toy doll

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southwest monsoon winds

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to bother, to disturb, to delay, to be occupied

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stay parallel with (as for two people to walk side by side, or for workers harvesting in a field to stay together in a row, rather than one getting ahead of the others)

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mat

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woven mat; make a mat

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canoe, small boat (with outriggers); to travel by boat

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fold (of the part of the g-string which is wrapped around the waist, and which men use to carry money, betel chew, etc.)

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fireplace, ashes, stove

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to contribute, to give aid to

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come together, reach, meet, overtake or catch up with someone on the trail

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to catch up with

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far, distant; to withdraw, go far away

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a great amount; crowd; to increase, become many; many, a lot, much

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to be early

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ladder; make a makeshift ladder so you can climb a tree

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grab, snatch, steal, run off with someone's spouse for a long time or indefinite period

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ocean crab

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ocean crab; to look for crabs

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type of ocean fish (Headland and Headland (1974)), kind of marine eel (Reid (1971:186))

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a Negrito person; what the Dumagat people refer to themselves as; term for any dark-skinned person with kinky hair; to speak in the Dumagat language

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type of tree, Casuarina equisetifolia (found growing along the sea shores in the Casiguran area; it looks like a type of pine, but is not

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companion

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kind of ocean fish

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skin from the wild banana plant, used to make string; to make string from the wild banana plant

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older sibling (reference)

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to cautiously take a step (as a hunter in stalking game, or a small child just learning to walk)

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pick up (as to pick up rice, salt, sand by cupping it in your hands, or to pick up a pile of clothing or trash in your arms

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transport something from one place to another

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disciple, helper, companion (of a high ranking person)

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wine

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wire (esp. barbed wire)

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in consideration of; for the sake of

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to get, catch, trap

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type of basket

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day, daytime

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dust (as the dust thrown up by a passing truck)

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to take care of (as to take care of someone’s domestic animal for him, or to take care of a sick person)

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lightning bug

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pestle (for pounding rice); use a pestle

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father (reference)

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uncle

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thin, overcast, hazy (sky)

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father (vocative)

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northeast wind, northeast monsoon; rainy season

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tame, domesticated, docile, submissive (referring to animals)

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superior, head, leader, chief, master

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to speak softly and gently to someone with a reluctant attitude in order to win him over to your side; to act apologetically to someone with whom you have had a misunderstanding; to persuade, to induce, to win over to one’s side

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baby, child, son, daughter, offspring

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children

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palm of the genus Livistona (the leaves are used for roofing houses, and for raincapes; the outer bark is stripped and used for flooring, bows and arrow shafts)

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coffin, casket

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species of plant (shines in the dark)

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termite

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shadow; to reflect (off the surface of still water)

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type of spirit

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float away, be swept away (by water or wind)

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for a man to hunt alone with dogs

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to be slowed down in a fall from a height (an in opening a parachute when falling from an airplane, or to fall from a tree, but hitting several branches on the way down, thus slowing one’s fall)

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to come, to go, to go get something

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smell of urine

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to lie in wait in ambush (what hunters do during a game drive as they wait for the game to be driven towards them)

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sting, smart (as of alcohol when put on a cut)

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bile, bile duct, gall

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to be lying over on a slant (of grass, growing rice, corn, etc.); to push grass over so that it is not standing straight up

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grandparent, grandchild

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slaked lime (part of the betel nut mixture)

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late afternoon, evening

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roosting place for chickens; to land (of a bird, bug or fly)

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fire, firewood

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to hope, depend on

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spouse: husband, wife

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put something inside of something else

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salt; salty

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dog; use dogs to track down a wounded pig or deer

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smoke; for smoke to drift up from a fire

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unripe, green; uncooked

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unripe, green; uncooked

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make a sacrifice or special offering to the spirits (a table is set up with food and gifts: rice, a chicken cooked without salt, cigarettes, sugar, etc.)

