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All Words:

IDFullwordCount
1305nail78
131grass77
2206flesh76
2032sibling, opposite sex, younger76
1190ant75
176to spit75
1294rice75
182to suck74
144lake74
1233hair (body)71
243door68
1864you plural two (pronoun d:2p, dual)68
2017jaw68
187thin68
332chicken67
179to stab (or stick)66
2113burn (tr.)64
2169molar/tooth64
1225friend64
1189above63
157right (correct, true)61
198wide60
2139land58
1997right-side57
1301one hundred57
2056pan57
148to live57
2107testicles56
1911to climb56
158right (hand)56
1957outside56
2074negation-marker55
111to count55
150narrow54
829vagina54
102animal54
169to sing53
858cloth, clothes52
1210deaf52
1918shy, ashamed51
1863we excl. dual (pronoun d:1p, excl, dual)51
2141firewood51
1742sibling, opposite sex50
1293island50
797bush50
1280turtle50
984grandfather48
1990blind48
245eel48
939rattan48
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