Edwards (2021a): Proto-Rote-Meto
Search entries
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| *aa | *aa | ‘the’ |
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| *aem | *aem | ‘domesticated, tame’ |
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| *afa | *afa | ‘insipid’ |
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| *afi | *afi | ‘yesterday’ |
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| *afu | *afu | ‘ash, dust’ |
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| *afu | *afu | ‘floor, ground’ |
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| *ahi | *ahi | ‘fire’ |
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| *ahi | *ahi | ‘trample, tread’ |
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| *aho | *aho | ‘lime (mineral)’ |
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| *ahu | *ahu | ‘dew’ |
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| *ala | *ala | ‘fetch, get, take’ |
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| *ama | *ama | ‘father’ |
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| *anak | *anak | ‘child, small’ |
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| *ane | *ane | ‘braid’ |
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| *aŋɡum | *aŋɡum | ‘dew’ |
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| *anin | *anin | ‘wind’ |
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| *ao | *ao | ‘body’ |
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| *aso | *aso | ‘scoop’ |
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| *asu | *asu | ‘dog’ |
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| *ata | *ata | ‘above, top, up’ |
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| *ata | *ata | ‘slave’ |
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| *ata | *ata | ‘we (incl.), 1PL INCL’ |
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| *ate | *ate | ‘liver’ |
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| *atis | *atis | ‘breast beam of loom’ |
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| *atu | *atu | ‘charcoal, soot’ |
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| *au | *au | ‘I, 1SG’ |
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| *auee | *auee | ‘oh!’ |
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| *baa | *baa | ‘lungs’ |
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| *badoe | *badoe | ‘grope’ |
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| *badoe | *badoe | ‘touch’ |
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| *bafi | *bafi | ‘pig’ |
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| *bafo | *bafo | ‘above, top’ |
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| *bali | *bali | ‘return, go back, turn around, turn back, again’ |
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| *balu | *balu | ‘cover, wrap up’ |
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| *balu | *balu | ‘mourn, widow, widower’ |
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| *baŋakuɗu | *baŋakuɗu | ‘Morinda citrifolia’ |
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| *batu | *batu | ‘rock, stone’ |
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| *bau | *bau | ‘Hibiscus tiliaceus’ |
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| *bei | *bei | ‘still, yet’ |
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| *belas | *belas | ‘machete’ |
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| *beli | *beli | ‘bride price, price, cost, buy’ |
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| *beni | *beni | ‘pass’ |
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| *beni | *beni | ‘yesterday, day after tomorrow, day before yesterday’ |
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| *berat | *berat | ‘heavy, weight’ |
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| *betə | *betə | ‘foxtail millet, millet’ |
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| *beu | *beu | ‘Garuga floribunda’ |
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| *beu | *beu | ‘new’ |
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| *bibi | *bibi | ‘pinch’ |
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| *bini | *bini | ‘seed’ |
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| *biti | *biti | ‘calf (of leg)’ |
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| *biti | *biti | ‘jerk, jump up’ |
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| *biti | *biti | ‘slingshot’ |
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| *boo | *boo | ‘herd (v.)’ |
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| *boo | *boo | ‘odour, smell, stink’ |
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| *bua | *bua | ‘fruit’ |
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| *bufu | *bufu | ‘fish trap’ |
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| *bulan | *bulan | ‘moon’ |
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| *bulu | *bulu | ‘feather, fur, hair’ |
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| *buni | *buni | ‘ringworm’ |
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| *buu | *buu | ‘blow’ |
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| *buu | *buu | ‘blowpipe’ |
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| *daa | *daa | ‘blood’ |
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| *dae | *dae | ‘earth, ground, land, soil’ |
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| *daem | *daem | ‘termite’ |
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| *daki | *daki | ‘dirt, filth’ |
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| *dalə | *dalə | ‘inside, in, feelings’ |
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| *damei | *damei | ‘lick’ |
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| *daru | *daru | ‘long’ |
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| *dei | *dei | ‘forehead’ |
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| *deki | *deki | ‘kiss’ |
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| *deŋe | *deŋe | ‘kapok tree’ |
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| *deras | *deras | ‘Erythrina sp.’ |
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| *dii | *dii | ‘house post’ |
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| *dii | *dii | ‘pillar, pole, post’ |
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| *dii | *dii | ‘stand’ |
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| *dindi | *dindi | ‘wall’ |
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| *diu | *diu | ‘bathe’ |
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| *doo | *doo | ‘leaf’ |
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| *dua | *dua | ‘two’ |
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| *dui | *dui | ‘bone’ |
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| *dui | *dui | ‘dugong’ |
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| *duman | *duman | ‘empty’ |
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| *duman | *duman | ‘few, some’ |
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| *ei | *ei | ‘foot, leg’ |
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| *eki | *eki | ‘cry out, shout’ |
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| *eko | *eko | ‘shake, sift’ |
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| *ekut | *ekut | ‘fibres’ |
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| *ela | *ela | ‘already’ |
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| *ele | *ele | ‘there’ |
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| *elus | *elus | ‘rainbow’ |
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| *ena | *ena | ‘have, own, possess’ |
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| *endən | *endən | ‘soak’ |
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| *eno | *eno | ‘door, gate, path, road, way’ |
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| *esa | *esa | ‘one’ |
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| *esak | *esak | ‘day after tomorrow, day before yesterday’ |
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| *eti | *eti | ‘come, go’ |
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| *etu | *etu | ‘catfish’ |
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| *eɗa | *eɗa | ‘ladder, stairs’ |
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| *fa | *fa | ‘just’ |
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| *fa | *fa | ‘no’ |
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| *faa | *faa | ‘current, flow, overflow’ |
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| *faat | *faat | ‘rainy season’ |
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| *fae | *fae | ‘lizard’ |
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| *fai | *fai | ‘day, night’ |
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| *faka | *faka | ‘crack, divide, split’ |
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| *fake | *fake | ‘Parkia speciosa’ |
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| *fakur | *fakur | ‘pull out’ |
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| *fali | *fali | ‘heel’ |
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| *fali | *fali | ‘stand with’ |
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| *falu | *falu | ‘eight’ |
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| *fandi | *fandi | ‘cut’ |
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| *fandu | *fandu | ‘dry season’ |
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| *fanduun | *fanduun | ‘star’ |
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| *faŋɡa | *faŋɡa | ‘nail’ |
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| *farəndən | *farəndən | ‘feelings, mind, thoughts, remember, hope, love, kiss (nose)’ |
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| *fase | *fase | ‘wash’ |
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| *fata | *fata | ‘female’ |
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| *fati | *fati | ‘feed’ |
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| *faɗa | *faɗa | ‘inform, say, speak, tell’ |
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| *fee | *fee | ‘give’ |
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| *fei | *fei | ‘open’ |
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| *feku | *feku | ‘flute’ |
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| *fekə | *fekə | ‘other, separate’ |
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| *fela | *fela | ‘spread out, unroll’ |
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| *felu | *felu | ‘bend’ |
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| *femba | *femba | ‘beat, hit, strike’ |
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| *fenu | *fenu | ‘bend’ |
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| *fera | *fera | ‘landslide, ravine’ |
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| *feto | *feto | ‘sister, female’ |
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| *fetu | *fetu | ‘snare, trap’ |
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| *feu | *feu | ‘in‑law’ |
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| *feɗu | *feɗu | ‘bent, flexible’ |
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| *fia | *fia | ‘taro, tuber’ |
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| *fiti | *fiti | ‘carry’ |
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| *fiti | *fiti | ‘jerk, kick’ |
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| *foe | *foe | ‘crocodile’ |
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| *foe | *foe | ‘move’ |