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species of poisonous river crab

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die; dead; death

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hear the sound of wild game while hunting

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roof; make a roof

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clear (of underbrush, e.g. a cleared trail)

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to separate two or more people who are fighting

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hammock

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to agree to, to favor, to conform to, to be in accord with

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agree to, to favor, conform to, be in accord with

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neat (especially of the neat combing of hair)

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species of uncultivated, edible root plant

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species of uncultivated, edible root plant

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humble, low in rank, cheap; low in intelligence

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carry a person "piggyback"; cloth sling used for carrying a baby

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domesticated pig

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unravel, untwist (of rope which becomes unravelled at the end)

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live coals

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overturn, come apart in rough sea (of a boat at sea)

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swollen, inflamed (body part)

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before, earlier than, in advance

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to pull something out which has its end stuck into something else (as to remove a bolo from its sheath, to pull a fencepost out of the ground, to uproot a tree)

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to pull something out which has its end stuck in something else (as a bolo from its sheath, a fencepost out of the ground, a tree)

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typhoon

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to finish up something left over or not done (e.g. food or work)

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species of uncultivated tree with fruit that is edible and good-tasting when boiled: Diplodiscus paniculatus

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iron, metal; to spear a fish with a metal spear

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frog

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frog

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old woman (also used as a vocative in addressing old women)

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be crosswise, as to carry something sideways on your back, for the wind to be against the side of a boat, or for game to stand sideways to the hunter

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a bird: the sandpiper

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spank, hit with a stick

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the custom whereby a Negrito works for a lowland person for a few days, and then the lowland person works for the Negrito for the same number of days

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reversible (as of a jacket that can be worn inside-out)

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species of edible marine triton shell, genus Cymatium

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rinse off in fresh water (after having been in the ocean, to get the salt off one's body); rinse soap out of clothes, or off dishes

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pink-bellied imperial pigeon: Ducula poliocephala

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wrap something up in leaves, cloth or paper

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shallow well or hole (made in a riverbed to get clean water); to make a well

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rays (of the rising sun)

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pious, holy, virtuous, sacred, righteous, godly

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threaten; intend, plan (as to kill someone)

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corpse, dead body, body; to have a wake (the custom of everyone staying up all night in the house where the body is laid out)

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milkfish: Chanos chanos

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type of black magic

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bless, pray over someone (either with your hands on him, or waving your hands over him, or sprinkling him with water and incense)

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a stage in the transplanting of rice

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strained, pulled tight (as string)

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floor girders of a house

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barren, incapable of producing offspring (of a woman)

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to forbid, prohibit; taboo, forbidden

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to reduce (as to lower the price of something for sale, or to reduce someone’s salary)

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to take back something you gave to someone

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payment for service rendered; far on a vehicle or boat; to pay

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sand, beach, seashore

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female; lady, woman, girl

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to wrap around several times with a string or rope

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G-string, loincloth; put on a G-string

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husked rice, hulled grains of rice

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pour rice into a kettle

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to husk rice

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have a relapse, suffer a relapse (of sickness)

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species of uncultivated mangrove tree, genus Rhizophora

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bang hard against something several times (as for a wounded pig to band the side of its head against the ground several times as it dies); beat something or someone with a club

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to spread out (as to lay out or unroll a piece of cloth, or to lay out a mat on the floor)

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be drowsy; fall asleep sitting up; feel lazy; just want to sit around; ache in the joints

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tree sp. (the leaves are used as medicine for chest pain)

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chasm, abyss, ravine, cliff; open break between trees; opening in a wall, crack; spaces between (as spaces between puddles of water)

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full (from eating)

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feed someone until he is full

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head band

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duck

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sweet potatoes fried with sugar; to fry sweet potatoes in sugar

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story; tell a story

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sudden, suddenly; do something suddenly

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a coarse grass the stems of which are used for making arrow shafts: Miscanthus sinensis

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an uncultivated aroid, Alocasia macrorrhiza, with very large leaves (leaves are used for a sort of umbrella, and for the roofing on temporary shelters; it is never eaten; the sap will cause a stinging itch on the skin; the leaf is sometimes placed on the head as a medicine for sores

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expert, skilled; become accustomed to, be skilled at doing something

