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panyarring

panyarring is the present participle and gerund of panyar.

Meaning of panyar

Verb

panyar (third-person singular simple present panyars, present participle panyarring, simple past and past participle panyarred)

  1. (historical, transitive) To seize and hold (a person) until the repayment of a debt or resolution of a dispute, common along the Atlantic coast of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Questions about panyarring

What is panyarring the present participle and gerund of?
Panyarring is the present participle and gerund of panyar.

Words near panyarring in the dictionary

  1. panya routes
  2. panyar
  3. panyard
  4. panyards
  5. panyarred
  6. panyarring
  7. panyars
  8. panyas
  9. Panyjima
  10. panym
  11. panyms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: panyarring (page history and authors); panyar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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