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Kuxinuna

verbtransitiveintransitiveReviewedpage 260

Definitions

1
- To open wide
- To astonish.
PT Arregalar · Espantar.·FR Écarquiller · Étonner.
- mesu u a ma xinuna

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Perception & senses

Kukengesa — To keep watch; to order surveillance, to pry, to inquire.
Kuirikiza — To present; to display.
Kumuena — To catch sight of; to glimpse.
Kubaukisa — To tarnish; to dim; to remove the shine.
Kúlota — To grasp; to reach.
Kuvunzula — To cloud; to disturb.
Kúzonga — To be very deep.
Kuhinduka — To awaken; to appear.
Kuxinukisa — To cause to open wide, to bulge (the eyes).
Kuteialalesa — To stridulate: to make (a sound) sharp/high-pitched.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 260 (right)

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