personal pronoun, 3sg., suffixed to verb (with or without verbal suffix) as object, and to prepositions as an anticipatory object, and used both of persons and things: him, her, it; where the object is collective the anticipatory object is used in the singular, and not in the plural

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anus

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shoulder

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a dry river bed

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exclamation of assent, of wonder

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on this side

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to eat; to wear out, to burn

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a fish

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garden, garden-ground

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to bury, fill a grave with sand, to fill a hole, cover with earth

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dust

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to bury

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to shake, move

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the black heron

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the white heron, egret

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wing

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to flap the wings

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side, part, portion, half

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twisted, out of shape, flabby, folded, bend over

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egg

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sacred, forbidden, taboo; used also as a prohibitive, dehortative to children

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taboo (there are four varieties of taboo, each causing a different sickness)

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put a taboo under curse; forbid

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large green parrot, red under the wings

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to bite

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to permit, consent, allow

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taro (several varieties)

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a green coconut, good for drinking

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sea, saltwater

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sneeze

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the calm sea in lagoons and passages, as opposed to #āsi mauri, the open sea

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the quiet sea in the lagoon (lit. ‘dead sea’)

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the open sea (lit. ‘living sea’)

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rat

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interrogative pronoun: who?

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a rafter of wood or bamboo

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to dig, harvest; dig a hole; bury, cover with earth

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seven

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seventh

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stage, shelf, small platform above the fireplace, used as a depository

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carry one the back

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four

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strange, foreign; ship

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airplane

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climb, ascend, rise (of sun and moon); rise, ferment

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ordeal, judgement by hot stones, trial by fire

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a skin disease, white spots without scales

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land, as opposed to #asi sea; district, place, country, island; the territory, area where a person lives, where his possessions are, such as food, bamboo, trees, pigs, water and graves is called his #hanua

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new, fresh, young

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timber; a canoe seat

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spread, of the arms; stretch; to stroke

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house of retirement for women during menstruation and after childbirth

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palate

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stingray

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lop off branches, cut off a bunch of bananas, betelnuts

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(OG.lop off branches

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big ray fish

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grass, small clover

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grass, small clover

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pierce, bore, drill

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a few, some, several

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to plant (of food except taro)

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pumice stone

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to dry fish or meat over the fire before the final cooking between hot stones

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to teach, instruct

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the pandanus tree, which has broad leaves; used by men as perineal bandage; also used to make a kind of mat called #haʔu

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labia

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taro pudding

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taro pudding

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to fast, starve

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hunger, fasting, famine, starvation

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wild taro; there are several varieties, of which some are edible. It is used also in magical curing of the sick

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to scar, to cut; a scar, a cut

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choose, pick out, select

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choose, pick out, select

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twist, entwine, tie, bind, with a vine; tighten a vine around the waist of a woman in order to provoke an abortion

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wring out, squeeze, twist

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curly, of hair; to wind (round)

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a palm tree with digital leaves, used for making bows

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split, hit, struck

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how much? how many?

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how often?, how many times?

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how many? (of things and persons)

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bundle; faggot

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make into a bundle

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full

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tortoise, turtle

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a sickness caused by the turtle, a cough and vomiting of blood

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buy, pay; reward

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purchase a bride

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broken into many pieces

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to cross, go across, swim across

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a paddle; to paddle, row

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to paddle alternately on both sides of the canoe (of steerer)

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shown

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a littoral tree; extracts of its bark used to poison fish; its fruit

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to bring, carry, of person or thing that cannot move by itself (reanalyzed as #hu-a)

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crocodile

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dry, powdery, of powdered substance such as #hena

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swollen, of callosity in the stomach

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dry, powdery, of powdered substance such as lime

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seeds, of fruits

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spill, shake off, of powdered substance

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a wart

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a taro

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a taro

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pour out, pour water over, on

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cut up an animal, operate on people

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butcher a pig

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cut the umbilical cord

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moon, lunar month

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rainbow

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run, go fast

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hairy

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banana (there are many varieties)

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be born, appear, rise up

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blood relatives; birth, generation

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slime, saliva

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net, fishing net

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to fish with a net

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locative preposition: in, to, at, on; always used before names of places, and with words denoting time and direction

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past participle ending

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pregnant

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hair, feather

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a big clam shell; a big clam shell armlet, worn by the elder men and by the #rāmo (mythical ancestral warriors) to break the ribs of their victims

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before, in front of; in former times

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before my time

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yes

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mat, bed

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a pandanus, its leaves used to make armlets

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a stone axe

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look for, collect

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look for, collect

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an oyster living on the roots of mangrove trees

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reflection, mirror

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bowstring

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drink slowly

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move, remove, of persons and things

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move, remove, of persons and things

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move here, nearer

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move away a bit

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formerly, in the old days

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fish (generic)

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chew betelnut

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sing, in incantations to a spirit in order to know a cure against a sickness