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| *foe | *foe | ‘spots’ |
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| *foe | *foe | ‘struggle, turbulent’ |
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| *foo | *foo | ‘Moringa oleifera’ |
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| *fora | *fora | ‘grate, scour’ |
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| *foti | *foti | ‘dance’ |
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| *foti | *foti | ‘racing’ |
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| *foʔa | *foʔa | ‘get up, wake up’ |
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| *foʔi | *foʔi | ‘lever’ |
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| *fua | *fua | ‘carry, load’ |
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| *fue | *fue | ‘bean, legume’ |
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| *fufu | *fufu | ‘weevil’ |
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| *fui | *fui | ‘douse, pour, wash’ |
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| *fui | *fui | ‘wild’ |
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| *fuka | *fuka | ‘dig’ |
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| *fula | *fula | ‘white’ |
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| *fuli | *fuli | ‘cowrie shell’ |
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| *fuloat | *fuloat | ‘Sterculia urceolata’ |
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| *fulə | *fulə | ‘twist, wrap’ |
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| *fumbu | *fumbu | ‘fontanelle, peak, ridgepole’ |
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| *fumbu | *fumbu | ‘midday’ |
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| *funi | *funi | ‘afterbirth, placenta’ |
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| *funi | *funi | ‘hide’ |
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| *fura | *fura | ‘cut’ |
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| *futu | *futu | ‘bind, tie, bundle’ |
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| *fuu | *fuu | ‘blow’ |
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| *fuɗi | *fuɗi | ‘persuade’ |
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| *fuʤə | *fuʤə | ‘foam’ |
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| *ha | *ha | ‘earwax’ |
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| *haa | *haa | ‘four’ |
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| *haa | *haa | ‘lontar thorn’ |
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| *hade | *hade | ‘paddy rice’ |
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| *hae | *hae | ‘breathe, rest, tired’ |
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| *hai | *hai | ‘bucket’ |
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| *hai | *hai | ‘stingray’ |
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| *hai | *hai | ‘wild basil’ |
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| *halu | *halu | ‘pestle’ |
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| *hambu | *hambu | ‘find’ |
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| *hambu | *hambu | ‘overtake’ |
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| *hanas | *hanas | ‘hot’ |
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| *hani | *hani | ‘bait’ |
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| *hani | *hani | ‘feed (v.)’ |
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| *hano | *hano | ‘rash’ |
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| *hano | *hano | ‘spots’ |
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| *hao | *hao | ‘feed’ |
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| *hapi | *hapi | ‘clamp, pinch’ |
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| *hara | *hara | ‘sound, voice’ |
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| *haru | *haru | ‘shoulder’ |
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| *hatahori | *hatahori | ‘man, person’ |
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| *hauk | *hauk | ‘calm down, soothe’ |
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| *ha(ʔ)i | *ha(ʔ)i | ‘take’ |
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| *hedu | *hedu | ‘gall bladder, bitter’ |
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| *hee | *hee | ‘lobster’ |
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| *hee | *hee | ‘press’ |
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| *hela | *hela | ‘pull’ |
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| *helu | *helu | ‘bend’ |
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| *hena | *hena | ‘hope’ |
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| *hendam | *hendam | ‘wild pandanus’ |
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| *hene | *hene | ‘climb’ |
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| *heŋɡe | *heŋɡe | ‘hang’ |
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| *heŋɡe | *heŋɡe | ‘necklace’ |
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| *heŋɡu | *heŋɡu | ‘earwax’ |
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| *henu | *henu | ‘fill, full’ |
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| *henuh | *henuh | ‘beads’ |
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| *heo | *heo | ‘move’ |
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| *heɗis | *heɗis | ‘pain, sick’ |
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| *hia | *hia | ‘want’ |
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| *hida | *hida | ‘how much?’ |
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| *hiri | *hiri | ‘choose’ |
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| *hitu | *hitu | ‘seven’ |
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| *hoi | *hoi | ‘dry in sun’ |
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| *hoka | *hoka | ‘call up, invite’ |
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| *holas | *holas | ‘naked’ |
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| *holu | *holu | ‘embrace, hug’ |
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| *holu | *holu | ‘heel’ |
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| *horis | *horis | ‘living’ |
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| *hosu | *hosu | ‘loosen’ |
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| *hosu | *hosu | ‘pull out’ |
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| *hotu | *hotu | ‘burn’ |
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| *huka | *huka | ‘open’ |
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| *hulu | *hulu | ‘first, in front’ |
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| *humək | *humək | ‘face, smile’ |
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| *hundi | *hundi | ‘banana’ |
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| *huŋɡa | *huŋɡa | ‘chop’ |
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| *husə | *husə | ‘navel’ |
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| *huti | *huti | ‘incite, provoke’ |
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| *hutu | *hutu | ‘rub’ |
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| *huu | *huu | ‘tree trunk, source’ |
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| *həndi | *həndi | ‘finish’ |
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| *ia | *ia | ‘here, this’ |
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| *ifa | *ifa | ‘lap’ |
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| *ika | *ika | ‘fish’ |
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| *iko | *iko | ‘tail’ |
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| *ikə | *ikə | ‘noose, snare’ |
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| *ila | *ila | ‘birthmark, freckle, mole (skin)’ |
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| *ina | *ina | ‘mother, woman’ |
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| *iŋɡu | *iŋɡu | ‘country, land, village’ |
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| *inu | *inu | ‘drink’ |
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| *inus | *inus | ‘kind of bird’ |
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| *isa | *isa | ‘bind’ |
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| *isa | *isa | ‘completely’ |
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| *isa | *isa | ‘kill’ |
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| *isa | *isa | ‘tie’ |
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| *isa | *isa | ‘win’ |
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| *isi | *isi | ‘contents, flesh of fruit’ |
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| *ita | *ita | ‘look, see’ |
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| *iu | *iu | ‘shark’ |
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| *iɗu | *iɗu | ‘nose, kiss’ |
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| *kaa | *kaa | ‘bite, clamp, pinch’ |
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| *kaa | *kaa | ‘crow’ |
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| *kae | *kae | ‘cockatoo’ |
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| *kahi | *kahi | ‘count’ |
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| *kahi | *kahi | ‘pull, push’ |
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| *kahin | *kahin | ‘prohibit, stop’ |
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| *kahu | *kahu | ‘kind of fish’ |
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| *kai | *kai | ‘hook’ |
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| *kai | *kai | ‘stiff’ |
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| *kai usu | *kai usu | ‘ribs’ |
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| *kai/ou | *kai/ou | ‘Casuarina sp.’ |
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| *kais | *kais | ‘sour’ |
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| *kaiu | *kaiu | ‘tree, wood’ |
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| *kaka | *kaka | ‘elder sibling’ |
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| *kalati | *kalati | ‘earthworm, worm’ |
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| *kali | *kali | ‘dig’ |
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| *kambe | *kambe | ‘saliva, splittle’ |
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| *kame | *kame | ‘knead’ |
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| *ka(m)i | *ka(m)i | ‘we (excl.), 1PL EXCL’ |
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| *kamiri | *kamiri | ‘candlenut’ |
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| *kao | *kao | ‘scrape, scratch’ |
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| *kara | *kara | ‘chest’ |
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| *karu | *karu | ‘scrape, scratch’ |
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| *katefuan | *katefuan | ‘hornet, wasp’ |
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| *kati | *kati | ‘call, summon’ |
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| *katə | *katə | ‘itchy’ |
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| *kaɗe | *kaɗe | ‘charcoal’ |
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| *kea | *kea | ‘turtle, tortoise’ |
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| *kees | *kees | ‘squeeze’ |
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| *kei | *kei | ‘tickle’ |
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| *kei | *kei | ‘touch’ |
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| *kela | *kela | ‘leave’ |
