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 “[]”].
English | Singular | Plural |
traditional shoes used in old times | hucho [hučo] | hucho [hučo] |
traditional shoes used in old times | tawts [tawc] | tawtsing [tawčiŋ] |
shoe | buut [buut] | buutisho [buutišo] |
slippers | silipar [silipar] | siliparisho [siliparišo] |
glove | tasmuza [tasmuza] | tasmuzang [tasmuzaŋ] |
goat skin bag | taring [tariŋ] | taringiching [tariŋičiŋ] |
leather strip | barpit [barpit] | barpiting [barpitiŋ] |
shoe | kapsha [kapša] | kapshamuts [kapšamuc] |
rifle strap | tumaqe eshki [tumaqe eški] | tumaqutse oshkiming [tumaquce oškimiŋ] |
knife cover | crhure yuulgisr [c̣ʰure yuulgiṣ] | crhure yuulgiyang [c̣ʰure yuulgiyaŋ] |
leather | bat [bat] | batongo [batoŋo] |
skin of big animal | gap [gap] | gap [gap] |
stuffed animal | pisok [pisok] | pisokuts [pisokuc] |
goat skin | meesr [meeṣ] | meesring [meeṣiŋ] |
little animal skin | kuuto [kuuto] | kuutuming [kuutumiŋ] |