banyan tree

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liver

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away, hence (Pawley 1972)

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kind of fish (silver bream?)

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surgeonfish: Acanthurus sp.

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body, torso (of man or animal); person, self

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name; reputation, honor

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to kiss

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smoke

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(of a dog) to bark; (of a person) to jeer

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cut or chop down (a tree or branch)

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snare, trap; to ensnare, catch in a trap

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place in smoke

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toadstool of fungus, lit. "ghost's ear"

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pectoral fins

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shoot with bow or gun

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to cry aloud; to announce what is going to happen

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year; crop, harvest: of crops that are produced annually, such as oranges, yams, pineapples, and sometimes #vī (Spondias dulcis)

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fish which inflates itself when caught: covered with spikes like a porcupine

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a tree: Pometia pinnata; fruit nearly globular with green rind, edible slightly sweet jelly-like flesh and a large stone

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to weave or make (a net or web)

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spring or move suddenly, especially from a curved position to a straight one; (of a trap) to go off; (of flower) to open out

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thirty

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three

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to place a taboo or prohibition on (land, nuts, sea) in order that the copra or fish so reserved may afterwards be used for a specific purpose

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mangrove

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heart (in the physical sense only)

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to place the foot down; to land, come ashore; (of birds) to alight, settle, roost; (of fish) to be stranded, left high and dry on the beach; (of canoe) to be beached

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Fiji shrikebill: Clytorhynchus vitiensis

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knee

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knee

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to light, kindle; to burn (lime)

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a creeper whose stems and leaves are used for stupefying fish ... Another kind of creeper, said to have been brought from New Guinea and known as #fuah ne Niu Kini, is used for the same purpose with better results; another fish poison is made from the fruit of the #hufu (Barringtonia) tree

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single piece of Rotuman necklace or garland

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to string together, make a necklace or garland

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to be deaf

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to cook (esp. by boiling)

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freshwater eel (#fuan ne rano); similar kind of saltwater eel (#fuan ne sɔsi)

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small land crab

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to grow, to increase; growth, increase; interest (on money lent, etc.); persons of the same or about the same age

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crown of the head

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to cause to spring up or grow; to originate or create; to propose, move (a resolution)

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having nap or pile (of dog, etc.), shaggy

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coral reef

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stingray

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prefix forming reciprocal verbs

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steal; cheat (at school); do surreptitiously; by stealth, without permission, surreptitiously

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land, country, place; native land or place, home. Special uses: (a) it (when referring to conditions of light and darkness), (b) people, as in #kei tei hanue? 'Where are the people?'

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it is getting late (or night is coming on)

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to feed

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to sprout (coconut)

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kind of pandanus bearing fruit in compact, rouhly spherical masses

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a tree: Hibiscus tiliaceus

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kind of tree (the calophyllum) which grows to a very large size, with thick spreading branches; wood, reddish; fruit, round, size of golf-balls

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star

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blow the nose

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seven

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to pick out, choose, select, elect; to pick and choose, to show either discrimination or favoritism

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to plait three strands of sennit, hair, etc., and the "tail" of a basket or floor-mat made of coconut-leaf, this tail itself being called a #hiri

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steer-oar, rudder

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take a step, make a stride

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fruit (lit. and fig.); pill; bear fruit

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bear fruit (lit. and fig.)

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float on fishing net

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float on fishing net

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the Barringtonia, non-edible variety, the fruit being used for making fish-poison. The tree is large with a strong characteristic smell. Fruit about four inches long, almost pyramidal in form with a base and four triangular sides

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pull up, pull out; (of one's eyes) to take off, withdraw

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to swell (esp. through disease, etc.)

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coconut leaves laid on ridge of house above the roof proper

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place such leaves on ridge of house

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moon, month

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sea slug

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turn something over; turn oneself over

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lower end, end of origin, fixture or support; (of tree) root and lower part of trunk; (of tooth) root; (of district) capital, principal village (where the chief resides); origin, cause; be about or concerning (< *puqun ni ‘foundation of’, with fossilized genitive marker)

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flowering bush with dark green leaves, petioles often reddish. Fruit about the size of marbles

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to open up (native oven, sack, bundle, etc.)

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bewail, fret about

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3sg.

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marked with birth-marks or natural patches of color; blotched, mottled, piebald

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(of bananas) hand, row or group forming part of bunch

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blotch, patch of color, birthmark

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to fan; to blow (wind)

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hissing noise to attract attention, or as a request to keep silent

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nose; projection, cape of land; point, tip, head of match

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fish: including also turtles, whales, alligators, etc., but not crabs, shellfish, etc.

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javelin, spear

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plant with ornamental leaves and a sweet root: Cordyline terminalis

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squint, be crossed (eyes)

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to keep on bending forward or half falling as one walks, lit. to go divingly

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to dive, to swim under water

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to dive, swim under water

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squeak; chirp

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kind of pandanus whose leaves are used for making ordinary mats

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rabbit-faced spinefoot: Siganus rostratus

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fortified place, fortress

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sail; canvas

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horizon

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a fly

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bluebottle (lit’ ‘foreign, or introduced fly’)

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five

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voice; (of a meeting) vote, decision

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large leatherjacket

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sky, heaven; wind, air, weather

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to spit or cast out of the mouth, often sed as a euphemism for mumufa (to vomit)

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hole

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seaweed, moss

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and

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raw, uncooked; green, undried

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raw, uncooked; green, undried

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eyes or face; spectacles; hole, opening, aperture --- in certain connections only (a crab’s hole, the ‘eyes’ of a coconut, mesh of a net); sharp edge --- of knife, axe, cut tin, broken glass, etc.; leader, head, ruler (in imitation of #Fijian #mata, of similar meaning)

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raw, uncooked; green, undried

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low-tide water as containing fish; tide in general

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(of taro plant) top, including the stem and a small piece of the tuber

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letter of the alphabet

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full-grown, of adult age; old, as opposed to young; to die (euphemistic); man appointed to act as spokesman for a district chief, to announce the kava, act as master of ceremonies, etc.

