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Kinjônjo

Noun class IIInounReviewedpage 139

Definitions

1
Pinch; scratch with the nails.
PT Beliscão; unhada.·FR Pincement; coup d'ongle.

Noun class III

ki- / i-

Things, and all augmentatives.

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Body & health

Kitalu — Tear; scratch; claw mark.
Kujotona — To pinch; to scratch with the nails.
Kinjoto — Twist-pinch. A pinch given by twisting the skin with the fin
Kubalata — To scratch (without wounding).
Kunjotujona — To hurt with pinches.
Kunjonjona — To nip; to nibble.
Iâla — Claws
Kikalu — Scratch; slight tear in the skin.
Kunjotona — To squeeze the skin with the nails.
Mukaluri — Scratcher.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 139 (left)

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