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Kubofokesa

verbtransitiveReviewedpage 171

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1
To cause to dent, bruise, or flatten.
PT Fazer amolgar, amachucar, achatar.·FR Faire cabosser, meurtrir, aplatir.

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Kubofola — To crumple; to bruise.
Kubofoka — To become dented, bruised.
Kubolesa — To order to tie; to crease.
Kutandesa — To cause to swell, to become swollen (ducts)
Kubufuka — To be dented; to sustain a breach.
Kubotokesa — To cause to tighten, to crease. To cause to bind, to tighten
Kalúmune — Torn. Reduced to rags, tattered.
Kabole — Bound.
Kuburisa — To cause to break, to smash, to split.
Kunaminisa — To make stick; to cause to adhere.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 171 (right)

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