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(of a sore) to heal up

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dried (of copra, etc.), withered, faded

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to chew; chewed food

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to awake from sleep

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plural of #mafua

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sweet (opposite #taviri 'sour'); of water, fresh; non-intoxicating

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kind of blue-green fish

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cooked, ripe

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salt

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live, be alive; (of clock, engine, etc.) to be going, working; (of fire, torch, lamp) be alight; living; life

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rock in the sea

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to float

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bird, insect, or animal, etc., including all land and air creatures but no sea creatures

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to float

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coconut, copra

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to sit; to dwell, live, reside, stay, remain, etc.

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squeal, squawk; neigh

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whimper

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grumble, complain, grunt

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make a rumbling, rushing or roaring noise

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go or come

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finished, used up, consumed, all gone

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number of things in a line, row, series

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a row

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six

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to spit

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to spit

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sago palm

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wall, fence, enclosure

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floor, or deck, if made of boards

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mid-rib of coconut leaf

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kind of hard yam

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moth or butterfly (of any kind)

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chewed sugarcane

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young blackfish

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night, night-time; be night or evening or late in the day

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(of wood, cloth, etc.) rotten, decayed; (of cloth, rope, string, paper, etc.) weak, very easily torn or broken

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tree bearing white flowers: the frangipani or Plumeria acutifolia

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(of the eyes) to open, be open

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of fuel, fire, lamp, stars, etc., to catch alight, be alight, burn, shine, give light; (of lightning) to flash

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smooth roundish pieces of coral or limestone

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bough, branch

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swamp, marsh, low-lying ground that is often swampy

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to warm by the fire (oneself, a child); to fumigate; to toast or roast before an open fire; of leaves, etc., to place on the fire for a few seconds

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leaf, (of grass) blade; tobacco; sheet or leaf of paper

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greyish lichen growing on tree trunks, esp. of coconut; used for making medicine for high fever and convulsions

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mosquito

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to be reported, heard of, generally known; to be notorious or famous; report, news, repute, reputation, fame

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projecting portion of tree trunk, as of the #‘ifi (Tahitian Chestnut) tree

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two

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owl

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path, road, street; route; way, method; (of words) method of using or applying, usage, application, meaning; (of thing to be obtained) condition, stipulation, what must be done in order to obtain it; journey, distance; to go, come, or originate

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outrigger

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thigh (of human being)

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ten

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kind of fish

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to fail to hit its mark, to miss; to fail to attain one’s object; to make a mistake, to err, to do wrong; to slip out of position, or out of joint (as one’s shoulder)

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black spot seaperch: Lutjanus fulviflamma

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passage or opening (in a coral reef)

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interrogative pronoun, who?, whom?

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to pass wind through the back passage quietly

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light, lamp, star

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down, downwards, etc.

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small shellfish, the periwinkle

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to peel or strip off, as bark or skin; to take up (flooring)

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nine

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pair, two things (rare)

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to sink (but #lō is generally used of canoes, ships, etc.); (of a swelling) to sink, go down: (of sun and moon) to set

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starve, be afflicted with famine

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juice of a ripe coconut

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to scull, paddle, row; (of a vessel) to tack about, change from one tack to another

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to stir (as in stirring milk)

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bone; needle

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coconut spathe; torch made of a coconut spathe

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breast, udder; milk

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to sew

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to suckle

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sewing, stitch, hem, seam

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to dot, mark with a dot or dots

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be wet, rainy

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(from the sea) land; (from the coast) the interior, part further from the coast

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pull apart, pull in two, sever (lit. and fig.), esp to break (string, rope, net, etc.) or to divorce

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thick, strong string, cord, esp. thick fishing-line

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to steer

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top, summit -- of anything high (tree, house, hill, etc.)

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scale (of fish), shell (of turtle)

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to scale (fish)

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lobster, crayfish

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rain

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(of roof or house) to let the rain in; (of weather) to be wet, to rain

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water; natural water-hole or bathing pool; well

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cask

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canoe

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eight

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grove, forest, large number of trees or big plants growing together

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strongly growing creeper

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roots (fibrous)

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to eat; to use up, go through, consume

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frigate bird; kite (toy)

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kind of reef crab, reddish with very flat back

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to eat

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to scratch, scrape; to scrape or rake together (ashes, rubbish, etc.); to scrape off, scrape or scratch up, etc.

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back of the head

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to turn the back of the head towards (esp. when going away)

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tree, plant; wood, timber, piece of wood; box, chest, safe, thing made (or usually made) of wood)

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(PN loan) god, object or worship; shark, stingray or other creature regarded as the habitat of a god; God

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cockle shell, much used for scraping

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row or chain of islands

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bang loudly, of a gun, a nut falling on the roof, etc.’.

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hen (of domestic fowls only)

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louse

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skin, peel, bark, crust; leather; rubber tire

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breadfruit (many varieties)

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bonefish: Albula sp.

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Morinda citrifolia

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