Language: Sewa
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- Updating Classification to Match Ethnologue 16.
From: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, North Papuan Mainland-D'Entrecasteaux, Dobu-Duau
To: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, North Papuan Mainland-D’Entrecasteaux, Dobu-Duau - Simon Greenhill (2009-07-23 03:41:36)
- Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2009-04-09 01:44:10)
- Language Added - Simon Greenhill (2009-04-09 01:38:06)
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left |
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right |
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to turn
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to swim |
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dirty |
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dust |
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intestines |
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to know, be knowledgeable |
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to think |
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to fear |
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neck |
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to breathe |
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to sniff, smell |
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to laugh |
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to cry |
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to vomit |
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to spit |
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to chew
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to cook
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to drink |
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to bite |
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to suck |
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to hear |
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to yawn |
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to sleep |
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to dream |
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husband |
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wife |
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thatch/roof |
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to say |
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rope |
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to tie up, fasten |
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to sew
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needle |
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to hunt
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to shoot
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to stab, pierce |
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to hit
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to steal |
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to kill |
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to die, be dead |
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to live, be alive |
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to scratch
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to cut, hack
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stick/wood |
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to split
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sharp |
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dull, blunt |
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to work
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to plant |
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to choose |
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to grow
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to swell
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to squeeze
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to hold
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to dig |
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to buy |
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to open, uncover |
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to pound, beat
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to throw
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to fall
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to fly |
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rat |
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worm (earthworm) |
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mosquito |
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spider |
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rotten
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branch
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flower |
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grass |
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to flow |
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sea |
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salt |
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lake |
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woods/forest |
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sky |
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fog |
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thunder |
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lightning |
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to blow
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warm
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cold
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dry
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wet |
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heavy |
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to burn
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green |
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short
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long
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thin
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thick
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narrow |
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wide |
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painful, sick |
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shy, ashamed |
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old
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new |
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good |
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bad, evil |
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correct, true |
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day |
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year |
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when?
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to hide
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to climb
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at |
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in, inside |
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above |
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below |
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this |
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that |
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near |
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far |
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where?
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I |
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thou |
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he/she |
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we
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you |
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they |
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what?
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who?
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other |
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all |
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and |
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if |
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how?
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no, not |
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to count |
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Three
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Four
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Five
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Six
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Seven
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Eight
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Nine
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Ten
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Twenty
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Fifty
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One Hundred
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One Thousand
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shoulder |
aala |
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1 |
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to lie down
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abui |
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to eat |
ai |
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road/path |
aiwalo |
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liver |
ate |
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1 |
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rain |
augwa |
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mouth |
awa |
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earth/soil |
baleyu |
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meat/flesh |
bayumana |
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bird |
biwe |
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blood |
buyai |
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hair
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bwaima |
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skin |
bwala |
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feather |
dagulina |
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stone |
dakule |
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to see |
dune |
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nose |
ebusu |
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1, 17 |
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road/path |
eda |
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fruit |
ewani |
given for 'seed' |
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black |
gaigai |
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belly |
gamwa |
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small |
giokuna |
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black |
golos |
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night |
goluwana |
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child |
goma |
gomagale 'lad'; gomalaulau 'lass' |
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back
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gwau |
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root |
idoelolo |
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fish |
iya |
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1 |
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fire |
kaama |
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leg/foot |
kae |
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One
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kaikeda |
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person/human being |
kaleya |
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sand |
kaukau |
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dog |
kedewa |
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ash |
kopapa |
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big |
koyawe |
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star |
kubwana |
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head |
kuyakuya |
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house |
lobe |
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yellow |
loyawayawana |
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red |
lupwalana |
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Two
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manau |
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eye |
mata |
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1 |
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red |
megayana |
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tongue |
meya |
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snake |
mwata |
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smoke
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nabwau |
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mother |
nawae |
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moon |
nawalae |
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sand |
negwanegwale |
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hand |
nima |
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wing |
pape |
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egg |
pou |
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tooth |
sala |
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breast |
susu |
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father |
tamana |
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man/male |
tau |
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to come |
tauyama |
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to walk |
taya |
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ear |
teniya |
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to stand |
toolo |
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2 |
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to sit |
towa |
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back
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tulu |
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louse
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tuma |
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bone |
tuwatuwa |
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1, 10 |
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rain |
use |
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1 |
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white |
wadawadaena |
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name |
waeya |
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moon |
waikena |
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water
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waila |
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woman/female |
waine |
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1, 106 |
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skin |
wapi |
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water
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waupa |
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eye |
wee |
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snake |
weso |
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tail |
wiyu |
metathesis |
1 |
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wind |
yagila |
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1 |
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cloud
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yalowa |
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fat/grease |
yapana |
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wind |
yaumai |
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leaf |
yawaina |
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