Noun, ONOMATOPOEIC

Plural: banyenye .

MEANING

The cicada.

EXAMPLE OF USE

1. Pakashita nyenye, MEANING: At the time of the cicada.

2. Nkesa pa ka hita nyenye, MEANING: I will come at the time of cicada.

3. Nyenye libili! MEANING: Agara!  That is once too often said to a person pestering for arms.

Allusion to a fable in which the password was nye!

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