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sun; sunny, hot

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to count

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to count

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type of woven tray or wide shallow basket (used for winnowing rice)

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type of trap (for spearing deer and wild pig; consists of a bamboo spring which shoots a bamboo spear into the side of the animal)

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advise, order instruct, request (something to someone on the occasion of your departing from him, or he departing from you)

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fast, swift; speedily

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widow, widower; for the kinsmen of a widow or widower to give mandatory gifts to the kinship group of the decesased spouse (in order to placate their anger at them, and so that they will not continue to hold them responsible for the death; failure to do this can and has resulted in reprisal killings)

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rations; food carried along on a trip to be eaten later

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rations; food carried along on a trip to be eaten later

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round

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be stranded and not able to get home (as when the river you must cross is flooded, or the bay you must cross is too windy to be safe)

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seeds for planting (especially rice seeds); set aside rice grains for seed for planting in the following planting season

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type of fishnet (used in Casiguran Bay; this net is stretched over two crossed bamboo poles and lowered into the sea by an eighteen foot line; used to catch crabs

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type of wide boat without outriggers

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wet

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cracked, broken (of a bottle, plate, kettle, etc.)

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dangle from a string or rope, hang by a line

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a long, heavy net used to catch wild game; several people drive the game into the net, while others wait to kill it as it gets entangled; this is done at night with about twenty men participating

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stone, rock, pebble

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star; for the stars to come out after a rain shower

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intestines; clean a fish or bird by removing the intestines; to gut

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bamboo container (for water, or for carrying rice seeds as one walks along planting mountain rice)

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bamboo container for water or for carrying rice seeds as one walks about planting mountain rice

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grace, blessing, mercy, favor (God is always the source of this concept; refers mainly to God's supplying of food),

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pound rice (in mortar with pestle)

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grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal term of address)

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to divide up things among a group of people

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pull in a line

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bubbling up (of water when it is boiling or being churned up by the propeller of a motor boat)

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crocodile: Crocodylus porosus

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crown on a roof

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generic for the flowers on uncultivated forest trees; for bees to collect nectar

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a betel nut chew which has one or more medicinal plants mixed with it, which is smeared on the belly area of one with a stomach ache; to smear the #bugá mastication on the stomach

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be spat upon

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smear the #bugá mastication on my stomach

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shoo away birds or animals

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shoo those munia birds out of the rice field

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the buri palm, Corypha elata (the largest and most stately palm in the Philippines; the leaves are used for mats and baskets

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spring of water, spring-fed pool

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bubbling water

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to open (door, box, jar, etc.)

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weevil, wood-borer, wood tick; to decay (of wood or teeth)

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seed; for the breasts of a young girl to begin to develop and stick out

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bump, swelling (on the body; a generic term)

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joint, knuckle, node (as where bones join together, or nodes on cane plants and bamboo)

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slight swelling on the skin

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kite

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moon, month

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tarpon fish: Megalops cyprinoides

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species of edible sea shell; Polinices mamilia, a snail

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roundworm, intestinal worm

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rectum, anus; buttocks (of mammals); bottom, end, back (of bottle, box, truck, can, bolo, etc.); put the rear towards

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stalk of bananas

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an eye ailment (an acute, highly contagious conjunctivitis), pink eye; to get pink eye

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term for a coconut that has no meat inside because it has been eaten by insects

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to lie, tell a lie

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anchovy, Stolephorus sp.

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species of bamboo, of the genus Schizostachyum

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pocket

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diarrhoea; to have diarrhoea

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diarrhoea

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calf, colt (of carabao, horse, cow)

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for the sun to come out (on a cloudy day)

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for one’s stomach to become hard like a rock (of a person with a stomach ache)

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leave home before daylight and travel by the light of the moon until dawn

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species of freshwater fish

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cloth head covering; cover the head with a cloth (as protection against the sun)

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kill

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peel the fibrous husk off coconut shells (by bashing the coconuts down on an iron point of a plow blade)

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head; top of the head

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pull up young rice seedlings (for transplanting)

