blut

German: Blut ‘blood’.

® wanblut.

Noun forms

  1. Physiology: blood
    blut i kamap to be bleeding
    blut em i sut i go the blood spurted out
    i gat blut long en to be bloody, blood-stained
    blut i ran gut the pulse is good
    pikinini i blut yet at the embryonic stage of pregnancy

  1. Physiology: blood-like substances ® glu, stiki
    waitpela blut pus
    blut bilong diwai tree sap

  1. Culture: blood, essence
    blut i sot ‘blood is short’, cultural interpretation of (i) doctor’s diagnosis of anaemia (ii) any feeling of weakness

  1. Society: a kin group, a bloodline
    man i kam long narapela blut the man is from another kin group

Noun combination forms

  1. Culture: haus blut obsolete in most areas: menstrual hut (where a woman secluded herself during menstruation)

Verb phrase forms

  1. Warfare, fighting: givim blut to draw blood
    ol i givim blut long ol they gave them bloody noses

  1. Medicine: kisim blut to bleed, to be wounded
    em i kisim blut he was wounded

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