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| *kelas | *kelas | ‘gourd, winter melon’ |
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| *kele | *kele | ‘breathe, pant’ |
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| *kele | *kele | ‘neigh, whinny’ |
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| *keme | *keme | ‘knead’ |
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| *ke(m)i | *ke(m)i | ‘you (pl.), 2PL’ |
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| *kendi | *kendi | ‘slippery, smooth’ |
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| *keŋɡa | *keŋɡa | ‘seaweed’ |
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| *keni | *keni | ‘keel’ |
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| *kera | *kera | ‘brother‑in‑law’ |
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| *kera | *kera | ‘tickle, ticklish’ |
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| *kerumatu | *kerumatu | ‘leech’ |
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| *kesu/fani | *kesu/fani | ‘sneeze’ |
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| *ketembau | *ketembau | ‘kind of insect’ |
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| *ketu | *ketu | ‘break off, cut off’ |
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| *kibo | *kibo | ‘shellfish’ |
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| *kili | *kili | ‘tickle’ |
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| *kilu | *kilu | ‘crooked, twisted’ |
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| *kima | *kima | ‘clam’ |
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| *kiŋɡi | *kiŋɡi | ‘cockroach’ |
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| *kira | *kira | ‘hold’ |
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| *kira | *kira | ‘stingy’ |
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| *kiri | *kiri | ‘bell’ |
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| *kiri | *kiri | ‘sharpen’ |
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| *kisa | *kisa | ‘unique’ |
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| *kisi | *kisi | ‘peel’ |
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| *kita | *kita | ‘we (incl.), 1PL INCL’ |
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| *klaha | *klaha | ‘coals, embers’ |
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| *kleet | *kleet | ‘mock, tease’ |
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| *klou | *klou | ‘bow (arrow)’ |
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| *koaʔ | *koaʔ | ‘cry out’ |
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| *koaʔ | *koaʔ | ‘Friarbird’ |
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| *kodo | *kodo | ‘bird’ |
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| *koko | *koko | ‘carry’ |
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| *kona | *kona | ‘right’ |
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| *koo | *koo | ‘you (sg.), 2SG’ |
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| *koo | *koo | ‘Ziziphus mauritiana’ |
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| *koro | *koro | ‘bird, Rainbow Bee‑eater’ |
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| *koru | *koru | ‘harvest, strip leaves’ |
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| *kose | *kose | ‘rub, wipe’ |
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| *koti | *koti | ‘cut’ |
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| *koɓa | *koɓa | ‘cover’ |
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| *koɗe | *koɗe | ‘monkey’ |
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| *koɗo | *koɗo | ‘swallow’ |
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| *kua | *kua | ‘nit’ |
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| *kue | *kue | ‘civet’ |
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| *kuku | *kuku | ‘finger, toe’ |
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| *kukur | *kukur | ‘wallow’ |
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| *kumu | *kumu | ‘knead, fist’ |
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| *kuni | *kuni | ‘turmeric’ |
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| *kunu | *kunu | ‘kind of plant’ |
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| *kura | *kura | ‘scorpion’ |
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| *kuru | *kuru | ‘call chickens’ |
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| *kuru | *kuru | ‘wrinkly’ |
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| *kurus | *kurus | ‘chilli’ |
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| *kurə | *kurə | ‘jar, pot’ |
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| *kutu | *kutu | ‘head louse’ |
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| *kutus | *kutus | ‘cyclone, storm, whirlwind’ |
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| *kutə | *kutə | ‘brains’ |
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| *kutə | *kutə | ‘mantle’ |
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| *kuu | *kuu | ‘blow’ |
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| *kuun | *kuun | ‘grass’ |
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| *kənda | *kənda | ‘close (v.)’ |
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| *laa | *laa | ‘hut’ |
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| *laa | *laa | ‘kind of tree’ |
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| *laa | *laa | ‘open the eyes’ |
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| *laa | *laa | ‘sail’ |
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| *ladu | *ladu | ‘palm wine’ |
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| *lafa | *lafa | ‘kind of cloth’ |
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| *lafo | *lafo | ‘mouse, rat’ |
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| *laha | *laha | ‘hungry’ |
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| *lai | *lai | ‘fast, quick’ |
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| *lai | *lai | ‘run, flee’ |
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| *laia | *laia | ‘ginger’ |
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| *laisona | *laisona | ‘eschalot, onion, shallot’ |
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| *lako | *lako | ‘go’ |
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| *lamat | *lamat | ‘grasshopper’ |
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| *lamu | *lamu | ‘algae, seaweed’ |
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| *laŋɡa | *laŋɡa | ‘head, head hair’ |
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| *laŋɡe | *laŋɡe | ‘stocks’ |
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| *lani | *lani | ‘air, firmament, heaven’ |
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| *lanu | *lanu | ‘tired’ |
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| *lanu | *lanu | ‘uncomfortable’ |
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| *lari | *lari | ‘comb (rooster)’ |
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| *lari | *lari | ‘move location’ |
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| *larum | *larum | ‘Ficus variegata’ |
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| *lasa | *lasa | ‘underlay’ |
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| *lasi | *lasi | ‘bush, forest’ |
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| *lasi | *lasi | ‘old’ |
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| *lasə | *lasə | ‘scrotum, testicles’ |
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| *latu | *latu | ‘ripe’ |
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| *latu | *latu | ‘seaweed’ |
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| *laɓa | *laɓa | ‘entwine, wind (v.)’ |
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| *laʔus | *laʔus | ‘cactus’ |
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| *ledo | *ledo | ‘sun, day, sky’ |
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| *lee | *lee | ‘river’ |
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| *leke | *leke | ‘coil’ |
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| *leko | *leko | ‘lure’ |
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| *leku | *leku | ‘coil, winding’ |
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| *lele | *lele | ‘tight’ |
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| *lema | *lema | ‘eel, sea‑snake’ |
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| *lemba | *lemba | ‘carry’ |
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| *lemuk | *lemuk | ‘dolphin’ |
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| *lena | *lena | ‘sesame’ |
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| *lendo | *lendo | ‘dance’ |
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| *leŋɡe | *leŋɡe | ‘too much’ |
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| *leŋɡu | *leŋɡu | ‘throw’ |
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| *leo | *leo | ‘clan’ |
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| *lesu | *lesu | ‘come out’ |
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| *lesu | *lesu | ‘neck’ |
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| *lete | *lete | ‘bridge’ |
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| *lete | *lete | ‘hill, mountain’ |
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| *leu | *leu | ‘already’ |
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| *leu | *leu | ‘now’ |
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| *lifu | *lifu | ‘pool, lake, billabong’ |
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| *liha | *liha | ‘centipede’ |
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| *lii | *lii | ‘neck, sound’ |
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| *liku | *liku | ‘back’ |
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| *liku | *liku | ‘hit, knock, strike’ |
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| *lili | *lili | ‘wax’ |
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| *lilis | *lilis | ‘Calophyllum teysmannii’ |
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| *lilo | *lilo | ‘gold, silver’ |
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| *lima | *lima | ‘arm, hand’ |
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| *lima | *lima | ‘five’ |
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| *lino | *lino | ‘Grewia slutaris’ |
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| *lise | *lise | ‘Terminalia catappa’ |
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| *lisum | *lisum | ‘kind of plant’ |
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| *liɓu | *liɓu | ‘abound, teem, surround’ |
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| *liɗa | *liɗa | ‘fin, wing, edge’ |
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| *liɗe | *liɗe | ‘nerve of palm leaf’ |
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| *loe | *loe | ‘go down’ |
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| *loe | *loe | ‘listless, weak’ |
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| *lohas | *lohas | ‘clothes, equipment’ |
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| *loke | *loke | ‘hang’ |
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| *lole | *lole | ‘spool’ |
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| *lole | *lole | ‘sweet potato, taro, tuber’ |
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| *lolir | *lolir | ‘wallow, roll’ |
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| *lolo | *lolo | ‘beam, stick’ |
