Bis Burunko/Vocabulary
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Nouns
Gender and Age
Kinship
Body
The Body • Cźizda
Body parts usually found in pairs take the dual prefix bin/bim- when referring to a pair belonging to the same person.
head | puru |
hair | jiki |
eye | bigi (du. bimbigi) |
eyelash | bigijiki |
ear | beyako (du. bimbeyako) |
nose | ' |
cheek | ' |
mouth | a |
lip | oite |
tooth (incisor) | koros |
tooth (molar) | gyosh |
tongue | bing |
chin | bes |
face | ' |
beard | fos |
neck | ' |
shoulder | ' |
arm | meyo (du. bimmeyo) |
elbow | meigedesh |
hand | jikyo (du. bindikyo) |
finger | higommi |
thumb | ' |
breast | ugáras (du. binugáras) |
chest | erish |
lung | hengi (du. binhengi) |
heart | byoros |
stomach, belly | xambei |
back | xuni |
backbone, spine | bihaz |
liver | ' |
kidney | ' |
womb, uterus | ' |
intestines | budong |
bladder | ' |
penis | taga |
testicle | keni (du. binkeni) |
vagina | puki |
buttocks | ofuz (du. binofuz) |
anus | gawa |
waist | ' |
hip | xupu (du. binxupu) |
leg | lunzu (du. binlunzu) |
thigh | ifez (du. binifez) |
knee | beyong (du. bimbeyong) |
testicle | ' |
scrotum | ' |
ankle | yongedesh |
foot | yong (du. bingong) |
toe | ' |
nail | ' |
Colours
There are few primary words for colours in Bis Burunko, the majority of colour words being derivatives of something representing that colour, often in -re (particularly when a dark colour), or -kye.
colour | ĺû |
xarre (blood red) | |
' (bright red) | |
' (orange red) | |
' (golden yellow) | |
' (brown yellow) | |
' (bright green) | |
' (sea green, blue) | |
' (dark blue, purple) | |
' (brown, dusky) | |
meus | |
' | |
furi |