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  • The work had progressed very definitely at this time when God intervened, as the perfect form of the word banu indicates.

    Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

  • Literally, aamam means “paternal uncles”: the tribe—called banu, the plural of ibn, which means “son”—is a very extended family that serves as the guarantor of lineage and honor.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • Literally, aamam means “paternal uncles”: the tribe—called banu, the plural of ibn, which means “son”—is a very extended family that serves as the guarantor of lineage and honor.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • The same effect is produced if a man has connection with a woman who has bathed in the buttermilk of a she-buffalo mixed with the powders of the gopalika plant, the banu-padika plant and the yellow amaranth.

    The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana 2006

  • The same effect is produced if a man has connection with a woman who has bathed in the butter-milk of a she-buffalo mixed with the powders of the gopalika plant, the banu-padika plant, and the yellow amaranth.

    The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From The Sanscrit In Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks Vatsyayana 1855

  • I've never heard of such thing! banu gök? in said:

    PW FULL RSS FEED 2009

  • Hegorik banu, ni ere saiatuko nintzateke Lur berrien bila, jasoko nuke neure kanpamendua Bandera beilegiz seinalatutako kostan;

    Hayden's Ferry Review Issue 45 2009

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