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Kipoko

Noun class IIInounNeeds reviewpage 141

Definitions

1
Large old machete; old cutlass.
PT Facalhão; facão velho.·FR Grand vieux coutelas ; vieux sabre d'abattis.

Noun class III

ki- / i-

Things, and all augmentatives.

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Tools & crafts

Kiséke — Sawdust.
Selembe — Small axe; hatchet.
Disésu — Boulder; large stone.
Mújinji — Wooden bolt; latch.
Kabelengenze — Penknife. Small knife. Single-bladed jackknife.
Diselembe — Small axe; hatchet.
Musóso — Long stick, shepherd's crook; cudgel.
Mukúxa — Ordinary knife that does not cut.
Mukuála — Scimitar. Single-edged cutting instrument, larger than a mac
Múximbe — Cutter of sticks, of wood. Feller (of trunks)

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 141 (right)

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