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fruit, vegetable, seed (that which a plant or tree bears); bear fruit

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harelip; for a carabao to tear his nose by pulling away from his tether which is tied through the cartilege of his nose

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testicles, scrotum

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skull, skeleton

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species of banana plant and its fruit: Musa sapientum

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species of banana plant and its fruit, Musa sapientum

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hunting bow; carry a bow

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be disrespectful, impolite, ungrateful; do something against; not show respect to one's elders (as when slapping an older sibling)

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large wild boar; get a wild boar (while hunting)

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species of ocean fish

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urge people or animals to fight (esp. in cockfighting, to get two cocks to fight)

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a torn, ragged hole (in cloth, a mat, basket, etc.); to tear a hole in cloth, etc.

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yaws (an infectious contagious tropical disease caused by a spirochete, and marked by ulcerating lesions

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grain, seed, kernel (of rice, corn); a lead BB in a shotgun shell

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grain, seed, kernel (of rice, corn); a lead BB in a shotgun shell

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species of small poisonous ocean fish which sometimes swells up like a balloon: Tetradon sp.

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calf of the leg

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button; to button closed (as shirt, pants, etc.)

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hair

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rotten, rotten smell

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tricked, deceived, induced (as to go to someone's house to see him, and arrive to find him gone)

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whole, total, complete

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aunt

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to be washed ashore (e.g. driftwood)

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to make excuses

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because of, in view of

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reason, because, cause

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to visit

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talkative, bragging, gossiper (in an obnoxious way)

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a species of freshwater fish

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to be up and awake all night (as at a drinking party)

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cloth, clothing; to wear clothing

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type of insect (they eat the rice plants when the fruit is beginning to develop)

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unit of measurement from tip of thumb to tip of outstretched middle finger

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species of ocean fish

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to treat with medicine

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ought, should

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run into someone, bump into someone while walking

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tamp down (as dirt in a hole), shake down (as a container to settle the contents)

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citrus tree, a type of lime with leaves used as a seasoning in viand, and sometimes as a medicine for earache, being rubbed on the outer back of the ear: Citrus aurantifolia

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to visit, to come calling (having come from a long way); to go on a long hunting trip

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stranger, foreigner

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pestle (tool used to pound up the pulp of the caryota palm); to mash the pulp of the caryota palm (a process in the making of caryota starch)

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to press, to make an impression on, to push against (with the finger or hand); to sign a paper by making a thumb print; to brand a carabao

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fathom (a length measurement, about five feet; the length from one fingertip to the fingertip of the other outstretched arm)

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thud (of something hitting the ground when it fell)

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the other side (of a bay, valley, canyon, river, road, etc.)

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upriver

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blood

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ocean, sea, sea water; go to the beach

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needle

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bathe, take a bath

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to catch, grab, snatch

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raincloud; dark, blurry, cloudy

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raincloud; dark, blurry, cloudy

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2sg. oblique

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tongue; to keep talking, gossip, talk in a bad way

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to lick (as to lick honey off a spoon, or to lick sugar out of your hand; subject must be human)

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path, trail, way; to walk on a trail

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yellow, any yellowing or light orange color

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water, river, stream

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to pour water into; wet, watery

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wall of a house; to make a wall

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to put something up to your ear to listen (as a watch to see if it is ticking)

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a tree: Erythrina variegata L. (Madulid 2001)

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a tree (Tophopetalum toxicum, Antiaris toxicaria, or both), with sap made into a deadly poison used on arrows for raiding or defense, but never for hunting; to put #dita sap on arrows

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don't

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leaf

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topic, attributive and oblique of common nouns that are absent

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grasshopper

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term of endearment used in the vocative towards one’s child (some Dumagats only use this term for a male child)

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lair, nest (of a wild pig, esp. of the nest where a sow gives birth to and keeps her piglets)

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for the sun to be hidden behind clouds (with resulting cool air)

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bow (of a boat)

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nose

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nose

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a species of ocean fish

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for water to go down again after a flood

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swarm, gather (as ants on sugar, bees swarming on a person, birds gathering around drying rice to eat it)

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borrow

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go out (of a light); extinguish, put out, blow out (a fire, lamp, candle, etc.)