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a skin disease, white spots

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a trap

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coconut leaf basket

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to hook, catch hold of

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a marriageable girl

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widow

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the kingfisher

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narrow, confined

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charcoal, ashes, embers

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1sg possessive ending: my; suffixed to nouns of parts of the body, and relationship, to adverbs and prepositions connected with persons

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a fowl

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hang down

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unconscious; faint; ill; die; paralyzed; numb; war

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starve

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be ill of, die of

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death feast, memorial feast

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cured, healed (of wounds)

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low-tide, ebb-tide

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here, hither, this way, said of things and persons coming nearby; come here; give it to me; let me see, show me

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shade, shadow; to shade, overshadow

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ripe, wise, sensible

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sweet

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eye, face, front

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doorway

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nostril

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nipple, teat

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entrance of a bay

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point of a spear

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a young unmarried man, a newcomer

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mouth of river

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core of a boil

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aromatic, having a pleasant smell

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to float

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southeast trade winds

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submerged coral reef

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under, below

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underneath

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time between three and six in the afternoon

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ripe, of fruit

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ripe, of fruit

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morning star’ (#tani = ‘daylight’)

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slippery

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mullet

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to have fever, to have an attack of malaria

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unripe, of food

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live, be alive; be green, of wood; grow well, of food; new, fresh

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recover, of health, rise from the dead

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to sleep, slumber

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to watch with a dead person

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pretend to sleep

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to be afraid

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to fear, be afraid of

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to chew the betel nut mixture; to masticate food for babies

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red (of fruit)

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caterpillar

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and

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sticky, gluey

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to lick, taste

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chew betelnut; chew, masticate

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strong, powerful, in a metaphysical sense; something extraordinary, effected by a spiritual power

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widower

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white ants

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chew, gnaw

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toothless

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before, preparatory to

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front

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the stem, bow of a canoe

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genitive particle: of, belonging to (#rata-na ni hanua ‘clan name’, #waisia ni hanua ‘land animals’)

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five

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the fifth

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kind of bee

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coconut tree and fruit

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a coconut over which incantations are said, and the cream of which is used to wash the region of the eyes of a corpse

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a palm, Nipa fruticans #taoha = ‘canoe house; shrine on the beach’)

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to fold, crease, entwine

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hear, hear tidings of, understand

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to inquire about a girl as a prospective bride for a man

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quake; loose

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shadow of persons or things as cast by the sun; likeness, phantom, portrait, figure, carving; a man's very self

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murmur, growl, mumble, groan

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cuttlefish, squid

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attempt, try (in compounds); sample, taste (of drinks)

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sugarcane

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cross beam

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to root the ground for food (of pigs); to eat food raw (of crazy people)

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roll the food in one's mouth (of toothless people)

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posts, stakes, put in a hole -- used as a trap for humans

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posts, stakes put in a hole -- used as a trap for humans

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to wound, harm

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littoral tree with berries (eaten by pigeons)

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six

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a swollen stomach, inflated by wind

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green coconut

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fireplace

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return; come back, go back (home)

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to skin, peel, scrape (of roasted food)

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three

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to cut, bevel timber for joints

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cut, bevel timber for joints

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palm tree with big edible leaves

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provisions, food for a journey

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a war spear, arrow with one barb

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to spear

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straight; correct and proper in conduct

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straight; correct and proper in conduct

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to fill a hole

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fence, trap

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fence, trap

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fence, trap

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small platform, mostly above the fireplace, used as a depository

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a fishhook used for catching bonito

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an enclosure of girls, virgins, taboo for men

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an enclosure of girls, virgins, taboo for men

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an enclosure of girls, virgins, taboo for men

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white, pale

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(NG.cut up (animals and fish)

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palm tree sp.

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very fine shell money, having great value, used to make necklaces and for buying pigs (#pata = 'money')

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a length of stitched sago palm leaves

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firm, hard

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shark

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rape

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an owned shark

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an unowned shark

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butterfly

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hornbill

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a big grey pigeon

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to roll a leaf in form of a horn, for drinking purposes

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to fold, hem

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open one's eyes wide

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the white of an egg

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green, unripe

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the roe of fish

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spurt, splash, crackle

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splurt, splash

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to wet, spurt on, squirt

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decayed, rotten, bad

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evening, after sunset, night; an appointed day

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three days ago

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a green coconut, good to drink

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a betel nut tree; betel nut

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a palm tree, used for bows for children

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cowrie (shellfish), the shell being used as sinkers for fishnets

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behind, after

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puttynut, used to caulk canoes; a tree gum, #puru nari, a resin

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to gum, stick, caulk the joints of canoe planks with puttynut

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black, blue

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pitch black

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burst, explode, spurt out, squirt, blow (of whale), spray

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1,000 coconuts

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understand

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I want, like

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stomach, heart, liver, lungs, womb, mind, seat of affections, intention, will

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be angry ( = 'his liver is wrong/bad/evil')

