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All Words:

IDFullwordCount
511for (benefactive) ((cliticised or suffixed to noun))0
791thigh206
792son32
793which?5
794how much?28
795now114
796to cough199
797bush50
798Relative3
799garden331
801penis230
802lizard26
804purposive verb suffix5
805to call out176
806navel277
807trunk (of tree)176
808yesterday, tomorrow20
809day before yesterday, day after tomorrow0
810predicative possessive suffix7
812to scrape off36
813to drill3
814leech82
817to pain6
818to chop, cut down161
820locative noun suffix5
822PL suffix on kinship nouns7
823breadfruit108
824taro402
825body84
826yam413
827to enter27
829vagina54
831(honey) bee17
832you pl. (pronoun d:2p)574
833ripe156
834a (certain one), some, another11
835spear (N)251
836to spear9
837anus, buttocks37
838to run276
839top44
840(immediate) imperative plural verb suffix9
841Locative noun suffix (at, to, from)9
842to pour out130
843to buy, sell, barter136
845sibling, same sex, younger154
846to eat, drink0
847noose, trap, net10
849to do, make118
850work (n)88
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