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to borrow

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two

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to thresh grain

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feather; to fletch an arrow

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sink, submerge in water

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guard, keep watch (against raiders while one's companions sleep)

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to suffocate (as for a person under a blanket to not be able to breathe)

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for the wind to stop

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six

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four

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retract, shrink (a balloon when the air is let out, a boil when it begins to heal, a woman's stomach after giving birth)

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urine; to urinate

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three

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expel gas from the bowels

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no, none

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decayed, rotten (of wood)

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term for a stage in the growth of rice plants (when they are about three inches high)

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fingers (of hand), tentacles (of octopus)

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to show respect, to be courteous

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species of ocean fish

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to catch shrimp with the hands (feeling for them in the grass and leaves in shallow water)

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to use, to make, to do, to utilize, to employ, to make use of

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to use, to make, to do, to utilize, to employ, to make use of

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to complete, to finish, to fulfill, to perfect

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door; close a door

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to repay, to recompense, to respond back to something someone does to you, to reciprocate

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to repay, to recompense, to respond back to something someone does to you, to reciprocate

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sickle; to harvest wet rice

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coral

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to scratch or scrape something (as to scrape soot off the outside of a blackened kettle)

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milk

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to add milk to coffee

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oar; to row a boat

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a vine, the #ikmo, or betel pepper, Piper betel (this leaf is used extensively for chewing with the betel nut; it is also believed to have medicinal value)

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a vine, the ikmo, or betel pepper, Piper betle; this leaf is used extensively for chewing with the betel nut; it is also believed to have medicinal value (the leaf is placed over painful areas, such as headaches, stomach aches, boils, etc.)

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to be about to do something; to be making preparations to do something

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spear, lance; throw a spear (referring esp. to an Ilongot spear; the Dumagats themselves do not use spears)

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to slice (leafy vegetables or squash)

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to butcher meat; to divide, to cut up meat, to slice

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marks on shoulder of a man (caused by the shoulder straps of a heavy pack)

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to scrub one’s skin with a stone (when bathing)

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edge, near, closeness

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to grind (as to grind coffee or corn)

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corn grinder

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roots (of a tree or plant); to sprout, of a root; to grow out of a coconut shell

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to detain someone; to control, to prevent, to stop, to delay (either by word or physical force)

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itchy

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the barking of a dog on a hunt

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to bark at an animal, of a dog on a hunt

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put in water and swish around

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scratch (an itch)

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term for the part of a person’s body just below the heart area

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price, value

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carry a sick person in a hammock hung from a pole

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reason, purpose, ambition, wish, goal, aim; intend, try to aspire to/for

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stupid, idiotic; a loud person

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obstacle; to delay, to head off, to step in front of someone to stop him from continuing

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front

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earrings

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to turn and face

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tithe, share, commission (as in helping to harvest someone’s rice, and getting to keep a certain percentage of what you harvest)

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bend a limb; be bent over (of a tree limb)

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sway back and forth (as a house during an earthquake, or a drunk person staggering along)

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stay, live, reside

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another, other, different, distinct, new

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another, other, different, distinct, new; to be different

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put something in a pocket

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spouse of sibling-in-law; spouse's sibling-in-law

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freshwater eel

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sip a hot drink

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rope, line (anything used for tying)

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to tie (as a rope around a dog’s neck)

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sixth

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fourth

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fish; go on a fishing trip

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seventh

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tenth

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eighth

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cough

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to twirl around; to go in circles

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eat raw food (e.g. fish, vegetables); eat green fruit

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sorcerer, witch; bewitch, make someone sick through witchcraft; to poison, be poison

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covered, sheltered (of cultivated crops)

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be suspicious, be jealous (of one's spouse, that he or she has been unfaithful)

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M (ref)

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that, there (2p)

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hot (water); feverish

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take a drink (of water or liquor)

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a Chinese person or Chinese language