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lung

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big white worm living in dead trees

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uprooted; pull out

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uprooted; pull out

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to be old, worn-out and dirty, of things

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to be old, worn out and dirty, of things

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the puttynut tree; the nut is used for caulking purposes and inlay work

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the sago palm; its leaves are used for thatch

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a twin; two stones in one fruit

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hit, strike, whip, beat

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to be warm, hot, of sun; fade, wither, dry up

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centipede

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ironwood, a littoral tree

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pike fish

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to smoke, of fire

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to smoke, blacken with smoke

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a very strong liana, used especially to sew canoe planks

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name

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name

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sun, sunshine, no rain, good weather

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tuna fish

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a spider; cobweb

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a ginger with perfumed roots, used as a medicine by witch doctors; there are several varieties for different diseases

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a ginger used to enlist the affections of women

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eggs of louse and flea

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used to form the comparative and superlative; surpass, win, excel, go beyond, pass over, of time

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to put up the sail; to draw, bend a bow

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to fly

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open, unfolded

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hastily, quickly, hurriedly

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cloudy; black cloud, squall; to be dark, night; blind

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two

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flood tide, incoming tide

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second

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throat, neck, back

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to doubt

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laryngitis

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seaweed; a moss on trees, used in ceremonial purification; it is wrung out over the head of a newborn baby when taken into somebody’s house

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kind of nettle

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the ribs of a canoe, cut out of a slab of hardwood, used to strengthen the canoe and to support the seats

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to charge, load, carry a load

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to charge, load, carry a load

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a load, charge, cargo

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to load, charge

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a lime, used in magic, on which incantations are done and put over the doorway outside on the ridgepole or blown around in the house; used as a protection for the house, the inhabitants and the belongings, against evil spirits, and sickness

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dusk, evening (about 6:00 p.m.)

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shine, brighten, phosphorescent; light, brightness

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shine (of moon and stars); moonlight, light of stars

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red hen parrot

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nine

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ninth

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harpoon, arrow, spear (with four barbs)

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to shave the head, beard; scrape

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a comb with four prongs, the two outer ones long, the two inner ones short

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boiled coconut cream

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put or blow the lime over the doorway, etc.

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to suck the breast

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to dig the earth

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breast

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pierce, spear, take with a needle; prick of the poisonous #nohu 〈stonefish〉

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rise, get up, stand

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to raise up, make get up, put somebody on their feet, lift up

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a fathom length of stitched leaf

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to entangle (of spider’s web entangling a person); entwine, mix together; jumble up; sew

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in line, in pairs

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thigh, groin

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hundred

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day and night

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tobacco

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to fail, miss

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string of white cowrie shells around the neck or on the forehead

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to stick in the throat; to be tangled up in, be caught in, be aground, stick fast in

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draw, dip water

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draw, dip water

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needle, the bones of a flying fox

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needle, the bones of a flying fox

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bail out water, draw water

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sweep the house

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to say, often used in narratives

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a channel in the shore reef; a landing place

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wrong, bad, evil; be dying, be in a bad condition

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ride, embark; used to denote the numerical strength of a canoe

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a two-man canoe

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a one-man canoe

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inland, the mountain, hill country

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suck, inhale, draw, absorb

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louse, flea

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blow, breathe from the mouth

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clear the undergrowth when commencing a new garden

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stone oven

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a demonstrative, thus, so, like that, that way, referring to something that has been said; locative: here

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fish scales

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torch made from dry coconut leaf; go fishing at night with this torch

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shrimp, crayfish, prawn

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a shrub, the roots of which are used to make red dye

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a fish (taboo for women and children)

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lobster

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bone marrow; vein

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a fruit tree; its fruit

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cloud, heaven, sky, top

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to wade

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push, shove

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rub, grate, wipe

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to follow, copy, imitate

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to rain

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rain is coming

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sunshower ( = "white rain")

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a liana

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a piece of skinned soft wood used as a float for fishing nets

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pith, heart (of tree)

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fresh water (as opposed to #āsi 'saltwater'); moisture, sap, juice; river

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former, previous, past

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liana; string, rope; fishline; string of money

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eight

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to smell (of a decaying object)

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to herald the assigned food portions at a feast to the different villages; make an oration at a feast

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give (the thing given has not to be returned to the donor, as opposed to #ta)

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gift

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split, cut in sections; yam section

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surf, flooded river, current caused by tide, wind, rain; tidal-rip; to flow; a current, stream; to drip quickly

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to drift away, to be carried away by the current

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to flow

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generic name for wood, tree

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to scrape, polish, of wooden articles such as combs, bows; to sharpen, point a stick; grate coconuts

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weapons, instruments for killing

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abandoned, overgrown; last year's garden

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invoke a spirit in order to know what to do to cure a sick person

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ashes, dust

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over there, there, yonder

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ripe (of coconuts only)

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a fully grown ripe coconut

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