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Kixanji

Noun class IIInounReviewedpage 154

Definitions

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zoology
Horsefly; large fly.
PT Tavão; mosca grande.·FR Taon ; grosse mouche.

Noun class III

ki- / i-

Things, and all augmentatives.

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Insects & arachnids

Dingangánji — Blowfly; buzzing fly.
Kimbiámbila — Large, diurnal butterfly.
Diuíndu — Chigoe; zunga. Insect.
Kihuba — Tick.
Holokoko — One of the largest and most powerful birds of prey
Kaxixi — Small fly with an irritating bite.
Bubulu — Large fly. See Ribubulu.
Kahínji — Small, bothersome fly.
Ínji — Dipterous insect of the family Muscidae
Tetembuka — Firefly.

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

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