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 |