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| *lolo | *lolo | ‘liana, thread’ |
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| *lolo | *lolo | ‘strait, watercourse, valley’ |
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| *lolo | *lolo | ‘stretch’ |
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| *lombu | *lombu | ‘algae, duckweed, moss’ |
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| *loo | *loo | ‘household’ |
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| *loo | *loo | ‘stretch’ |
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| *lopo | *lopo | ‘hut, shelter’ |
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| *losa | *losa | ‘arrive, reach, until, up to’ |
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| *loɓa | *loɓa | ‘kind of bark (n)’ |
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| *loɓo | *loɓo | ‘hurt, tire out’ |
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| *loɗe | *loɗe | ‘stick out’ |
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| *loɗo | *loɗo | ‘straight’ |
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| *lua | *lua | ‘boil, seethe’ |
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| *lua | *lua | ‘open (adj.), wide, outside’ |
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| *lua-t | *lua-t | ‘cave’ |
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| *lui | *lui | ‘pull off, remove’ |
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| *luku | *luku | ‘bent, paralysed’ |
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| *luku | *luku | ‘spy, watch, brood’ |
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| *luli | *luli | ‘taboo’ |
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| *lulun | *lulun | ‘roll up’ |
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| *lunu | *lunu | ‘cushion, pillow’ |
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| *lusə | *lusə | ‘wrap’ |
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| *lutu | *lutu | ‘fine, small, tiny’ |
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| *lutu | *lutu | ‘pile up’ |
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| *lutə | *lutə | ‘firebrand’ |
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| *luu | *luu | ‘Ricinus communis’ |
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| *luu | *luu | ‘tears (crying)’ |
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| *ma | *ma | ‘and’ |
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| *maa | *maa | ‘tongue’ |
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| *mae | *mae | ‘ashamed, embarrassed, shy’ |
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| *mae | *mae | ‘itchy tuber’; ‘Amorphophallus sp’ |
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| *mafo | *mafo | ‘cool, shadow’ |
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| *mafu | *mafu | ‘drunk’ |
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| *mai | *mai | ‘come’ |
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| *mali | *mali | ‘bitter, brackish’ |
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| *malus | *malus | ‘betel‑pepper’ |
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| *mama | *mama | ‘chew’ |
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| *mamis | *mamis | ‘insipid, sweet’ |
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| *mamər | *mamər | ‘garden’ |
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| *mana | *mana | ‘place (n.)’ |
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| *mana | *mana | ‘relativiser’ |
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| *ma(n)at | *ma(n)at | ‘orphan, tame’ |
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| *mane | *mane | ‘king, male, prince’ |
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| *maneu | *maneu | ‘bright’ |
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| *maŋɡu | *maŋɡu | ‘dry’ |
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| *maŋɡu | *maŋɡu | ‘tired’ |
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| *manu | *manu | ‘chicken’ |
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| *masi | *masi | ‘salty’ |
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| *masu | *masu | ‘smoke, steam, vapour’ |
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| *mata | *mata | ‘eye’ |
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| *mata | *mata | ‘green, raw, unripe’ |
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| *mate | *mate | ‘die, thoroughly’ |
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| *mau | *mau | ‘grass, kind of plant’ |
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| *maus | *maus | ‘domesticated, tame, docile’ |
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| *maɗa | *maɗa | ‘dry up, evaporate’ |
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| *maɗo | *maɗo | ‘medicine, tobacco’ |
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| *mbaa | *mbaa | ‘flesh, meat’ |
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| *mbada | *mbada | ‘short’ |
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| *mbae | *mbae | ‘swell’ |
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| *mbai | *mbai | ‘rotten’ |
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| *mbaki | *mbaki | ‘beetle’ |
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| *mbala | *mbala | ‘co‑wife, concubine’ |
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| *mbalu | *mbalu | ‘cover, enclose’ |
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| *mbana | *mbana | ‘nose, tip’ |
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| *mbao | *mbao | ‘mango’ |
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| *mba-raa | *mba-raa | ‘old’ |
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| *mbau | *mbau | ‘beam’ |
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| *mbau | *mbau | ‘prick, stab, pound’ |
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| *mbela | *mbela | ‘maize, sorghum’ |
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| *mbena | *mbena | ‘fly’ |
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| *mbesik | *mbesik | ‘throw’ |
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| *mbeta | *mbeta | ‘wet’ |
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| *mbetak | *mbetak | ‘swell’ |
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| *mbeɗa | *mbeɗa | ‘place (v.), put’ |
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| *mbeʔu | *mbeʔu | ‘lie down, sleep, sleepy’ |
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| *mbii | *mbii | ‘Achilles’ tendon’ |
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| *mbii | *mbii | ‘tight’ |
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| *mbiko | *mbiko | ‘kind of coniferous tree’; ‘Podocarpus rumphii’ |
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| *mbila | *mbila | ‘blaze, flame (v.), red’ |
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| *mbinu | *mbinu | ‘snot’ |
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| *mbisa | *mbisa | ‘wild basil’ |
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| *mboes | *mboes | ‘prawn, shrimp’ |
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| *mbonu | *mbonu | ‘eyebrows, moustache, hair, mane’ |
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| *mboo | *mboo | ‘hole, wide open’ |
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| *mbori | *mbori | ‘pour’ |
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| *mboro | *mboro | ‘palm leaf’ |
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| *mbosi | *mbosi | ‘release’ |
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| *mbou | *mbou | ‘cloth’ |
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| *mbuah | *mbuah | ‘areca palm, betel nut’ |
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| *mbui | *mbui | ‘bird, quail’ |
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| *mbuku | *mbuku | ‘bent, hill’ |
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| *mbuku | *mbuku | ‘mushroom’ |
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| *mbule | *mbule | ‘corn cob, grain head’ |
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| *mbumbu | *mbumbu | ‘expand, swollen’ |
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| *mbune | *mbune | ‘Antidesma bunius’ |
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| *mbunut | *mbunut | ‘coconut husk, coir’ |
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| *mburuk | *mburuk | ‘rotten’ |
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| *mbusu | *mbusu | ‘thigh’ |
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| *mbusər | *mbusər | ‘sweat’ |
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| *mbutu | *mbutu | ‘bundle up, tie’ |
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| *mbutu | *mbutu | ‘burning, hot’ |
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| *mbuu | *mbuu | ‘noise, sound’ |
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| *mea | *mea | ‘red’ |
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| *mee | *mee | ‘bleat’ |
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| *mehi | *mehi | ‘dream’ |
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| *mela | *mela | ‘flea’ |
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| *mendu | *mendu | ‘crush, grind’ |
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| *meŋɡe | *meŋɡe | ‘red snake’ |
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| *meni | *meni | ‘aromatic, fragrant’ |
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| *meo | *meo | ‘cat’ |
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| *meras | *meras | ‘pain, sick’ |
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| *mesa | *mesa | ‘alone’ |
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| *meti | *meti | ‘dried up, low tide’ |
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| *meɗa | *meɗa | ‘wake up’ |
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| *midu | *midu | ‘saliva, spit out’ |
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| *mii | *mii | ‘urine’ |
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| *mina | *mina | ‘delicious, comfortable, nice, fat, oil’ |
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| *miu | *miu | ‘whistle’ |
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| *mofa | *mofa | ‘grey hair’ |
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| *mofu | *mofu | ‘fall’ |
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| *mola | *mola | ‘joint, node’ |
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| *mone | *mone | ‘male, man’ |
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| *monu | *monu | ‘fall’ |
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| *moo | *moo | ‘bite, hold in mouth’ |
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| *mopu | *mopu | ‘dead palm, palm trunk’ |
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| *moris | *moris | ‘live’ |
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| *moɗe | *moɗe | ‘tobacco’ |
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| *moɗo | *moɗo | ‘green, yellow’ |
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| *mukə | *mukə | ‘dove’ |
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| *mulu | *mulu | ‘crazy’ |
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| *mumu | *mumu | ‘gargle, rinse’ |
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| *mumu | *mumu | ‘suck’ |
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| *munde | *munde | ‘citrus, lime (fruit)’ |
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| *muri | *muri | ‘last, youngest, west’ |
