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jiyara
N-, pa-, mag- (recip.)
To welcome, greet a person (with a handshake).
Especially said when people are arriving from the pilgrimage. When both hands are taken in one’s hands and sniffed (kissed) it is a salam.
Bang niya' tekka amban Makka ubus kite pejiyara si siye.
When people arrive from Mecca we go and greet them (with a handshake).
ku nganjiyara iye.
I will go and greet her.
Magjiyara kami pegge' behu kami magkasuwa'.
We greet each other with a handshake because we just met.
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