بامس

Brahui

Etymology

Compound of بَا (bā, “mouth”) +‎ مُسْت (must, “before, in front of”), i.e. "that which is in front of the mouth". Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian. For cognates of the latter term in the compound, compare Kurukh [script needed] (mussō, “running from the nose”), Kumarbhag Paharia [script needed] (muso, “snot, the nose”).

Noun

بَامُس (bāmus)

nose

References

Bray, Denys (1934) “bāmus”, in The Brahui Language‎^[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 63