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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Loan: |
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above |
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all |
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and |
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ash |
kopapa |
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1, 89 |
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173 |
at |
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13 |
back
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gwau |
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40 |
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13 |
back
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tulu |
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12 |
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165 |
bad, evil |
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belly |
gamwa |
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45 |
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176 |
below |
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153 |
big |
koyawe |
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122 |
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bird |
biwe |
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147 |
black |
gaigai |
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60 |
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147 |
black |
golos |
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23 |
blood |
buyai |
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33 |
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15 |
bone |
tuwatuwa |
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1, 10 |
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113 |
branch
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18 |
breast |
susu |
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1 |
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56 |
child |
goma |
gomagale 'lad'; gomalaulau 'lass' |
14 |
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131 |
cloud
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yalowa |
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23 |
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cold
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166 |
correct, true |
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168 |
day |
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10 |
dirty |
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96 |
dog |
kedewa |
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18 |
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dry
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dull, blunt |
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11 |
dust |
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43 |
ear |
teniya |
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1 |
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119 |
earth/soil |
baleyu |
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20 |
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98 |
egg |
pou |
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15 |
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204 |
Eight
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eye |
mata |
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1 |
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eye |
wee |
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29 |
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180 |
far |
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104 |
fat/grease |
yapana |
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40 |
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60 |
father |
tamana |
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1 |
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99 |
feather |
dagulina |
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13 |
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208 |
Fifty
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fire |
kaama |
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35, 36 |
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111 |
fish |
iya |
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1 |
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201 |
Five
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116 |
flower |
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fog |
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200 |
Four
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fruit |
ewani |
given for 'seed' |
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164 |
good |
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118 |
grass |
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151 |
green |
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26 |
hair
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bwaima |
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80 |
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1 |
hand |
nima |
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1, 66 |
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184 |
he/she |
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24 |
head |
kuyakuya |
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85 |
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142 |
heavy |
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61 |
house |
lobe |
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how?
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husband |
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I |
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if |
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in, inside |
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intestines |
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126 |
lake |
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114 |
leaf |
yawaina |
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2 |
left |
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4 |
leg/foot |
kae |
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1 |
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135 |
lightning |
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liver |
ate |
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1 |
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155 |
long
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108 |
louse
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tuma |
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3 |
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54 |
man/male |
tau |
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22 |
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meat/flesh |
bayumana |
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129 |
moon |
waikena |
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14 |
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129 |
moon |
nawalae |
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13 |
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mosquito |
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mother |
nawae |
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30 |
mouth |
awa |
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name |
waeya |
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narrow |
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near |
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neck |
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needle |
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new |
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night |
goluwana |
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Nine
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no, not |
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nose |
ebusu |
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1, 17 |
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old
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One
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kaikeda |
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One Hundred
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One Thousand
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other |
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painful, sick |
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person/human being |
kaleya |
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133 |
rain |
augwa |
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rain |
use |
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1 |
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102 |
rat |
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red |
megayana |
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red |
lupwalana |
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3 |
right |
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road/path |
aiwalo |
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road/path |
eda |
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root |
idoelolo |
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rope |
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rotten
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salt |
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sand |
negwanegwale |
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sand |
kaukau |
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sea |
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Seven
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sharp |
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short
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shoulder |
aala |
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1 |
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shy, ashamed |
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Six
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skin |
bwala |
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skin |
wapi |
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sky |
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small |
giokuna |
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smoke
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nabwau |
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snake |
weso |
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snake |
mwata |
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12 |
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spider |
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star |
kubwana |
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stick/wood |
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stone |
dakule |
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105 |
tail |
wiyu |
metathesis |
1 |
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Ten
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that |
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thatch/roof |
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they |
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thick
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thin
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this |
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thou |
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Three
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thunder |
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to bite |
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to blow
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to breathe |
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to burn
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to buy |
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to chew
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to choose |
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to climb
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to come |
tauyama |
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1, 93 |
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to cook
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to count |
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to cry |
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to cut, hack
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to die, be dead |
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to dig |
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to dream |
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to drink |
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to eat |
ai |
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1, 44 |
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to fall
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to fear |
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to flow |
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to fly |
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to grow
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to hear |
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to hide
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to hit
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to hold
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to hunt
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to kill |
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to know, be knowledgeable |
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33 |
to laugh |
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49 |
to lie down
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abui |
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101 |
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to live, be alive |
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to open, uncover |
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to plant |
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to pound, beat
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to say |
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to scratch
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to see |
dune |
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to sew
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70 |
to shoot
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51 |
to sit |
towa |
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80 |
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to sleep |
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29 |
to sniff, smell |
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to spit |
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to split
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to squeeze
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to stab, pierce |
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52 |
to stand |
toolo |
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2 |
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to steal |
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42 |
to suck |
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87 |
to swell
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to swim |
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to think |
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to throw
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to tie up, fasten |
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to turn
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to vomit |
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5 |
to walk |
taya |
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137 |
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to work
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to yawn |
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32 |
tongue |
meya |
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7 |
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tooth |
sala |
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11 |
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Twenty
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198 |
Two
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manau |
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138 |
warm
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122 |
water
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waupa |
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122 |
water
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waila |
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2 |
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185 |
we
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141 |
wet |
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188 |
what?
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170 |
when?
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181 |
where?
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148 |
white |
wadawadaena |
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73 |
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189 |
who?
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159 |
wide |
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58 |
wife |
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136 |
wind |
yaumai |
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73 |
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136 |
wind |
yagila |
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1 |
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100 |
wing |
pape |
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21 |
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55 |
woman/female |
waine |
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1, 106 |
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127 |
woods/forest |
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107 |
worm (earthworm) |
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169 |
year |
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150 |
yellow |
loyawayawana |
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186 |
you |
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