat meat?)

3. Ifi

   Fish

   Usage

   Naming fish

   Grammar Note

   ifi is "fish", as in Bafungura ifi. (they eat fish)

4. Amagi

   Egg

   Usage

   Naming eggs

   Grammar Note

   amagi is "eggs", an ama- class plural, as in Ejo nariye amagi. (yesterday I ate eggs)

5. Amata

   Milk

   Usage

   Naming milk

   Grammar Note

   amata is "milk", as in Nywa amata yawe! (drink your milk)

6. Inzoga

   Alcohol

   Usage

   Naming alcoholic drinks, e.g. when saying you do not drink

   Grammar Note

   inzoga is "alcohol, liquor", as in Sinkunda inzoga. (I do not like alcohol)

7. Sindya inyama y'inka

   I do not eat beef

   Usage

   Saying you avoid beef

   Grammar Note

   sindya is "I do not eat"; inyama y'inka is "beef", literally "meat of the cow"

8. Inkoko

   Chicken

   Usage

   Naming chicken

   Grammar Note

   inkoko is "chicken", used for the bird and the food

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