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4 sign languages with signs. Signs are shown in SignWriting, never as notation.

  • British Sign Language

    117 published entries

  • American Sign Language

    50 published entries

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    4 published entries

  • Adamorobe Sign Language

    2 published entries

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buat
noun
An object or item that does not have a specific name or is general in nature.

“Saida mak buat ne'e?”

What is this thing?

Also means
  1. thing

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 9 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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pinsetAppears in an example
noun
A small metal tool used for picking up or holding tiny objects.

“Ita uza pinset atu foti buat ki'ik sira.”

You use tweezers to pick up small things.

Also means
  1. tweezers

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 9 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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