bóolu (straw of) hair

Part of Speech n.masc
Inflection Class a-decl (Obl, pl): bóola
    • (straw of) hair
      • Example 452:
        teeṇíi kaná ṣaá ta ux na pašáana, duíi kaná ṣaá ba bóolu pašawaáana.
        teeṇíi
        refl
        kan
        shoulder
        -a
        -obl
        ṣaá
        out.of
        ta
        DS
        ux
        camel
        na
        neg
        paš
        see
        -án
        -prs
        -a
        -MPL
        dúi
        another
        -ii
        -gen
        kan
        shoulder
        -a
        -obl
        ṣaá
        out.of
        ba
        top
        báalu
        straw.of.hair
        pašawá
        show
        -án
        -prs
        -a
        -MPL
        One does not see the camel on one's own shoulder, but points out the hair on the other's shoulder. [Proverb]
        Source:
        A:NH12:1:022
      • Example 453:
        aní angúṛim bóola phaṭíi de maní andáa the, ǰáandu hínu ki na thaní.
        aní
        prox
        angúṛi
        finger
        -m
        -pl
        báalu
        straw.of.hair
        -a
        -pl
        phaṭé
        pluck
        -e
        -3sg
        de
        pst
        maní
        HSAY
        andáa
        like.that
        the
        do
        -í
        -CV
        ǰáand
        alive
        -u
        -MSG
        hin
        be.prs
        -u
        -MSG
        ki
        or
        na
        neg
        thaní
        QT
        He was pulling the hair from his [own] knuckles like this, to see whether he was still alive.
        Source:
        A:SHA040-1

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