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===Usage Notes===
===Usage Notes===
*The word ''{{c|uxu}}'' is used to refer to non-coagulated blood only.
*The word ''{{c|uxu}}'' is refers to non-coagulated blood only.
*This word tends to be used to refer to Dumun blood specifically.
*This word tends to refer to Dumun blood specifically.


===Synonyms===
===Synonyms===

Revision as of 21:17, 20 September 2013

Nanyse

Alternative Forms

λђλ (Dumun script)

Etymology

From the Sumerian word and the Chinese word xuèyè, both meaning blood.

Pronunciation

  • (Nanyse Proper) IPA: /ʉʃʉ/
  • (Kote Dialect) IPA: /ɵʃɵ/
  • (Jara Dialect) IPA: /ʉtʃʉ/
  • (Yrem Dialect) IPA: /uʃu/

Noun

uxu a (plural: uxuz; uxuza; uxuxu)

  1. Blood
  2. A bodily fluid in living creatures that delivers necessary substances to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells

Usage Notes

  • The word uxu is refers to non-coagulated blood only.
  • This word tends to refer to Dumun blood specifically.

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