auk stem aukih infinitive
verb[]
- be in want, lack, severely need
- miss [person], feel sad from permanent or long-term absence of [person]
- be in pain, be distressed or intensely sad, experience melancholy, suffer emotionally, grieve
used in declarative statements as auki, subjunctive aukilj
preposition[]
- in severe need of, lacking, without
- zieaja e ^uai auk: poor people lacking food
Hunger pains, starvation []
uaiaukil he/she/they are starving, they lack (what) to eat, they suffer for lack of food, they severely need to eat