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be careful, take care

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anger, be angry

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shark

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species of poisonous snake, small and greenish

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poisonous snake (small and greenish)

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cockroach; be swarming with cockroaches

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clip, clasp, hairpin, pincers, tongs; to pinch, to clip

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tail (of animals, fish, birds, snakes)

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whirlwind

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to put something into a small hole or crevice

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thought, understanding, judgement, sense, opinion, think, think deeply, plan

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for a hunter to save the jawbones of the wild pigs he has shot (inserting them in rows in the roof of his house; a way of showing off the number of pigs he has gotten)

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blinding reflection (from something shiny)

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take a step backwards; step back

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to curse someone

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go ahead (on a path), imperative (probably a shortening of #kitá)

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go ahead (on a path), imperative (probably a shortening of #kitá)

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wild chicken, Gallus gallus; scrutinize an area of forest (to see if it is suitable for making a swidden)

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wild chicken: Gallus gallus

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avoid, evade (as to avoid meeting someone on the trail by turning aside, or to avoid going to a village where there are drunks being rowdy)

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to dip something under water

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be born

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flatulence, gas pain

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wooden chest

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cavan, a dry measure of 125 liters, or fifty gantas (note: in other areas of the Philippines, a cavan is equivalent to twenty-five gantas)

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term for a spotted domestic pig

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casket, coffin

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small-mouthed threadfin fish: Polynemus microstoma

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variety of uncultivated plant (leaves are boiled with fish as a vegetable)

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mangrove swamp

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riverbed

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to draw or pull something towards oneself (as to hug a person, to scoop up the money in gambling, to scrape dirt into a pile with a shovel; to paddle a canoe drawing the paddle towards you so that the boat will turn)

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full moon

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to lead someone by the hand; to walk hand in hand

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bamboo grove

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talk, speech, language; to say, to speak; to decide; to think

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talk, speech, language; to say, to speak, to decide, to think

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to dry in the sun (of rice, meat, clothes, etc.)

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to dry in the sun (of rice, meat, clothes, etc.)

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bark of the sugarcane stalk; to shave the bark off a stalk of sugarcane with a bolo

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a lie; liar

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one of a pair

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honeycomb

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shield (used in warfare by the Ilonggot people, never by Dumagats); to shield oneself behind a shield

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trigger of a gun; to pull a trigger

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to dig up roots (using a bolo to dig with)

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soul, spirit (of a living person); after death this becomes #bəlet

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soul, spirit of a living person

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bolo sheath; to sheathe a bolo

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2pl. topic pronoun, you all

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granary (house for storing rice until it can be threshed, put in sacks, and transferred to a house or storehouse)

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poison (of a centipede, poisonous snakes, the #atang-atang crab, the #hahong fish, etc.)

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species of seeded breadfruit tree: Artocarpus camansi

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species of seeded breadfruit tree: Artocarpus camansi

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tomato plant and its fruit

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twin, double, pair

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1pl. excl. topic pronoun, we

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hand, arm (exclusive of the fingers)

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northeast

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to appropriate the land of a neighbor (illegally)

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to take the side of someone in a conflict; to be partial to someone; to take sides, favor

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to stay with one’s own kind (as for girls to stay with girls, and boys with boys); to be loyal to one’s own kind (e.g. relatives); to stick together

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it was said or heard; so he said, so they say; according to some source (may or may not express doubt, depending on its position in the clause)

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to eat something; food, cooked rice

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one’s own house

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own

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coconut grove

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squid, cuttlefish, Sepia sp.

