lyalyasya

Yao

Etymology

Potentially from -lyalya (“to be greedy”). Hetherwick translates the verb as "to be smooth-tongued", which could be what the Yao verb is getting at.

Verb

-lyalyasya (infinitive kulyalyasya, perfect -lyalyasisye)

  1. to be two-faced
  2. to be deceitful
  3. to be smooth-tongued

References

  • Padre Pedro Dupeyron (1880), Pequeno Vademecum da Lingua Bantu na Provincia de Moçambique ou Breve Estudo da Lingua Chi-Yao ou Adjaua‎[1], Administração do Novo Mensageiro do Coraçao de Jesus, page 156
  • Rev. Alexander Hetherwick, M.A., F.R.G.S. (1902), A Handbook of the Yao Language‎[2], Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 215
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