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Kiriiala

Noun class IIInounReviewedpage 143

Definitions

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- Big hulking man.
- Giant.
PT Homenzarrão. · Gigante.·FR Grand gaillard. · Géant.
Kiyala

Noun class III

ki- / i-

Things, and all augmentatives.

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Body & health

Kirivumu — Big belly.
Kirizunu — Large nose.
Kiriju — Big tooth.
Kirikánu — Huge mouth; gaping mouth.
Kamalundu — Big-eyed.
Kamizumbu — Thick-lipped.
Mikasu — Eyebrows. Supercilia.
Kibelabela — Lean and wrinkled flesh. Pelanga.
Kímbunda — Large buttocks.
Kiriéle — Large breast.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 143 (left)

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