ekume
noun [ plural noun ] M
plural: ikumes
1
(noun M) the nose
2
a road culvert
3
nostrils
4
mucous of nose
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the front of a boat
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a bridge. ekume kitaok (noun M) a vegetable
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butter or ghee (literally, a calf’s nose or a calf’s mucous). ekume kamerekek (noun M) a kind of mushroom (literally, a sheep’s mucous). ikumes katitipu ‘nostrils’ (air-holes) of an anthill. ekume lobatang (noun M) a snub nose
• eyiete eong ikumes
I am bleeding through the nose
• ekume lokodos
an aquiline (or hooked) nose
• ekume lobarany
a big flat nose (of a person)
• ekume locugur
a bent or curved nose
• ekume k’auno
a noose
Quick Notes
- Usage: euphemism
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