Bis Burunko/Vocabulary

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Nouns

Gender and Age

Kinship

Body

The Body • Cźizda

Parts

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 '

Fluids & Functions

blood xaz
saliva
tears
milk
urine
excrement
semen
menses ilexaz

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