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ouchaha
pêcher pescar to fish
ounabagua
défense, plaidoyer ; répliquer, murmurer defensa ; murmurar plea ; to answer back, to murmur
ounabuni
réagir reaccionar to react
Ouwe
caduc ; mourir, décéder ; expirer caduco ; morir ; expirar, terminar lapsed ; to die, to decease ; to expire
óuchaha
1. pêcher ; 2. essayer encore et encore (bas, prf, a-st) 1. pescar; 2. intentar una y otra vez, intentar (algo) una y otra vez (bas, prf, a-st) 1. to fish; 2. to try again and again (bas, prf, a-st)
1. Béibugaa san óuchaha? 2. Nóuchaha yan néigagüdüniyan iráhüyün há ságü wéyu. 3. Néibugaa óuchahei nubúnurun kasínorugu. 4. Nóuchaha yein óuchawaguni lé.
— 1. Vate pescar? 2. Estoy ententando una y otra vez de alimentar a estos niños todos los días. 3. Voy a probar mi suerte una y otra vez en el casino. 4. Estoy ententando este examen una y otra vez.
óuha
roter (bas, prf, a-st) eructar (bas, prf, a-st) to burp (bas, prf, a-st)
Óuha Wán lárigi látun Fanta.
— Juan eructó después de tomar Fanta.
óuwe
mourir (a-st de hilá) morirse (a-st de hilá) to die (a-st of hilá)
óuweguwa
s'évanouir (bas, a-st) desmayarse (bas, a-st) to faint (bas, a-st)
Ába tóuwegu ladûga lísü wéyu.
— Ella se desmayó por el calor del sol.
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