locative prefix, at

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locative prefix, at

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fire

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1pl. excl., we, us

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road, street, path, way, route, course (at sea); approach (to a job or problem); method, way (of doing); line of reckoning (in genealogies); Milky Way (short for #anenimey, lit. path of breadfruit, because on this heavenly path the breadfruit comes from its southern homeland when summoned by the #sowuyótoomey, the breadfruit summoner who performs the ritual to induce the spirit of the breadfruit to come each year from its southern homeland to Truk and ensure a good breadfruit harvest)

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upper part, top, summit; eastern side; above (vertically)

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to smoke, to steam; cause to be smoked or steamed (for curing)

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mouth; opening into something stem end (of fruit); stalk end (of taro)

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a tree: Ficus carolinensis. the bark is used as medicine against evil spirits; fruits and leaves used as medicine; roots used to flavor a special breadfruit pudding

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shoulder (of human, animal, bottle)

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not fully cooked, raw

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food to eat; food portion (of cooked starchy food)

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to eat (of cooked starchy food, bread, any leafy vegetable, cooked or uncooked, cooked fish, copra; but not uncooked bananas or other fruit, uncooked fish, or cooked or uncooked meat)

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doorway, door opening

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above him; its upper side

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liquid, juice; fresh water

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blood; bloody; bleed; menstruate

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leaf; sheet; width, breadth (of flat objects only)

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tears

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the number three 〈used in serial counting or to name the number in the abstract, but not used as a numerical adjective〉

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smoke

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chin

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(in compounds only) wind, blow

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god, spirit, spirit of the dead, ghost

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spirit of a dead person that has acquired someone as a medium

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its smoke

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(in compounds only) current, flow (of water)

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current (at sea), eddy

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carrying pole

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gum, hard palate

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building, dwelling house, meeting house

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Christian worship, divine service (general term)

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to kick (something)

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small needlefish

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new

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woman; womanhood; female; left hand or side

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engage in worship; be tabu, prohibited, sacred

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rouse someone from sleep, wake someone up

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rouse (someone), wake someone up

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general term for a class of plants including grasses, sedges and ferns

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general term for a class of plants including grasses, sedges and ferns

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choosing, selecting; electing, appointing

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choice, thing chosen by someone

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seven (general class or non-specific things)

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how many? (used with suffixed counting classifiers)

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how many? (nonspecific or general class of things --- especially if the expected number is more than a few but less than hundreds)

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snarl, tangle, entwining

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meat, flesh, muscle

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blow one’s nose

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planting

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star

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seven (used in serial counting or to name the number in the abstrace, but not used as a numerical adjective)

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house, building, hut, shelter, shed

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mother, aunt, grandmother, kinswoman of any senior generation, kinswoman of one's father's lineage or clan, any such kinswoman of one's spouse

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there it is (by you)

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underwater

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edge, ridge

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place where, where?

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we (plural incl.)

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plaited mat, sleeping mat

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fingernail, toenail, claw

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louse, flea

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octopus

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die, lose consciousness, lose sensation, become paralyzed; (fig.) be overcome with fatigue, hunger, or other physiological want; be extinguished (of a light), stop (of an engine)

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death; loss of consciousness; collapse; paralysis; disease, illness, sickness, pestilence

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wrasse

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be becalmed, adrift; drift; soar (without flapping wings), glide; do a dance movement with outstretched arms

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living creature of land or air (other than human)

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eye, face (of living creature, and fig. of some things); leading, piercing, working, cutting end or edge (of something); beginning (of day); direction (of wind); front (of a building); means (of money); point (of pencil, needle, etc.)

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orphan (death parted)

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have divine, magical, or supernatural power (a quality of being, not a form of knowledge); be miraculous, magically powerful

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divine, magical, or supernatural power (as distinct from knowledge); have divine, magical, or supernatural power

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life, health; (fig.) salvation; erection (of penis); character; be alive, healthy, recovered (from illness), saved (spiritually); erect (of penis)

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moon, month

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conjunction: and, or; with, in conjunction with

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smile; pleased facial expression

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pleased facial expression(especially a smiling one); smile, smiling

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to be afraid

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mesh or hole in a net

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nipple (of breast or baby’s bottle)

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coconut eye

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pain, hurt; (be) painful

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be satisfied, sated (with food or drink)

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to sleep

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smack with lips or mouth (in compounds only)

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make smacking noises with lips or mouth (as in eating or kissing); smack

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watch over it, guard it

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low tide, be at low tide

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yawn

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caterpillar, insect larva (eats leaves of #kká taro)

