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a (interj)
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ah! / ha! / uh... / oh! / ooh... / aw... / well... (emotion word)
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akesi (n)
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a non-cute animal / reptile / amphibian
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ala (mod)
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no / not / none / un-
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ala (n)
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nothing / negation / zero
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ala (interj)
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no!
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ale / ali (n)
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life / the universe / everything / anything
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ale / ali (mod)
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all / every / complete / whole
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anpa (n)
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the bottom / lower part / the underside / floor
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anpa (mod)
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low / lower / bottom / down
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ante (n)
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difference
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ante (mod)
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different
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ante (cont)
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otherwise / or else
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ante (vt)
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change / alter / modify something
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anu (conj)
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or
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awen (vi)
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to stay / wait / remain
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awen (vt)
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keep something
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awen (mod)
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remaining / stationary / permanent / sedentary / lasting
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e (sep)
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(introduces a direct object)
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en (conj)
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and (used to coordinate head nouns)
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ijo (n)
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thing / something / stuff / anything / object
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ijo (mod)
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of something
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ijo (vt)
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objectify something
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ike (mod)
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bad / negative / wrong / evil / overly complex / (figuratively) unhealthy
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ike (interj)
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oh dear! woe! alas!
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ike (n)
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negativity / badness / evil
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ike (vt)
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make something bad / worsen / have a negative effect upon
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ike (vi)
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to be bad / to suck
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ike (phonet)
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[icky]
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ilo (n)
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tool / device / machine / thing used for a specific purpose
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insa (n)
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the inside / inner world / centre / stomach
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insa (mod)
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inner / internal
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insa (phonet)
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[inside]
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jaki (mod)
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dirty / gross / filthy
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jaki (n)
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dirt / pollution / garbage / filth
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jaki (vt)
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pollute / soil / sully
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jaki (interj)
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ew! yuck!
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jaki (phonet)
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[yucky]
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jan (n)
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person / people / human / being / somebody / anybody
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jan (mod)
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human / somebody's / personal / of people
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jan (vt)
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personify something / humanize / personalize
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jelo (mod)
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yellow / light green
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jelo (phonet)
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[yellow]
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jo (vt)
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having / contain something
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jo (n)
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a possesion
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jo (kama)
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come to have / receive / get / take / obtain
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kala (n)
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fish / sea creature
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kalama (n)
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a sound / noise / voice
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kalama (vi)
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to make noise
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kalama (vt)
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sound / ring / play (an instrument)
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kama (vi)
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to come / to arrive / happen / to pursue actions to arrive to (a certain state) / start to
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kama (n)
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event / happening / chance / arrival / beginning
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kama (mod)
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coming / future
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kama (vt)
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bring something about / summon something
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kama (phonet)
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[come up]
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kasi (n)
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plant / leaf / herb / tree / wood
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ken (vi)
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can / is able to / is allowed to / may / is possible
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ken (n)
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possibility / ability / power to do things / permission
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ken (vt)
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make something possible / enable / allow / permit
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ken (cont)
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it is possible that / maybe
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kepeken (vt)
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to use something
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kepeken (prep)
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with / using
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kili (n)
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fruit / pulpy vegetable / mushroom
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kin (mod)
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also / too / even / indeed (emphasizes the word(s) before it)
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kiwen (mod)
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hard / solid / stone-like / made of stone or metal
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kiwen (n)
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hard thing / rock / stone / metal / mineral / clay
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ko (n)
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semi-solid or squishy substance / e.g. paste / powder / gum
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kon (n)
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air / wind / scent / soul
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kon (mod)
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air-like / ethereal / gaseous
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kule (n)
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a colour / paint
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kule (mod)
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colourful
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kule (vt)
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to colour / paint something
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kulupu (n)
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group / community / society / company / people
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kulupu (mod)
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communal / shared / public / of the society
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kute (vt)
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to listen / hear something
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kute (mod)
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auditory / hearing
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la (sep)
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(between adverb or phrase of context and sentence)
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lape (n)
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sleep / a rest
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lape (mod)
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sleeping / of sleep
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lape (vi)
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to sleep / rest
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laso (mod)
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blue / blue-green
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lawa (n)
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head / mind
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lawa (mod)
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main / leading / in charge
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lawa (vt)
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to lead something / control / rule / steer
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len (n)
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clothing / cloth / fabric
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lete (n)
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coldness
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lete (mod)
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cold / uncooked
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lete (vt)
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cool something down / chill
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li (sep)
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(between any subject except mi and sina and its verb; also used to introduce a new verb for the same subject)
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lili (mod)
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small / little / young / a bit / short / few / less
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lili (vt)
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to reduce something / shorten / shrink / lessen
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linja (n)
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long / very thin / floppy thing / e.g. string / rope / hair / thread / cord / chain
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lipu (n)
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flat and bendable thing / e.g. paper / card / ticket
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loje (mod)
