keman

[kuh-mahn]

verb

1. to eat
"Keman telo." ("Let's eat.)

2. eating
"Kamei agei keman." ("We are still eating.")

3. to wear away, deterioriate gradually
"Kanser keman nyin kelalo ien." ("Cancer has been eating him all the while.")

4. to use up, consume
"Utang didak malih keman duit sayi ko." ("My many debts are eating into my savings.")

5. to depress, suffer, worry, bother
"Wak senusah nyin malih keman nyin sapai pedih lalu." ("Her depression was eating her until she fell ill.")



Affixes
kinah
keninah