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Kibiona

Noun class IIInounReviewedpage 118

Definitions

1
Groping; feeling.
PT Apalpo.·FR Tâtonnement.
2
Spite; prank.
PT Pirraça; partida.·FR Dépit ; tour joué.

Noun class III

ki- / i-

Things, and all augmentatives.

In the same topic

Perception & senses

Kixaxatu — A grope.
Kixóka — Spicy; pungent.
Kúkoma — To coo; to moan; to utter laments.
Kilule — Bitter; harsh.
Kizuminu — Cavernous sound.
Kuxixima — To burn; to sting.
Mukiululu — Watery; insipid; plain. Tasteless; without flavour.
Kúzoma — To taste; to try.
Ababati — Groper; feelers; people who feel or grope; verifiers.
Kuzumatesa — To give a taste of.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 118 (left)

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