open; hatched, of eggs; smashed; break making big noise

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sacred, taboo

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sacred area beside men’s house where #adalo (ancestral spirits) are addressed

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unable to hear; fail to realize

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excrement; anus, region around the anus

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flow, drip, run down, dissolve, current

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current

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carry away, of wave, current or stream; slip away from

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fall on, drip on

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placenta; in pagan childbirth must be buried under mother’s bed in childbirth hut to avoid supernatural danger to her

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a tree whose leaves are used for tooth blackening and dyeing: Rhus taitensis

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southeast wind

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rufous-breasted hawk: Accipiter novaehollandiae rufoschistaceus

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plait

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taro (generic); unit of 100 taro for a feast

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taro corm

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garden, of second or third crop, or having been opened for harvest

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to put, keep

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put by the fire to warm

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an old garden plot returning to secondary growth, beginning to be overgrown

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land, ground

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bury; camouflage a foot trap with dirt

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to plant, bury

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sorrowful

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sea, salt, sea water

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younger brother; younger consanguineal male kin of own generation

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younger sister; younger female consanguineal kin of own generation

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male of king parrot (Larius roratus), female is ɁufoɁufo (sexual dimorphism is extreme in this species)

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side, cheek

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hatch (of eggs)

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flat slab used to close door

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indiscriminately, unselectively, perhaps, maybe (but Keesing 1975 gives this as "Modern")

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racks in house for drying wood, etc.

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dried out, of wood or tobacco; racks in house for drying wood, etc.

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challenge, confront in hostility

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dried out, of wood or tobacco

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part, side

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part, side

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warn, warned

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warning

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butterfly, moth (generic); tropical reef fish (includes several species, such as Moorish Idol)

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rotten or decaying, of vegetable matter, esp. leaves

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rotten or decaying, of vegetable matter, esp. leaves

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sprout

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roe

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Papuan hornbill: Rhyticeros plicatus Mendanae

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spray, splash on

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rubbish heap

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ritual breaking open of coconut

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areca nut used in magic, and the associated magical complex

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reef trigger fish: Baustapus sp.

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tree used for perfuming the body; the young leaves are cooked and eaten with pork: Ficus hombroniana

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white cowrie variety, used as ornament

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after, behind

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turn; a length of local twist tobacco

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to roll, roll up

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to turn something

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parcel, packet, esp. closed and gathered at one end; the whole of; closed, of flower

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wrap up

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conch shell

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line up, put in good order; intersection

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to follow

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join with in an enterprise; mingle with, join strands together

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to recruit (of a plantation laborer)

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cook in leaf oven; sacrifice a pig

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where

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ship returning plantation workers

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hut for childbirth (very taboo for men)

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palate

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manta ray

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grassy undergrowth (generic)

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grassy undergrowth (generic)

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drill a hole

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drill a hole

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a drill

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remove, pluck

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hunt; shoot at with bow and arrow

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climb, go up

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climb up on, of a mating animal

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place, village, shrine-territory

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food; eat

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food; eat

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speak strongly, argumentative

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to taboo, forbid ritually, make sacred

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bear, beget; make pregnant

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kill, extinguish

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to frighten

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revive, cure

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straighten out

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cause to return, send back; return something to a person

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put out to dry in the sun

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to suckle, nurse

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magic to clear or ward off taboos, to clear the effects of a ritual prohibition

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stir up blame, provoke a feud

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groin

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pandanus (generic); pandanus umbrella

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take, convey; take in marriage

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defecate

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defecate

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eyelash

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scar

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twist tobacco

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to atone, pay compensation for death

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reserve, pick out, choose

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pick out for special sacredness, of an #adalo (ancestral spirit) to a woman

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braid together

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tie up, fasten

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squeeze, wring

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squeeze, wring

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twist, wring

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wild palm species used to make bows

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tangled

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to braid, twist

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to split (trans.)

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how many?, how much?

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seven

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seventh

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to slap

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cracked, split

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flex body in burial

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buy; sell; price

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contribute shell valuables toward a bounty

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across

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full

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sea turtle

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full to the top

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young; new; renew; right away, at the same time; for the first time

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a growing deposit of limestone in running water

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white powdery stone

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white powdery stone

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carry a load (of vegetables, coconuts, water); bring food

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marry, take a woman in marriage (#fua-geni is used for a man, #bai-wane is used for a woman)

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crocodile (considered to be an #'Are'are loanword)

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carriers

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fall, drip, be loose or crumbling (of soil or a foothold)

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pay attention to a person who is talking

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landslide

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weed, grass; to weed

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weed a new clearing

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wash, rinse, pour

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wash out, rinse out, pour out

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sprinkle on

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moon (mainly in compounds)

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full moon, night when it is light from moonrise to dawn

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spring of water

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rainbow

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tree with heavy, sweet pith fed to pigs

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blow

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to blow

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run

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blow out

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blow on, inflate; blow something off, clean off by blowing on

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fight; cut

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small bush knife

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warfare

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be born, be related by kinship; appear, come out

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kinship, kinship reckoning

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kindred (category of a person's relatives)

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closely related

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kinship, kin relationship, line of descent, kindred; category of places to which one is related

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closely related by kinship

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still hidden, of what is to be divined

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cough; sputum

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chest, breast

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to sing

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pandanus; pandanus umbrella

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ZH (w.s), ZH (m.s.), WB, HB

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where?