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2sg. possessor, your

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to vomit, to throw up

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to vomit, throw up

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3sg. possessive pronoun; of him, her, it (used in partitive constructions in many expressions where it would not appear in English, as in expressions of time, but not consistently

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3sg possessive pronoun: of her, him, it (used in partitive construction in many expressions where it would not appear in English, as in expressions of time, but not consistently)

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heaven, sky (early German sources report that it has several tiers or levels, of which five were named by distinct terms)

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child

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big, large, great, principal, main

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(be) a matter of choice; (be) a choosy person, fastidious, particular, fussy

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tooth

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five

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butterfly

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deep; under or below the surface; interior (in compounds only)

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pus

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scorpion fish; spotten rockfish

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be bailed, as a boat

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keep bailing

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seaweed, moss; sea algae, scum; coating (on teeth); lubricating fluid from sex organs; smear of food on face

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fathom (distance from fingertip to fingertip of outstretched hands and arms)

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fishline

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tentacle of octopus or squid

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tentacle of octopus or squid

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prepared sheet of thatch; thatch shingle; any sheet of roofing material of any kind; roof (traditionally made of ivory palm leaves stitched to a reed one fathom long)

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board, plank; board floor

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hard lump or growth under the skin

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spore of the ripe coconut when beginning to form

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sandy islet (in place names and compounds)

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(in compounds only, mostly place-names), sand

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low-lying sandy island, flatland (as on an atoll islet or the coastal flats on high islands); beach

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hole, cave, cavity, pit, tunnel, hollow

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night (mostly in compounds)

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betel nut

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in traditional navigation the constellation Crus (Southern Cross)

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umbilical cord, navel

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trigger fish

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be warm

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hear, obey, listen

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two

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one who is a father, fathers (when used without a possessive suffix); father, grandfather, uncle, any male relative of higher generation in one's own or one's spouse's father's lineage

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rope, coil of rope, heavy duty sennit

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saltwater, sea; salted water; illness caused by sea spirits

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face (in a given direction); change direction

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light; bright, full of light, lit up, illuminated

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yellow-lined squirrel fish (Holocentrus ensifer Jordan and Evermann)

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any of a large number of fungi ("ghost's or spirit's ear") such as Auricularia, Ganoderma tropicum, etc.

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yellowtail tuna fish

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triton shell; trumpet made from triton shell

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medium-sized tridacna shell (smooth upper surface)

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(obsolete) the earth (as distinct from heaven); level place, prepared site

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dig up (of potatoes or other root crops)

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up, upward, eastward,rising

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outrigger float

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outrigger float (construct form)

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a shrub, Cordyline terminalis (unopened leaves are used to treat stomach disorders, bark is used to relieve constipation)

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a slice, chunk, cut segment (of breadfruit and taro only); chip (of wood from adzing)

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sliced chunk of breadfruit

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wood chips from making a canoe

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down, west, westward

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disembark, go ashore, fail to embark, drop out (of a passenger list), step down

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yellowfin tuna, albacore (general name)

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to smart, sting

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peak, high point, pinnacle; extension of a mast

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mosquito net, sleeping canopy

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breast, teat

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to suck, of a nursing child

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boat, ship, canoe, vessel, conveyance, automobile, airplane, vehicle

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straight, well-aligned

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sea turtle

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eat raw

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vertical rafter

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six

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load, burden, thing carried

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coconut husking stick, digging stick used in cultivation (made of Pemphis acidula wood if possible)

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taro

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sugarcane, Saccharum officinarum

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his load

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be put in an earth oven

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hermit crab

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cook (something) in an earth oven; make earth oovens for (a chief)

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to pluck (feathers, hair)

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his pillow

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drawn out, extracted

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three

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drink; smoke (tobacco); take (medicine); eat (honey); ingest (something) without chewing

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mountain top

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cape, point (of an island)

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to fish with fish poison

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wicker fish trap, lobster pot (made of mangrove sticks)

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banana (fruit and plant)

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tail, rear end

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fishnet, net (general term)

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earth oven, oven, furnace; presentation of food to a chief

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pillow, headrest

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extreme part, top

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hair (of head or body, of person or animal), fur, feather, scale (of fish)

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a vine, Derris elliptica; its roots and stems are used for fish poison, and the long vine is used as a rope to haul logs

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Japanese spiny lobster: Panulirus japonicus von Siebold

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rain

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fruit, berry; bear ruit or berries

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convey, ship, carry from one place to another

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grey hair, white hair

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