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Kutokona

verbtransitiveReviewedpage 247

Definitions

1
To pick (the teeth).
PT Esgravatar, palitar (os dentes).·FR Curer (les dents).

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Body & health

Kuxokóla — To pick (teeth)
Kukunana — To have (teeth or bones) showing.
Kukúnya — To gnash; to nibble; to gnaw.
Karibuinyi — Small gap between teeth.
Kuzána — To scratch and tear; to tear apart with nails and teeth.
Kukomonona — To sweep with a finger repeatedly.
Kariju — Little tooth.
Kukokota — To bite, to break (with the teeth a hard object)
Kukuninika — To grin boorishly showing the teeth (like dogs).
Buinyi — Absence of a tooth from the mouth

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 247 (left)

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