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fall down by itself, of a tree

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hair

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let hair grow long in mourning

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look at

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look at

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oyster (generic; mostly West Kwaio usage)

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a reflecting pool or mirror

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a reflecting pool or mirror

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the day before yesterday

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incite, stir up (trouble)

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stinging black ant

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(steel) tomahawk

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to gossip about, be jealous of, accuse of infidelity

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river; water

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be jealous of, make jealous accusations against (esp. of infidelity)

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poisonous tree (#kwai = 'river, water', #kwaikwai-na = 'juice, liquid, sap')

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husband

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three days ago

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vine; string, rope

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contribute to a person giving an #omea (mortuary feast given several months after the burial)

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give

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contribution to #omea (mortuary feast)

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liver

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lungs and heart (conceived of as a single unit)

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I was angry

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take off, lift; pull up or transplant

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lift; give a pig for sacrifice; pull out

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white surface, glistening white

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sprinkle with lime in ritual

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stopper, plug

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the putty nut tree, and nut used for caulking

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light, illuminate, warm

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early secondary bush from old garden

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big tree root

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centipede (taboo for many at Sinalagu; #ʔuʔuaula is used instead)

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root; base, origin

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the ironwood tree: Casuarina equisetifolia

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large fly

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blowfly

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sago palm (Metroxylon solomonensis); used for thatching

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smoke

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name

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vine used in making canoes

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name; reputation

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jaw, chin

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bonito

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pound a pudding or betel mixture; mix up by pounding

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ginger

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empty out, pour out

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eggs of louse

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to fly

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to seize and fly off with, of birds of prey

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darkness, night; a night, as contrasted to a day

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ant

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listen

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to hear

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two

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high tide

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flood tide

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the second

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neck

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burst out, come out, spew out from

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vomit

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to fold, fold up (into a bundle)

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dwelling house

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moss

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mossy

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mossy

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rib of canoe

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and, but

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shade

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brackish water

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eye; front; opening; mouth (of stream or river); top, lid; face; center

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flame; the biggest taro or yam in the fire; the main log (#ele = ‘fireplace’)

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intention to fight (seen in the eyes; #mae = ‘die, dead; fight’)

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die; dead; fight; death; blow (n.); finished, without residual obligations, of a financial transaction; unconscious; want very badly, very much

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death; war

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die from, completely, to the end

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low tide

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hither; come

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call someone by waving the hand; beckon

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soft, well cooked inside (of root crops)

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reef

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shade, environs of

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shadow

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to try food, taste

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bird (taboo, rare at Sinalagu)

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crotch, branching place

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fever

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feverish

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afraid; shy

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be afraid of

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bright red

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normal tasting; neither sweet nor sour

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urine; to urinate

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to urinate on

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smack the lips in sucking

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alive, live

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four or more days ago

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white ant (termite)

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termite riddled, insect riddled

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lake, pool, deep place in river

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small flying insect (generic); sandfly, gnat

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pus, suppurate

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widow, widower (also unwed mother); more generally, as a category, includes divorced persons and also unmarried person who is publicly known to have had a sexual affair

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I, me

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claim title to

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before, first, in front of (usually preceded by “#i” directional particle)

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tooth

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five

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coconut palm and fruit; stones, symbolic of coconuts, placed ritually at living site as consecration to ancestors, to ensure permanence

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to shade (intransitive); overcast

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shadow, image, picture; 'shade' of the dead; one element in two-part conception of "soul", which departs body at death, and after liminal period goes to #aŋogWaʔu, the land of the shades

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earthquake

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strongly, argumentatively

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to growl, of a dog or stomach

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eat raw; eat a garden, of a pig

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straight; correct

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straight; correct

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palolo worm; year; span of a year

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large lean-to, temporary shelter

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sugarcane

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belly; mind

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belly; mind

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to swallow

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to swallow

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return, come back to; commit incest

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three

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third

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black very hard core of #'ea futo, palm variety, used for drilling

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hit with a sharp point or edge

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sand; beach

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six

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throat, neck

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down, go down; become desacralized; corpse, died from wasting due to illness from sorcery or supernatural causes

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nine

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sun

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next month

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plant (e.g. tubers) very shallow in ground

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a spear

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bone, backbone

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breast; suck; breast milk

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injection; to jab, inject; to sting, of an insect

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suckle

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put finger in female genitalia

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a tree: Alstonia scholaris

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rise

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to sew; close up

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to sew

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road, path, track

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to fail, miss (as a magic spell)

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be born

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stuck, be stuck; come to hand, obtain, catch

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groin

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to stand up

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to lift up

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far, distant; for long

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mountains, mountainous interior

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to suck, make sucking noise

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to gulp, suck

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egret; club fashioned in form of a bird

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swell, swelling, swollen

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thick

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old generic term for yam, now in disuse

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fill with water

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play panpipes

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fill with water

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blow on (e.g. a flute); to sniff, of a dog

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prawn

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blood vessel, vein

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distant classificatory kinsman, esp. where generationality cannot be established

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giant grouper (Epinephelus spp.)

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the Polynesian plum: Spondias dulcis

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to wade

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scrawled file fish (Alutera sp.)

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stone, oven stones; altar stones on which sacrificial pigs are cooked (not commonly used for secular oven due to sacred connotations)

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to scale a fish

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scales of fish

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to scale a fish

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fish scales

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make a big ruckus, noise in play (esp. used derisively)

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native torch; to light, illuminate; divine a thief using a magical torch, #unu-a cook vegetables (or edible insects) by steaming in a leaf-plugged bamboo tube on an open fire

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to push

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rain

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center of breadfruit

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snake; various sorts of worms, other snake-like creatures

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tree, branch, stick, woody plant (shrub, bush)

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a male tree; hence, sterile, unmarried, childless

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tall and thin

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gull variety

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rat

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rafter, usually bamboo poles to which thatch panels are lashed

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to dig

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to dig up

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hit and perforate; put stick in ground, tether pig to it; jab, stick, throw (out)

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spear something; call up kinsmen for a fight

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what? how? like what?

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