Leather Objects

Below is a list of words for leather objects; unless otherwise specified, the data are from Hunza Burushaski. Click on the play button next to the Burushaski word to hear the audio [Note: forms in italics are spelt using the proposed Burushaski Roman alphabet; phonetic transcriptions using (modified) IPA are provided within angled brackets “[]”].

EnglishSingularPlural
traditional shoes used in old timeshucho [hučo]
hucho [hučo]
traditional shoes used in old timestawts [tawc]
tawtsing [tawčiŋ]
shoebuut [buut]
buutisho [buutišo]
slipperssilipar [silipar]
siliparisho [siliparišo]
glovetasmuza [tasmuza]
tasmuzang [tasmuzaŋ]
goat skin bagtaring [tariŋ]
taringiching [tariŋičiŋ]
leather stripbarpit [barpit]
barpiting [barpitiŋ]
shoekapsha [kapša]
kapshamuts [kapšamuc]
rifle straptumaqe eshki [tumaqe eški]
tumaqutse oshkiming [tumaquce oškimiŋ]
knife covercrhure yuulgisr [c̣ʰure yuulgiṣ]
crhure yuulgiyang [c̣ʰure yuulgiyaŋ]
leatherbat [bat]
batongo [batoŋo]
skin of big animalgap [gap]
gap [gap]
stuffed animalpisok [pisok]
pisokuts [pisokuc]
goat skinmeesr [meeṣ]
meesring [meeṣiŋ]
little animal skinkuuto [kuuto]
kuutuming [kuutumiŋ]