waari n. warree, white lipped peccary; wild pig-like mammals which travel in large herds and produce a continuous racket of bellowing and tooth-clacking. Tayassu pecari.
Wahn pail a waari chays mi chroo di bush.
A herd of peccaries chased me through the bush.
See: pikayri. [<Misk. 'wari']
waari kuhoon n. a small palm; similar to 'kokono bwai'. Astrocaryum mexicanum.
Sohntaim wen di animal dehn chrai geh food fahn di waari kuhoon, dehn geh juk op.
Sometimes when animals try to get their food from the 'waari kuhoon' they get jabbed.
[The bark is covered with sharp spines which resemble the bristles of the 'waari' (white lipped peccary).]
waari tik n. wood tick.
Popi aalwayz ga waari tik eena dehn ayz.
Puppies always have wood ticks in their ears.
waas (var: waps) n. wasp.
Di waas dehn stin mi bad wen Ah chrai tek dong dehn nes.
The wasps stung me badly when I tried to take down their nest.
waasa adv. indecently.
Tideh day dehn gyal oanli jres waasa.
These days those girls dress very indecently.
See: waasi. [<Afr. Kikoongo 'waazi' a thing done to attract attention]
waasi adj. assertive, fierce, waspish.
Ah frayd fi mi fren daag kaa ih oanli waasi.
I'm afraid of my friend's dog because it's very fierce.
waasi/waasa uman n.phr. sharp-tongued, aggressive woman.
If yu luk pahn wahn waasi uman tu haad, ih kos yu owt.
If you look too hard at a waspish woman, she'll cuss you out.
See: kakataari. [<Eng. 'waspish' or <Kikoongo 'waazi' a thing done to attract attention]