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| *muse | *muse | ‘civet’ |
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| *musi | *musi | ‘suck’ |
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| *musu | *musu | ‘enemy’ |
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| *muta | *muta | ‘vomit’ |
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| *muti | *muti | ‘white’ |
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| *muut | *muut | ‘mosquito, kind of insect’ |
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| *naa | *naa | ‘brother (of woman)’ |
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| *naa | *naa | ‘fibres’ |
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| *naa | *naa | ‘Pterocarpus indica’ |
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| *naa | *naa | ‘that, there’ |
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| *nade | *nade | ‘taro, grass’ |
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| *nae | *nae | ‘big, many, grow’ |
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| *nafu | *nafu | ‘anchor (v.)’ |
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| *nahe | *nahe | ‘mat’ |
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| *nako | *nako | ‘steal’ |
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| *nama | *nama | ‘creep’ |
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| *namba | *namba | ‘leaves covering fruit’ |
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| *namo | *namo | ‘beach, coast’ |
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| *namo | *namo | ‘Senna timoriensis’ |
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| *nana | *nana | ‘pus’ |
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| *naŋe | *naŋe | ‘swim’ |
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| *naru | *naru | ‘long, tall’ |
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| *nase | *nase | ‘fish, Blue‑spot mullet’ |
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| *nasi | *nasi | ‘Ziziphus oenoplia’ |
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| *nasu | *nasu | ‘boil, cook’ |
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| *natu | *natu | ‘gamete, ovary’ |
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| *natu-n | *natu-n | ‘hundred’ |
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| *naɗo | *naɗo | ‘look up’ |
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| *naʤa | *naʤa | ‘name’ |
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| *ndake | *ndake | ‘betel leaves’ |
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| *ndake ɓuʔu | *ndake ɓuʔu | ‘wild basil’ |
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| *ndaki | *ndaki | ‘leech, snake’ |
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| *ndaru | *ndaru | ‘cut’ |
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| *ndau | *ndau | ‘needle’ |
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| *ndefa | *ndefa | ‘landslide, cliff’ |
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| *ndelat | *ndelat | ‘lightning, gun’ |
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| *ndeli | *ndeli | ‘ring’ |
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| *ndesi | *ndesi | ‘nettle’ |
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| *ndiki | *ndiki | ‘ear’ |
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| *ndoo | *ndoo | ‘straight’ |
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| *ndoro | *ndoro | ‘walk around’ |
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| *ndoto | *ndoto | ‘hyacinth bean’ |
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| *ndou | *ndou | ‘nape of neck’ |
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| *ndui | *ndui | ‘draw water, scoop’ |
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| *nduna | *nduna | ‘nest’ |
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| *nee | *nee | ‘calm, quiet, still’ |
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| *nee | *nee | ‘six’ |
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| *nehi | *nehi | ‘mat, lie on’ |
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| *neko | *neko | ‘stomach, abomasum’ |
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| *nembə | *nembə | ‘hard, fixed’ |
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| *nene | *nene | ‘hear, listen’ |
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| *nene | *nene | ‘press, push’ |
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| *neo | *neo | ‘jealous’ |
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| *neru | *neru | ‘warm oneself’ |
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| *nesa | *nesa | ‘same’ |
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| *nesu | *nesu | ‘mortar’ |
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| *neta | *neta | ‘choke, suffocate’ |
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| *ŋaper | *ŋaper | ‘beckon’ |
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| *ŋato | *ŋato | ‘sew’ |
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| *ŋɡadas | *ŋɡadas | ‘palate, throat, gills’ |
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| *ŋɡaem | *ŋɡaem | ‘Terminalia catappa’ |
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| *ŋɡafat | *ŋɡafat | ‘fast, quick’ |
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| *ŋɡafat | *ŋɡafat | ‘light (adj.)’ |
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| *ŋɡafur | *ŋɡafur | ‘powder’ |
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| *ŋɡai | *ŋɡai | ‘pick at, scratch’ |
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| *ŋɡala | *ŋɡala | ‘Sesbania grandiflora’ |
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| *ŋɡaŋɡo | *ŋɡaŋɡo | ‘water spinach’ |
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| *ŋɡarasa | *ŋɡarasa | ‘back’ |
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| *ŋɡari | *ŋɡari | ‘scatter, sow’ |
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| *ŋɡasi | *ŋɡasi | ‘shout, speak’ |
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| *ŋɡela | *ŋɡela | ‘earwax’ |
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| *ŋɡela | *ŋɡela | ‘eucalyptus, gum tree’ |
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| *ŋɡeŋɡo | *ŋɡeŋɡo | ‘shake’ |
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| *ŋɡeo | *ŋɡeo | ‘black’ |
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| *ŋɡete | *ŋɡete | ‘pinch, bite off’ |
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| *ŋɡeu | *ŋɡeu | ‘scrape, shave’ |
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| *ŋɡeɓo | *ŋɡeɓo | ‘cut’ |
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| *ŋɡeɗe | *ŋɡeɗe | ‘frog, croak’ |
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| *ŋɡia | *ŋɡia | ‘parakeet’ |
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| *ŋɡii | *ŋɡii | ‘bunch of fruit’ |
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| *ŋɡirat | *ŋɡirat | ‘shrub’ |
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| *ŋɡiro | *ŋɡiro | ‘lower head’ |
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| *ŋɡoa | *ŋɡoa | ‘dumb, mute, stupid’ |
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| *ŋɡois | *ŋɡois | ‘eel’ |
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| *ŋɡola | *ŋɡola | ‘flying lizard, monitor lizard’ |
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| *ŋɡoro | *ŋɡoro | ‘bark (v.)’ |
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| *ŋɡoro | *ŋɡoro | ‘beard’ |
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| *ŋɡoro | *ŋɡoro | ‘snout, snore’ |
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| *ŋɡoti | *ŋɡoti | ‘back’ |
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| *ŋɡout | *ŋɡout | ‘thorn’ |
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| *ŋɡoʔu | *ŋɡoʔu | ‘big, great’ |
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| *ŋɡua | *ŋɡua | ‘turtle’ |
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| *ŋɡumu | *ŋɡumu | ‘fist, press, squeeze’ |
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| *ŋɡuru | *ŋɡuru | ‘drone, growl’ |
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| *ŋɡuu | *ŋɡuu | ‘drone, howl’ |
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| *ŋilu | *ŋilu | ‘sour, tamarind’ |
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| *ŋoli | *ŋoli | ‘canine tooth, tusk’ |
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| *ŋoli | *ŋoli | ‘copulate’ |
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| *ŋura | *ŋura | ‘unripe, young, forest’ |
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| *nihe | *nihe | ‘ant’ |
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| *nihis | *nihis | ‘thin’ |
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| *niit | *niit | ‘crab’ |
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| *nimba | *nimba | ‘kind of fish’ |
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| *nini | *nini | ‘mosquito’ |
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| *nisi | *nisi | ‘tooth, teeth’ |
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| *nitas | *nitas | ‘Sterculia foetida’ |
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| *nitu | *nitu | ‘corpse, spirit’ |
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| *noe | *noe | ‘melt’ |
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| *noh | *noh | ‘coconut’ |
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| *noko | *noko | ‘shake’ |
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| *nori | *nori | ‘learn, teach’ |
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| *noto | *noto | ‘slow, sleepy’ |
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| *noɗo | *noɗo | ‘crawl’ |
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| *numbu | *numbu | ‘grow, sprout’ |
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| *nuŋa | *nuŋa | ‘kind of flowering tree’; ‘Cordia sp.’ |
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| *nunuh | *nunuh | ‘banyan’ |
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| *nusa | *nusa | ‘island, state’ |
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| *nuu | *nuu | ‘nest’ |
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| *nuu | *nuu | ‘possession’ |
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| *nuus | *nuus | ‘squid’ |
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| *nuʔa | *nuʔa | ‘scabies’ |
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| *oe | *oe | ‘water’ |
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| *ohi | *ohi | ‘almost’ |
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| *ohi | *ohi | ‘nearly’ |
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| *oka | *oka | ‘corral, pen’ |
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| *oka | *oka | ‘rooster’ |
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| *oken | *oken | ‘beckon, call’ |
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| *ombu | *ombu | ‘female animal’ |
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| *oo | *oo | ‘bamboo’ |
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| *oo | *oo | ‘with’ |
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| *osi | *osi | ‘garden’ |
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| *otas | *otas | ‘kind of insect’ |
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| *pande | *pande | ‘short’ |
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| *papa | *papa | ‘guard, protect’ |
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| *paru | *paru | ‘grate’ |
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| *paɗo | *paɗo | ‘octopus’ |
