Re: Birth-related vocabulary?

>Roger Mills <rfmilly@...> wrote:

>The Kash terms I can find at the moment:
Great inspiration!


>(haran to walk) çukaran (child) beginning to walk (or lit. kasi
>haran), traharan (child) not yet walking

Super!

I'm prompted to increase my list:

anesthesia – ncorm&#277;twis (no-pain-medicine)
child born out of wedlock – bemhedhanqenlus (outside-wedlock-person-
little)
colostrum – oithmeeldzos (first-milk)
delivery room – pidhtelpos (birth-room)
forceps – dencuros
foster mother, foster father, etc. – paatama, patapa, mhk. (support-
mother)
genitalia, female - piizdos
genitalia, male – iilos
hymen – mhaqkutos (vagina-membrane)
identical twins - somdwintos
labor pains - dzeencemcormos
labor room - dzeencemtelpos
lanugo – ten&#365;pilos (fine-hair)
meconium – oithcekwos (first-defecation)
menopause – meenesr&#277;dusas (menstruate-cessation)
menstruate – meenesra (moon-blood)
midwife – pidhcelbus (birth-helper)
multipara – menq&#277;pidus (many-birth-person)
nipple - dhilos
obstetrician – pidhjeexmhidaagus (birth-doctor)
ovary - oojgenvos
primipara - oithpidus (first-birth-person)
penis – pesos
stepmother, stepfather, etc. – amtermhus, aftermhus, mhk.
stretch mark – deelkaalos (stretch-blemish)
suckle, nurse – papa; breast, teat – papos; wet nurse – papama (nurse-
mother)
testicles – orjhos; scrotum – orjh&#277;makos (testicle-sack)
toddler – vuthrepus (inceptive prefix-walk-person)
twin – dwintus; triplet - terintus
vagina - mhagos
water – pidamhdos (birth-water); her water has broken – nusyo
pidamhdos seskeeta.
conceive – dheejis taala (pregnant become)

Charlie

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