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red
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lon (prep)
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be (located) in/at/on
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lon (vi)
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to be there / to be present / to be real/true / exist / be awake
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luka (n)
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hand / arm
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lukin (vt)
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to see / look at / watch / read something
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lukin (vi)
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to look / watch out / pay attention
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lukin (mod)
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visual(ly)
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lukin (phonet)
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[looking]
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lupa (n)
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hole / orifice / window / door
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lupa (phonet)
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[sounds like loop]
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ma (n)
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land / earth / country / (outdoor) area
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mama (n)
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parent / mother / father
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mama (mod)
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of the parent / parental / maternal / fatherly
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mama (phonet)
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[sounds like momma]
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mani (n)
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money / material wealth / currency / dollar / capital
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mani (phonet)
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[money]
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meli (n)
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woman / female / girl / wife / girlfriend
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meli (mod)
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female / feminine / womanly
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meli (phonet)
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[Mary]
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mi (n)
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I / we
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mi (mod)
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my / our
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mi (phonet)
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[me]
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mije (n)
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man / male / husband / boyfriend
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mije (mod)
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male / masculine / manly
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moku (n)
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food / meal
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moku (vt)
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to eat / drink / swallow / ingest / consume something
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moli (n)
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death
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moli (vi)
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to die / be dead
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moli (vt)
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to kill something
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moli (mod)
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dead / deadly / fatal
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monsi (n)
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the back / the rear end / butt / behind
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monsi (mod)
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back / rear
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mu (interj)
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woof! meow! moo! etc. (cute animal noise)
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mu (phonet)
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[moo]
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mun (n)
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moon
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mun (mod)
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lunar
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mun (phonet)
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[moon]
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musi (n)
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fun / playing / game / recreation / art / entertainment
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musi (mod)
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artful / fun / recreational
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musi (vi)
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to play / have fun
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musi (vt)
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to amuse / entertain someone
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mute (mod)
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many / very / much / several / a lot / abundant / numerous / more
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mute (n)
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amount / quantity
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mute (vt)
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to make something many or much
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mute (phonet)
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[multi]
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nanpa (n)
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number
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nanpa (oth)
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-th (ordinal numbers)
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nanpa (phonet)
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[number]
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nasa (mod)
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silly / crazy / foolish / drunk / strange / stupid / weird
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nasa (vt)
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drive someone crazy / make something weird
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nasin (n)
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way / manner / custom / road / path / doctrine / system / method
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nena (n)
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bump / nose / hill / mountain / button
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ni (mod)
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this / that
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nimi (n)
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word / name
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noka (n)
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leg / foot
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o (sep)
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O (vocative or imperative)
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o (interj)
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hey! (calling somebody's attention)
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oko (n)
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eye
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oko (phonet)
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[similar to oculist]
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olin (n)
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love
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olin (mod)
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loving
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olin (vt)
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to love (a person)
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ona (n)
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she / he / it / they
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ona (mod)
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her / his / its / their
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open (vt)
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to open something / turn on
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pakala (n)
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blunder / accident / mistake / destruction / damage / breaking
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pakala (vt)
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to screw something up / fuck up / botch / ruin / break / hurt / injure / damage / spoil / ruin
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pakala (vi)
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to screw up / fall apart / break
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pakala (interj)
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damn! fuck!
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pali (n)
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activity / work / deed / project
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pali (mod)
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active / work-related / operating / working
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pali (vt)
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to do something / make / build / create
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pali (vi)
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to act / to work / to function
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palisa (n)
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long / mostly hard object / e.g. rod / stick / branch
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pana (vt)
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to give something / put / send / place / release / emit / cause
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pana (n)
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giving / transfer / exchange / gift
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pi (sep)
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of / belonging to
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pilin (n)
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feelings / emotion / heart
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pilin (vi)
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to feel
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pilin (vt)
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to feel something / think / sense / touch
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pilin (phonet)
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[feeling]
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pimeja (mod)
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black / dark
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pimeja (n)
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darkness / shadows
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pimeja (vt)
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to darken something
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pini (n)
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end / tip
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pini (mod)
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completed / finished / past / done / ago
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pini (vt)
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to finish something / close / end / turn off
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pipi (n)
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bug / insect / spider
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poka (n)
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side / hip / next to
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poka (prep)
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in the accompaniment of / with
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poka (mod)
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neighbouring
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poki (n)
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container / box / bowl / cup / glass
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poki (phonet)
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[box]
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pona (n)
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goodness / simplicity / positivity
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pona (mod)
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good / simple / positive / nice / correct / right
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pona (interj)
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great! good! thanks! OK! cool! yay!
