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3 Fulan. 4 Kutaku, dimin. is merely vulgar. 5 Ussa, vulg. for MJ^arf. 



S Kachalu, dimin. for contempt; "the scald-head fellow." 1 Z)awa. 8 Hava-yi kdr, " aspect of affairs." 



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12 KashJda, " slap ": Khwabund for Mwdbdnd. 



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