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All Words:

IDFullwordCount
115dirty170
32horn169
323female167
156to push166
1670kunai166
268light165
1681loincloth164
135here162
818to chop, cut down161
883sibling, opposite sex, older161
1229to go down160
1986older sister158
81to rain157
924crooked157
199wife156
833ripe156
250finger156
324canoe155
845sibling, same sex, younger154
920calf (of leg)153
1231to go up152
950your pl (pronoun p:2p)152
937our (pronoun p:1p)151
1257sap151
249to fill150
898old man150
947saliva150
1988stump149
1905they dual (pronoun d:3p, dual)149
2075possessive-marker148
1965to jump147
159river147
1736shadow (shade, shadow)146
2087axe (iron)145
954to fell tree143
263hole143
938to put down143
1555arm, hand141
277to plant140
874old woman139
911to look137
859cooked137
1980tree top137
301string bag137
1726roast136
1968vulva136
843to buy, sell, barter136
1266to swallow134
2034to be133
2068him, her, it (pronoun o:3s)132
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