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to grope about (unable to see); to feel about (in the dark)

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to grope with the hands (as in the dark, or for snails in a muddy river)

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to touch, to feel, to handle with both hands (as in putting one’s hand on a person’s forehead to feel his fever)

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to be weak, to be exhausted (due to extreme hunger); to be famished

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a species of sea turtle (the eggs are gathered for food, but the meat is not edible)

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species of sea turtle (the eggs are gathered for food, but the meat is not edible)

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the cross bamboo sticks on a roof that the nipa shingles are laced to

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carpenter’s plane; to plane wood

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to set the #balaybay snare (type of snare with several rattan loops set around a tame rooster, used to catch a wild rooster in the jungle)

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to set the #balaybay snare (type of snare with several rattan loops set around a tame rooster, used to catch a wild rooster in the jungle)

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sleeping place

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thin wire; to put wire on a guitar

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term for bamboos of the genus Bambusa

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to hand up, to hook, to snag

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able, can do, capable, ability; to be able

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to scratch (of the scratching of a chicken)

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tree, wood, stick

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to touch, to take, to carry, to bring, to hold

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to bring, to carry, to take

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touch someone with a finger so as to get their attention

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to hug, to cling to (as to cling to a person, or to cling to a tree branch so as not to fall)

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thunder; to thunder

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to pinch someone; to tear a small piece of tobacco off a tobacco leaf for a betel nut chew

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night, night-time

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night, night-time

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to cuddle (a child or a pet animal)

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to squeeze with the hand (as to reach out and squeeze someone’s arm to signal them to be quiet, or to squeeze a handful of cooked rice into a ball

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woman’s wrap-around skirt

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to taste, to sample by tasting

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flap, wave (of the flapping of a bird's wings, or the waving back and forth of a fish's pectoral fins)

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to flap the fins, of fish

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short, smooth (of hair or grass)

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the gutteral sound of a monkey

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scales of fish; to scale a fish

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to lift the eyebrows (a signal of affirmation to another person)

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forehead

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to squeak (of a small mouse)

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to be acquainted with (said to be from #Tagalog)

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lightning; for lightning to strike

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to clamp under the arm (as in carrying a bag of betel nuts)

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move continually in and out (as to keep moving the lips in and out in a nervous fashion, or of the wriggling of maggots in meat)

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to be completely without anything

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to swish, to ruffle (water with the hands or feet)

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to break, to tear (leaves or cloth into strips)

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we (dual incl.), topic pronoun

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we (plural incl.), topic pronoun

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first person singular attributive (= genitive) pronoun

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to have many lice in one’s hair

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a tiny reg bug, similar to a chigger (which burrows into the skin and causes intense itching); to pick the bug out of the skin

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a species of ocean fish

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wrinkled (of skin, as that of an old person, or from having the hands in the water for a long time)

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to take shelter behind, to hide behind (as for a boat to take shelter on the lee side of an island or peninsula, or for a person to hide behind a tree)

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fence; to make a fence; to fence in something

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octopus; to hunt for octopuses

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cogon grass, Imperata cylindrica and Imperata exaltata (used for roofing houses)

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to make marks or lines on something (prime meaning is in reference to marks made on the face with lime, or garlic juice and salt, or mud; done for healing purposes or to keep away the spirits)

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fingernail, toenail, hoof; to clip off the fingernails

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lacking; to be lacking something (in number or supply)

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dried nasal mucus; to pick the nose

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lack of common sense

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small parrot: Loriculus philippensis

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butt (of a rifle); to bash someone with the butt of a rifle

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skin (of person, animal), bark of tree, peeling of fruit; to skin a deer, to peel skin off fruit; to peel bark off a tree

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to peel, remove the peeling

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to surround, to enclose in a trap, to fence in

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big enough to bite (subject must be non-human)

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to accompany, to go with

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solid red cloth (a favorite cloth for G-strings)

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a large, green, melon-shaped vegetable, the wax gourd: Benincasa hispida

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species of cultivated root used for making yellow dye

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white clouds; cloudy

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to fade (of cloth which loses its color)

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to pilfer, to filch, to poach, to steal; to short change

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wrinkled (of cloth which is wrinkled, unfolded or not ironed)

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louse, lice

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water strider

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to pick lice out of the hair

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against, contrary; to break a law, rule or custom

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war, battle; to fight (in a war)

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excessive, more than enough (as a pole that is longer than it needs to be); excess

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excessive, more than enough, excess (as a pole that is longer than it needs to be)

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to rinse (as scraps of food from plates, or soap from cloth)