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| *peni | *peni | ‘saddle, base’ |
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| *piru | *piru | ‘sling’ |
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| *poka | *poka | ‘swell, fat’ |
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| *poke | *poke | ‘blind’ |
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| *poko | *poko | ‘plop’ |
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| *pupu | *pupu | ‘blow, blowgun’ |
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| *raho | *raho | ‘hearth’ |
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| *rates | *rates | ‘grave’ |
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| *raʔi | *raʔi | ‘bind, tie’ |
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| *raʔu | *raʔu | ‘scoop’ |
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| *ree | *ree | ‘wave’ |
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| *reha | *reha | ‘fathom (n.), span’ |
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| *rekət | *rekət | ‘brackish, sour, tart, suffering’ |
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| *reo | *reo | ‘turn around’ |
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| *rifu-n | *rifu-n | ‘thousand’ |
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| *rimbu | *rimbu | ‘abound, surround, teem’ |
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| *riŋin | *riŋin | ‘cold’ |
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| *roko | *roko | ‘rattle’ |
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| *roŋɡa | *roŋɡa | ‘corral, pen’ |
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| *rose | *rose | ‘rub, wipe’ |
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| *rou | *rou | ‘skin’ |
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| *roɗok | *roɗok | ‘crawl’ |
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| *ruku | *ruku | ‘bent’ |
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| *rumbi | *rumbi | ‘mantle’ |
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| *rumu | *rumu | ‘press’ |
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| *ruŋirai | *ruŋirai | ‘whale’ |
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| *rutus | *rutus | ‘rust’ |
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| *sadu | *sadu | ‘wig’ |
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| *safe | *safe | ‘Pisonia alba’ |
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| *saha | *saha | ‘carry on the shoulders’ |
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| *saha | *saha | ‘whetstone’ |
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| *sai | *sai | ‘flow’ |
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| *sai | *sai | ‘open’ |
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| *sai | *sai | ‘torn up’ |
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| *saka | *saka | ‘thigh, buttocks’ |
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| *sake | *sake | ‘go up, rise up’ |
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| *sakiki | *sakiki | ‘brush teeth’ |
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| *sakoro | *sakoro | ‘sip’ |
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| *sala | *sala | ‘wrong’ |
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| *sale | *sale | ‘sorry’ |
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| *salili | *salili | ‘armpit’ |
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| *sambat | *sambat | ‘bucket’ |
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| *sambi | *sambi | ‘debark’ |
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| *sambudas | *sambudas | ‘spurt’ |
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| *sanahulu | *sanahulu | ‘ten’ |
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| *sanasə | *sanasə | ‘breath, breathe, cheek’ |
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| *sandiit | *sandiit | ‘cicada, cricket’ |
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| *saŋɡeŋɡer | *saŋɡeŋɡer | ‘startle, surprise, frighten’ |
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| *saŋɡuma | *saŋɡuma | ‘hermit crab’ |
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| *sanu | *sanu | ‘kind of coconut’ |
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| *sao | *sao | ‘marry’ |
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| *sao | *sao | ‘snake, viper’ |
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| *sara | *sara | ‘loose, spread out’ |
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| *saraa | *saraa | ‘light (n.), shine, sunbeam’ |
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| *sarait | *sarait | ‘lean’ |
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| *sarakaen | *sarakaen | ‘sand’ |
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| *sasi | *sasi | ‘overflow’ |
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| *sau | *sau | ‘bite’ |
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| *sau | *sau | ‘comb’ |
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| *sau | *sau | ‘pick’ |
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| *saɓake | *saɓake | ‘branch’ |
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| *saɓuu | *saɓuu | ‘inflated, smoke’ |
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| *saɗa | *saɗa | ‘cut, peel’ |
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| *saɗi | *saɗi | ‘as long as, while’ |
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| *saɗodo | *saɗodo | ‘slide’ |
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| *see | *see | ‘who?’ |
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| *sefe | *sefe | ‘paddle’ |
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| *sefi | *sefi | ‘untie’ |
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| *seke | *seke | ‘force, stuck’ |
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| *seko | *seko | ‘fishing, hunt’ |
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| *sela | *sela | ‘coarse, rough’ |
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| *selut | *selut | ‘exchange, replace’ |
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| *selə | *selə | ‘plant (v.)’ |
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| *sembo | *sembo | ‘barter, exchange, swap’ |
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| *seŋa | *seŋa | ‘fry’ |
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| *seŋɡi | *seŋɡi | ‘harvest, snap off’ |
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| *seo | *seo | ‘whisper’ |
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| *seru | *seru | ‘weave, weaving sword of loom’ |
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| *sesə | *sesə | ‘cram’ |
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| *seti | *seti | ‘tight, packed, force’ |
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| *seu | *seu | ‘pick’ |
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| *seɗa | *seɗa | ‘kind of coral’ |
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| *seɗo | *seɗo | ‘mix’ |
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| *seʔi | *seʔi | ‘roast’ |
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| *sifi | *sifi | ‘braid’ |
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| *sii | *sii | ‘shellfish’ |
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| *sii | *sii | ‘tie up, snare’ |
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| *sika | *sika | ‘open’ |
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| *siku | *siku | ‘elbow’ |
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| *sikəh | *sikəh | ‘part of loom, rod, lath’ |
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| *simo | *simo | ‘receive’ |
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| *sina | *sina | ‘light (n.)’ |
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| *sinaraʔe | *sinaraʔe | ‘bird, kingfisher’ |
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| *siŋɡa | *siŋɡa | ‘open’ |
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| *sinor | *sinor | ‘maggots’ |
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| *sio | *sio | ‘nine’ |
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| *sira | *sira | ‘3PL, they, them’ |
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| *siɗa | *siɗa | ‘rip’ |
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| *soda | *soda | ‘space’ |
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| *soe | *soe | ‘disaster’ |
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| *soeneru | *soeneru | ‘umbrella, leaf’ |
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| *soi | *soi | ‘open’ |
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| *soi | *soi | ‘ransom’ |
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| *soka | *soka | ‘kind of sack’ |
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| *soke | *soke | ‘pick out, scoop’ |
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| *sokum | *sokum | ‘galangal’ |
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| *soo | *soo | ‘sew’ |
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| *soro | *soro | ‘scoop, spoon’ |
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| *soso | *soso | ‘peel’ |
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| *soɗa | *soɗa | ‘sing’ |
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| *sua | *sua | ‘digging stick’ |
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| *sufu | *sufu | ‘cool (v.)’ |
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| *suhat | *suhat | ‘comb’ |
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| *suhu | *suhu | ‘edge’ |
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| *suku | *suku | ‘breadfruit’ |
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| *sulə | *sulə | ‘plug’ |
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| *suma | *suma | ‘steam, vapour’ |
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| *sumanə | *sumanə | ‘spirit’ |
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| *suŋɡə | *suŋɡə | ‘cheek hollow’ |
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| *sunu | *sunu | ‘kind of fish’ |
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| *sura | *sura | ‘horn’ |
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| *sure | *sure | ‘caltrop’ |
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| *sure | *sure | ‘sword’ |
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| *suru | *suru | ‘scoop, spoon’ |
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| *susi | *susi | ‘investigate, walk around’ |
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| *susu | *susu | ‘breast’ |
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| *susu | *susu | ‘tax’ |
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| *suti | *suti | ‘conch, nautilus, kind of shell, volute’ |
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| *suu | *suu | ‘carry on head’ |
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| *suu | *suu | ‘scrape, scratch’ |
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| *suɓa | *suɓa | ‘bury’ |
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| *səru | *səru | ‘greet, meet’ |
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| *səu | *səu | ‘Alstonia villosa’ |
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| *taa | *taa | ‘endure’ |
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| *taa | *taa | ‘track’ |
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| *taa | *taa | ‘unhusked rice’ |
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| *tadeŋɡus | *tadeŋɡus | ‘dove’ |
