Word Class: VTrNga3
to eat shit (in expressions meaning oops! or excuse me! )
Notes: Sense and forms (including prefix truncation) as described above for -ga`a=wa-, hence nu-gi=wa-ng excuse me! for Sg addressee, ngana-gi=wa-ng or na-gi=wa-ng (Pl addressee). Common as a strong excuse me! or oops! form (literally I ate shit , or rather I ate your shit ); it may be used, for example, when a man accidentally approaches an avoidance relative. 11.7.1/2, 13.36.2, 5.14.5, 13.38.3, 25.5.3, 34.7.3. Cf. -[irr=ba- and -ga`a=wa-, above.