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Kixakatu

Noun class IIInounReviewedpage 154

Definitions

1
Rubbing. Friction; chafing.
PT Esfregação. Fricção; roce.·FR Frottement. Friction ; frôlement.

Noun class III

ki- / i-

Things, and all augmentatives.

In the same topic

Body & health

Kukúnga — To rub.
Kujóla — To knead; to rub.
Kúxisa — To rub lightly; to grease.
Kubotomoka — To become limp, powerless.
Kitalu — Tear; scratch; claw mark.
Dibuna — Abrasion; contusion.
Kukuluta — To scratch frantically; to claw with frenzy.
Kuteketa — To shiver.
Jihuxi — Slaps
Kikata — Truncated; mutilated; crippled.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 154 (left)

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