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| *tae | *tae | ‘mantis, shrimp’ |
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| *tafa | *tafa | ‘machete, sword’ |
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| *taha | *taha | ‘answer’ |
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| *tahi | *tahi | ‘winnow’ |
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| *tai | *tai | ‘excrement, faeces, stomach, belly’ |
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| *tai | *tai | ‘stick to’ |
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| *tairua | *tairua | ‘half’ |
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| *tais | *tais | ‘cloth, sarong’ |
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| *taku | *taku | ‘fear, scared’ |
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| *talaɗa | *talaɗa | ‘centre, middle’ |
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| *tales | *tales | ‘taro’ |
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| *tali | *tali | ‘rope’ |
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| *talin | *talin | ‘money’ |
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| *tama | *tama | ‘fit together’ |
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| *tamae | *tamae | ‘bedbug’ |
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| *tamba | *tamba | ‘join, patch’ |
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| *tamba | *tamba | ‘throw’ |
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| *tambele | *tambele | ‘hang, spread out, fly (v.)’ |
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| *tamo | *tamo | ‘ancestral name’ |
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| *tamu | *tamu | ‘close mouth, chew’ |
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| *tana | *tana | ‘cover’ |
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| *tana | *tana | ‘crisp, dried’ |
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| *tande | *tande | ‘sharp’ |
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| *tane | *tane | ‘ask’ |
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| *tane | *tane | ‘mud’ |
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| *tanee | *tanee | ‘contain’ |
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| *taŋɡa | *taŋɡa | ‘Millingtonia hortensis’ |
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| *tao | *tao | ‘put, place, do’ |
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| *tara | *tara | ‘adze’ |
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| *taruku | *taruku | ‘chiton’ |
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| *tasa | *tasa | ‘cooked, ripe’ |
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| *tasi | *tasi | ‘ocean, sea’ |
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| *tata | *tata | ‘chop, split’ |
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| *tati | *tati | ‘chop, cut’ |
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| *tatə | *tatə | ‘boy, older sibling’ |
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| *taum | *taum | ‘indigo’ |
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| *taun | *taun | ‘year’ |
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| *taɓu | *taɓu | ‘step, tread’ |
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| *taɗu | *taɗu | ‘opposite’ |
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| *tea | *tea | ‘arrive’ |
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| *teas | *teas | ‘heartwood’ |
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| *tee | *tee | ‘spear’ |
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| *tefe | *tefe | ‘broken, tired’ |
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| *tefu | *tefu | ‘sugarcane’ |
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| *teka | *teka | ‘call, greet’ |
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| *teke | *teke | ‘gecko’ |
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| *tekə | *tekə | ‘staff, walking stick’ |
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| *telu | *telu | ‘three’ |
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| *tema | *tema | ‘eagle’ |
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| *tema | *tema | ‘entire, whole’ |
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| *temba | *temba | ‘sardine’ |
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| *temə | *temə | ‘accustomed’ |
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| *tena | *tena | ‘alight’ |
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| *tena | *tena | ‘sink, submerge’ |
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| *tendə | *tendə | ‘breast, heart, lungs, ribs’ |
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| *tene | *tene | ‘mangrove’; ‘Ceriops’ |
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| *tenu | *tenu | ‘weave’ |
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| *teri | *teri | ‘giant bamboo’; ‘Dendrocalamus’ |
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| *tesa | *tesa | ‘sunset’ |
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| *teta | *teta | ‘cut, mince’ |
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| *tete | *tete | ‘dam, dyke’ |
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| *tetu | *tetu | ‘midday’ |
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| *tetu | *tetu | ‘upright’ |
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| *teu | *teu | ‘dove’ |
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| *teu | *teu | ‘pigeon’ |
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| *teɓes | *teɓes | ‘true’ |
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| *teɓi | *teɓi | ‘break, crumble up’ |
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| *teɗe | *teɗe | ‘crush, press’ |
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| *tiam | *tiam | ‘oyster’ |
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| *tii | *tii | ‘sea urchin’ |
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| *tila | *tila | ‘vagina’ |
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| *timi | *timi | ‘chin’ |
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| *timu | *timu | ‘east wind’ |
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| *timu | *timu | ‘watermelon, cucumber, papaya’ |
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| *tina | *tina | ‘field, garden’ |
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| *tiŋɡa | *tiŋɡa | ‘heel’ |
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| *tino | *tino | ‘mirror, peer’ |
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| *tiri | *tiri | ‘drip’ |
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| *tiro | *tiro | ‘mirror, visit’ |
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| *tisa | *tisa | ‘pour’ |
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| *titi | *titi | ‘drip’ |
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| *tiɓa | *tiɓa | ‘bamboo container’ |
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| *tiɗo | *tiɗo | ‘tuber’ |
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| *ti(ʔ)o | *ti(ʔ)o | ‘goatfish’ |
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| *tofa | *tofa | ‘quarrel’ |
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| *tofa | *tofa | ‘weed (v.)’ |
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| *toka | *toka | ‘impede’ |
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| *toki | *toki | ‘dig out’ |
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| *toko | *toko | ‘beat, knock’ |
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| *toŋɡo | *toŋɡo | ‘come together, meet’ |
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| *tou | *tou | ‘man, person’ |
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| *toɓi | *toɓi | ‘hot’ |
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| *toɗi | *toɗi | ‘protuberance, stick out’ |
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| *toʔis | *toʔis | ‘horn (instrument), triton shell’ |
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| *toʔo | *toʔo | ‘older brother, maternal uncle’ |
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| *tua | *tua | ‘big, size’ |
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| *tua | *tua | ‘lontar palm’ |
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| *tua | *tua | ‘lord, owner, person’ |
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| *tudui | *tudui | ‘owl’ |
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| *tufa | *tufa | ‘Derris elliptica’ |
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| *tufu | *tufu | ‘hit, punch’ |
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| *tui | *tui | ‘carve, stripe, write’ |
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| *tui | *tui | ‘Dolichandrone spathacea’ |
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| *tuin | *tuin | ‘follow’ |
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| *tuke | *tuke | ‘bamboo container’ |
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| *tuku | *tuku | ‘row’ |
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| *tuku | *tuku | ‘throw’ |
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| *tula | *tula | ‘gebang palm’ |
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| *tuli | *tuli | ‘stop by’ |
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| *tuma | *tuma | ‘clothes louse’ |
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| *tumbi | *tumbi | ‘kind of tree’ |
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| *tumbu | *tumbu | ‘abundant, heap’ |
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| *tuna | *tuna | ‘freshwater eel’ |
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| *tuni | *tuni | ‘press’ |
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| *tunu | *tunu | ‘roast’ |
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| *tunu | *tunu | ‘stub, stumble’ |
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| *turis | *turis | ‘pigeon pea’ |
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| *turu | *turu | ‘leak, overflow’ |
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| *tusi | *tusi | ‘rub’ |
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| *tusi | *tusi | ‘split’ |
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| *tute | *tute | ‘join’ |
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| *tutu | *tutu | ‘beat, pound’ |
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| *tuur | *tuur | ‘sit’ |
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| *tuɗu | *tuɗu | ‘point’ |
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| *təlo | *təlo | ‘egg’ |
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| *uas | *uas | ‘jicama, tuber’; ‘Pachyrhizus erosus’ |
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| *uat | *uat | ‘tendon, vein, muscle, palm line’ |
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| *ue | *ue | ‘rattan’ |
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| *ufi | *ufi | ‘yam, tuber’ |
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| *ule | *ule | ‘wring’ |
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| *uli | *uli | ‘rudder’ |
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| *ulu | *ulu | ‘front, headhair’ |
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| *ulə | *ulə | ‘snake, worm, creature’ |
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| *uma | *uma | ‘house’ |
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| *umbu | *umbu | ‘grandchild’ |
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| *undu | *undu | ‘bore (hole)’ |
