púustu skin

Part of Speech n.masc
Vernacular Form پُوستوۡ
Phonetic Form púusto
Inflection Class a-decl (Obl, pl): púusta
    • skin
      • Example 485:
        kareé galá so buuḍíilu ta, aní ṣiṣíi púustu so mhaás lamiǰí ba whaí aníiwee díi ta páand na páaša de.
        kareé
        when
        galá
        ever
        so
        3MSG.nom
        buuḍé
        grow.old
        -íl
        -pfv
        -u
        -MSG
        ta
        DS
        aní
        prox
        ṣiṣ
        head
        -ii
        -gen
        púustu
        skin
        so
        REM.MSG.nom
        mhaás
        meat
        lamíǰ
        hang
        -í
        -CV
        ba
        top
        whéi
        come.down
        -í
        -CV
        aníi
        3sg.prox.obl
        =wée
        into
        de
        fall
        -e
        -3sg
        ta
        DS
        pand
        path
        na
        neg
        paš
        see
        -e
        -3sg
        de
        pst
        As he grew old, the skin on his head started hanging down from here so that he could not see the road in front of him.
        Source: A:PAS106e
      • Example 1560:
        báaba ba yákdam bhíiru mheerí tasíi púustu gaḍí so púustu tas ṣaawóolu.
        báabu
        father
        -a
        -obl
        ba
        top
        yákdam
        immediately
        bhíiru
        he.goat
        mhaaré
        kill
        -í
        -CV
        tasíi
        3sg.gen
        púustu
        skin
        gaḍé
        take.off
        -í
        -CV
        so
        REM.MSG.nom
        púustu
        skin
        tas
        3sg.acc
        ṣaawá
        put.on
        -íl
        -pfv
        -u
        -MSG
        The father killed a he-goat, skinned it, then he put the skin on him [his son].
        Source: A:DRA023