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pona (vt)
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to improve something / fix / repair / make good
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pona (phonet)
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[bonus]
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sama (mod)
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same / similar / equal / of equal status or position
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sama (prep)
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like / as / seem
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seli (n)
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fire / warmth / heat
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seli (mod)
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hot / warm / cooked
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seli (vt)
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to heat something / warm up / cook
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selo (n)
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outside / surface / skin / shell / bark / shape / peel
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seme (oth)
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what / which / wh- (question word)
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sewi (n)
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high / up / above / top / over / on
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sewi (mod)
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superior / elevated / religious / formal
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sijelo (n)
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body / physical state
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sike (n)
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circle / wheel / sphere / ball / cycle
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sike (mod)
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round / cyclical
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sin (mod)
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new / fresh / another / more
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sin (vt)
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to renew something / renovate / freshen
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sina (n)
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you
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sina (mod)
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your
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sinpin (n)
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front / chest / torso / face / wall
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sitelen (n)
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picture / image
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sitelen (vt)
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to draw / write something
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sona (n)
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knowledge / wisdom / intelligence / understanding
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sona (vt)
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to know about something / understand / know how to do something
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sona (vi)
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to know / understand
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sona (kama)
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learn / study
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soweli (n)
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animal / especially land mammal / lovable animal
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suli (mod)
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big / tall / long / adult / important
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suli (vt)
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to enlarge / lengthen something
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suli (n)
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size
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suno (n)
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sun / light
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supa (n)
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horizontal surface / e.g furniture / table / chair / pillow / floor
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suwi (n)
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candy / sweet food
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suwi (mod)
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sweet / cute
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suwi (vt)
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to sweeten something
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suwi (phonet)
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[sweet]
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tan (prep)
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from / by / because of / since
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tan (n)
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origin / cause
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taso (mod)
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only / sole
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taso (conj)
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but
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taso (phonet)
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[that's all]
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tawa (prep)
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to / in order to / towards / for / until
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tawa (vi)
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to go to / to walk / to travel / move / leave
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tawa (n)
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movement / transportation
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tawa (mod)
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moving / mobile
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tawa (vt)
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to move something / displace
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tawa (phonet)
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[towards]
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telo (n)
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water / liquid / juice / sauce
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telo (vt)
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to water something / wash something with water
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tenpo (n)
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time / period of time / moment / duration / situation
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toki (n)
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language / talking / speech / communication
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toki (mod)
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talking / verbal
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toki (vt)
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to say something
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toki (vi)
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to talk / chat / communicate
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toki (interj)
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hello! hi!
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tomo (n)
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an indoor constructed space / e.g. house / home / room / building
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tomo (mod)
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urban / domestic / household
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tu (mod)
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two
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tu (n)
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a duo / pair
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tu (vt)
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double / to separate / cut / divide something in two
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tu (phonet)
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[two]
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unpa (n)
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sex / sexuality
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unpa (mod)
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erotic / sexual
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unpa (vt)
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to have sex with / sleep with / to fuck someone
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unpa (vi)
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to have sex
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uta (n)
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mouth
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uta (mod)
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oral
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utala (n)
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a conflict / disharmony / competition / fight / war / battle / attack / blow / argument / physical or verbal violence
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utala (vt)
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to hit / strike / attack / compete against something
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walo (mod)
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white / light (colour)
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walo (n)
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white thing or part / whiteness / lightness
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walo (phonet)
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[sounds like wall / which is often white]
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wan (mod)
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one / a
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anpa (vt)
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to lower something / to put something down
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wan (n)
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unit / element / particle / part / piece
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wan (vt)
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to unite something / make one
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wan (phonet)
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[one]
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waso (n)
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bird / winged animal
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wawa (n)
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energy / strength / power
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wawa (mod)
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energetic / strong / fierce / intense / sure / confident
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wawa (vt)
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to strengthen / energize / empower something
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weka (mod)
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away / absent / missing
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weka (n)
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an absence
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weka (vt)
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throw something away / remove / get rid of
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wile (vt)
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to want something / need / wish / have to / must / will / should
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wile (n)
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a desire / need / one's will
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wile (mod)
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necessary
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