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All Words:

IDFullwordCount
329lime244
1678limestick18
913lips132
2120litter, rubbish1
2147little finger18
2281little toe0
2443lively, busy6
36liver468
802lizard26
1950locative3
820locative noun suffix5
841Locative noun suffix (at, to, from)9
2534log1
1681loincloth164
2442loins15
37long761
269loose9
38louse1039
2263low, beneath4
2388lower arm12
2197lower back26
952lungs95
1191machete19
1683magic17
2520make hole (in ground)11
2271make war2
322male195
2241malicious7
1686mallet5
39man1064
1687mango14
2440mangrove3
986mans' father in law1
987man's mother in law1
40many510
2262marsupial4
2117mask1
1237mat43
1688maternal uncle9
2229matoa9
41meat (flesh)640
2193meat (game)0
499Medial Sequential Suffix ("having finished that, and then")4
506Medial SS Verb Suffix5
884Medial Verb Suffix4
498Medial Verb Suffix DS10
2059me (pronoun o:1s)123
2201midday35
894middle, tongue3
2452midrib3
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