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| *unə | *unə | ‘scale’ |
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| *ura | *ura | ‘palm line’ |
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| *usi | *usi | ‘chase, pursue’ |
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| *utan | *utan | ‘vegetables’ |
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| *uti | *uti | ‘penis’ |
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| *uu | *uu | ‘oink’ |
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| *uut | *uut | ‘chaff’ |
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| *uɗan | *uɗan | ‘rain’ |
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| *wani | *wani | ‘bee’ |
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| *waɗi | *waɗi | ‘younger sibling’ |
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| *ɓaat | *ɓaat | ‘across’ |
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| *ɓaat | *ɓaat | ‘crossbeam’ |
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| *ɓafa | *ɓafa | ‘mouth’ |
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| *ɓafa | *ɓafa | ‘valley’ |
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| *ɓaiafa | *ɓaiafa | ‘monitor lizard’ |
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| *ɓakos | *ɓakos | ‘barn owl’ |
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| *ɓalafo | *ɓalafo | ‘Mallotus philippensis’ |
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| *ɓali | *ɓali | ‘mix’ |
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| *ɓanafi | *ɓanafi | ‘sea cucumber’ |
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| *ɓandae | *ɓandae | ‘hang over, hover’ |
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| *ɓaraka | *ɓaraka | ‘box’ |
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| *ɓasoko | *ɓasoko | ‘dance, sway’ |
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| *ɓasoko | *ɓasoko | ‘slant’ |
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| *ɓate | *ɓate | ‘edible grub’ |
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| *ɓati | *ɓati | ‘distribute, divide, share’ |
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| *ɓau | *ɓau | ‘bat, flying fox’ |
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| *ɓaʔi | *ɓaʔi | ‘grandfather’ |
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| *ɓaʔu | *ɓaʔu | ‘many, several’ |
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| *ɓee | *ɓee | ‘at, in’ |
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| *ɓee | *ɓee | ‘where’ |
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| *ɓei | *ɓei | ‘grandmother’ |
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| *ɓeis | *ɓeis | ‘crocodile’ |
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| *ɓeki | *ɓeki | ‘strong, capable, able’ |
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| *ɓeko | *ɓeko | ‘shake, sway’ |
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| *ɓeku | *ɓeku | ‘bend’ |
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| *ɓela | *ɓela | ‘spread out, unroll’ |
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| *ɓesa | *ɓesa | ‘Vachellia leucophloea’ |
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| *ɓeta | *ɓeta | ‘cut vegetation’ |
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| *ɓetu | *ɓetu | ‘bent, folded, flexible’ |
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| *ɓetə | *ɓetə | ‘tense, tight’ |
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| *ɓeɓa | *ɓeɓa | ‘palm leaf stem’ |
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| *ɓeʔe | *ɓeʔe | ‘awake’ |
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| *ɓia | *ɓia | ‘split’ |
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| *ɓife | *ɓife | ‘lip’ |
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| *ɓina | *ɓina | ‘kind of shell’ |
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| *ɓisu | *ɓisu | ‘pimple, ulcer’ |
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| *ɓiti | *ɓiti | ‘pinch’ |
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| *ɓiti | *ɓiti | ‘scorpion’ |
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| *ɓitinaa | *ɓitinaa | ‘Kleinhovia hospita’ |
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| *ɓiɓi | *ɓiɓi | ‘goat, sheep’ |
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| *ɓo/lau | *ɓo/lau | ‘speech’ |
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| *ɓoho | *ɓoho | ‘cough’ |
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| *ɓoki | *ɓoki | ‘container, coconut shell’ |
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| *ɓole | *ɓole | ‘areng palm’ |
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| *ɓolo | *ɓolo | ‘hole’ |
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| *ɓona | *ɓona | ‘fragrant pandanus’ |
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| *ɓone | *ɓone | ‘circle dance’ |
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| *ɓoŋɡo | *ɓoŋɡo | ‘gourd, pumpkin, squash’ |
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| *ɓoŋɡo | *ɓoŋɡo | ‘round’ |
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| *ɓoni | *ɓoni | ‘hang, depending’ |
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| *ɓoto | *ɓoto | ‘fontanelle’ |
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| *ɓoto | *ɓoto | ‘Millettia pinnata’ |
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| *ɓoto | *ɓoto | ‘mutter, whisper’ |
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| *ɓoto | *ɓoto | ‘neck’ |
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| *ɓua | *ɓua | ‘gather’ |
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| *ɓuas | *ɓuas | ‘equipment, thing’ |
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| *ɓuit | *ɓuit | ‘ant’ |
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| *ɓuit | *ɓuit | ‘backside, rear’ |
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| *ɓuku | *ɓuku | ‘joint, node’ |
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| *ɓula | *ɓula | ‘open the eyes’ |
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| *ɓuna | *ɓuna | ‘blossom, flower’ |
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| *ɓunda | *ɓunda | ‘fat-bellied’ |
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| *ɓuni | *ɓuni | ‘Cassia sp.’ |
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| *ɓusa | *ɓusa | ‘dog’ |
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| *ɓusu | *ɓusu | ‘cotton bow’ |
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| *ɓuɓu | *ɓuɓu | ‘boil, bubble’ |
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| *ɓuə | *ɓuə | ‘frizzy’ |
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| *ɓuə | *ɓuə | ‘hair’ |
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| *ɗada | *ɗada | ‘roast, warm (v.)’ |
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| *ɗade | *ɗade | ‘basil’ |
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| *ɗafu | *ɗafu | ‘chaotic, random, useless’ |
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| *ɗai | *ɗai | ‘arrive, reach’ |
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| *ɗai | *ɗai | ‘put’ |
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| *ɗalan | *ɗalan | ‘course, path, road, way’ |
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| *ɗama | *ɗama | ‘gum, resin, plaster, concrete’ |
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| *ɗaŋɡa | *ɗaŋɡa | ‘cross, step over’ |
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| *ɗano | *ɗano | ‘lake’ |
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| *ɗasi | *ɗasi | ‘affair, discussion, matter, speech’ |
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| *ɗee | *ɗee | ‘so, then’ |
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| *ɗee | *ɗee | ‘which’ |
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| *ɗeha | *ɗeha | ‘speak’ |
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| *ɗeke | *ɗeke | ‘pip, seed’ |
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| *ɗele | *ɗele | ‘Job’s tears’ |
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| *ɗeli | *ɗeli | ‘tendril, vine’ |
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| *ɗene | *ɗene | ‘field, garden’ |
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| *ɗenu | *ɗenu | ‘command, order’ |
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| *ɗere | *ɗere | ‘beat (drum)’ |
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| *ɗero | *ɗero | ‘citrus, lemon, orange (fruit)’ |
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| *ɗeta | *ɗeta | ‘dip’ |
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| *ɗeu | *ɗeu | ‘make fire’ |
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| *ɗii | *ɗii | ‘whinny’ |
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| *ɗiki | *ɗiki | ‘child, small’ |
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| *ɗila | *ɗila | ‘glitter, shine’ |
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| *ɗila | *ɗila | ‘wing’ |
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| *ɗilah | *ɗilah | ‘Aegle marmelos’ |
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| *ɗio | *ɗio | ‘crushed grain’ |
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| *ɗitə | *ɗitə | ‘gum, resin, stick to, sticky’ |
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| *ɗoa | *ɗoa | ‘belch, burp’ |
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| *ɗoa | *ɗoa | ‘vomit’ |
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| *ɗoi | *ɗoi | ‘carry’ |
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| *ɗoka | *ɗoka | ‘knee cavity’ |
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| *ɗoki | *ɗoki | ‘desire’ |
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| *ɗole | *ɗole | ‘brains, marrow’ |
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| *ɗolu | *ɗolu | ‘draw water’ |
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| *ɗolu | *ɗolu | ‘fish (v.)’ |
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| *ɗolu | *ɗolu | ‘lower’ |
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| *ɗombe | *ɗombe | ‘knee cavity’ |
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| *ɗoo | *ɗoo | ‘distant, far’ |
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| *ɗosa | *ɗosa | ‘vinegar’ |
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| *ɗoto | *ɗoto | ‘noise, sound, thunder’ |
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| *ɗoɗo | *ɗoɗo | ‘kill, stab’ |
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| *ɗoʔi | *ɗoʔi | ‘lever’ |
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| *ɗula | *ɗula | ‘carve, engrave, tattoo, pattern’ |
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| *ɗuŋɡu | *ɗuŋɡu | ‘insert’ |
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| *ɗuɗi | *ɗuɗi | ‘bow (v.), crouch, stoop’ |
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| *ɗuɗu | *ɗuɗu | ‘oakum’ |
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| *ɗuɗu | *ɗuɗu | ‘tinder’ |
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| *ɗəma | *ɗəma | ‘deep’ |
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| *ɗəma | *ɗəma | ‘drown’ |
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| *ɗəmbə | *ɗəmbə | ‘dip’ |
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| *əmə | *əmə | ‘come, from’ |
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| *əndi | *əndi | ‘bring, take’ |
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| *əu | *əu | ‘for’ |
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| *əu | *əu | ‘go’ |
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| *əu | *əu | ‘tired’ |
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| *‑uki | *‑uki | ‘exist, have, own, wealth’ |