ayaya
Etymology[]
from aya “to observe deeply, to examine; to ponder, meditate”
Active-dynamic verb, takes zei wi or jwipam wi[]
- I remember intimately, call back to mind (a person)
- I sincerely care about (a person), regard as important to me
- I think about, meditate on, ponder, consider
- I judge, adjudicate (a legal case)
- I investigate
Afayaya[]
I remember God.[]
Afayaya is a ten-week personal iji in which a person willingly abstains from sacrilegious and partially immoral acts such as drinking liquor, participating in warfare, and engaging in prostitution, refrains from behaviors that offend others, confesses his/her secret offenses to the victims thereof, strives to improve himself/herself and to reform the world around him/her. Afayaya is meditation upon the nature of God Himself, the nature of The Most High.