Beauty & Grooming

1. Masusu

   Hair

   Usage

   Hair on the head; the basic word for talking about hair at a salon or barber

   Grammar Note

   A class 6 plural noun. A single hair is "kasusu" or "isusu" (class 5); native review recommended

2. Mafwuta

   Oil

   Usage

   Oil for the body or hair, for lamps, or fat for cooking; the context tells which

   Grammar Note

   A class 6 plural noun (prefix ma-). It also covers oil put on the head and lamp oil. The spelling "mafuta" also occurs

3. Boya

   Body hair / fur / wool

   Usage

   Body hair, animal fur or wool; use "masusu" for the hair on the head

   Grammar Note

   A class 14 noun (prefix bu-). It is also used for hairy hands and for wool. The dialect form is "boza"

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