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Word in English |
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"A" |
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a lot, many, much |
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a lot, plenty,
plentiful |
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African American, negro |
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again, over and over,
repeatedly |
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all |
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alligator |
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angry, mad |
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ankle |
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apple |
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apple juice |
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apple tree |
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apron |
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armband |
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arm, arms |
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arrive, to have come here |
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arrow |
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aunt, my aunt (father's side) |
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aunt, my older aunt
(mother's side) |
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aunt, my younger aunt
(mother's side) |
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axe |
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"B" |
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baby, child |
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baby powder |
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back, a person’s back |
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back, back of an animal |
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bacon, pork, fat meat |
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bad |
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bag, pocket, sack |
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bald, bare, smooth |
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ball |
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ball |
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banana |
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bark, as a dog |
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bathe, swim |
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Baxter Springs,
Kansas |
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beads |
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beans |
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bear, black bear |
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bed |
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bee, bees |
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beef |
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been, went |
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beer |
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behave, well behaved |
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bell, rattle |
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belly |
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belly, stomach |
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belt, sash |
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big |
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big |
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bird (also a personal name) |
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bit, twelve and a half cents |
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bite |
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bitter |
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black |
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black haw |
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blackberry |
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blanket |
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blood |
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blue |
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blue, pale blue |
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boat |
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bone |
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boots |
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born, give birth, bear a child |
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bottle, milk |
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bottle, whiskey |
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bow |
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bowl |
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bowl |
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boy |
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boy, bad |
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boy, oldest |
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boy, little |
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braid hair |
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braid, of hair |
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bread |
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bread, fry bread |
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bread, rye bread |
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break |
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breast |
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broom |
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brother, my brother, woman’s elder |
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brother, my younger brother |
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brown |
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bucket |
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buckeye |
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buffalo |
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buffalo calf (also personal name) |
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buffalo, Little Buffalo
Girl (personal name) |
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buffalo hide, skin |
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buffalo horn (also personal name) |
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buffalo, bull, male (also personal name) |
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buffalo, Walking Bull Buffalo (personal name) |
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bug |
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bumblebee |
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butter |
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buttocks, rear |
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buzzard |
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"C" |
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cabbage |
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cactus |
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cake |
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call out, shout, yell |
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cane |
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cannon |
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carry, pack on back |
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cat |
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catfish |
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cedar |
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cedar smoke |
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cedar tree |
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chair |
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cheese |
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Cherokee Indians |
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chest, Hit Me in the Chest
(personal name) |
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chest, trunk |
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chicken |
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chief (also a personal name) |
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chief, Little Chief
(personal name) |
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chief, Tall Chief
(nickname) |
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child, baby |
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chin |
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Christmas |
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Christmas gift |
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church |
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claw, talon, hoof |
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clock |
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cloth |
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cloth, calico |
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cloud (also a personal name) |
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coal |
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coat |
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coffee |
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cold |
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cold, cold weather, winter |
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cold, winter time |
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comb |
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come, come in, come back, come
here, come on |
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come back |
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cook |
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corn |
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cottonwood tree |
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cough |
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council |
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count |
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cow |
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crazy |
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crazy, wild |
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creek, river |
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Creek Indians |
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cricket |
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cripple |
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Crosses Stream
(personal name) |
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crow |
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cry |
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cup |
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"D" |
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dance |
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dance, fiddle -
whiteman’s dance |
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dance, stomp dance, leader |
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dance, war dance |
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daughter, first born,
birth name |
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daughter, my daughter |
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daughter, second born,
birth name |
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dark, darkness, evening |
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dark color, indistinct
black |
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day |
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daybreak, dawn |
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deer, dried meat |
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deer, buck deer |
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deer, little deer |
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defecate |
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desert, sand, dust |
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devil |
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diaper, breech cloth |
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die, dead |
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difficult, too much, too
high a price |
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dig |
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dime, ten cents |
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dipper |
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dirt, soil, ground, earth |
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dirty |
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divorced, they quit |
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do, you do |
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doctor |
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dog |
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dog, big dog |
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dollar |
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don't do that, that's enough |
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donkey, mule |
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door |
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dove, turtle dove |
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dream |
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dress |
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dress slip |
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drink |
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drive, drive something off |
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drum |
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drumstick |
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drunk |
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dry |
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duck |
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"E" |
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eagle |
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eagle claw, talon |
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eagle, Little White Eagle
(personal name) |
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eagle, Looking at the
Eagle, Visible Eagle (personal name) |
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eagle, Young Eagle,
Little Eagle (personal name) |
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ear, external ear |
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ear, inner ear |
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ear, ringing in ear |
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earring |
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east |
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eat, chew |
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eat, dine |
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eating |
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eel |
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egg |
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eight |
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eighteen |
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eighty |
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elbow |
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eleven |
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elk (also personal name) |
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enough, that's enough, don't do
that |
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evening |
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eye |
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eyebrows |
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eyelash |
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"F" |
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fall, fall season |
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far away, way off |
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fart, break wind |
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fast |
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fat |
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fat meat, bacon,
pork |
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father, my father |
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feather, on the head |
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Feather Rising, Getting
up (personal name) |
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feather, White Feather
(personal name) |
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feel like |
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female |
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fiddle, violin |
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field |
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fifteen |
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fifteen cents |
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fifty |
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fight |
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finger |
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finger, fourth finger |
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finger, index finger,
pointer |
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finger, little finger |
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finger, middle finger |
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fingernail |
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finish, complete |
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finish, quit |
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fire |
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fire, big fire |
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Fire Haⁿka (personal name) |
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fish |
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five |
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five cents, nickel |
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flat |
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flea |
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flesh, skin |
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flood (also a personal name) |
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flour |
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flower |
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fly, as birds |
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fly, house fly |
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food |
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foot, feet |
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football |
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footprint, trail, track
(also personal name) |
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fork |
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forty |
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four |
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fourteen |
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fox, gray fox |
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French person, French
people |
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Friday |
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friend |
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frog |
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fry, fried |
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frybread |
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future, will be, shall |
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"G" |
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garfish |
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get away, escape |
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get up, arise |
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get, take one’s own |
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get, take, receive, grab |
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ghost, spirit |
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girl |
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girl, baby girl |
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girl, bad girl |
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girl, pretty girl |
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give |
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give away something |
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glasses, eyeglasses |
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go |
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go, command |
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go after, fetch one’s
own |
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go home, to start homeward |
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go home, command |
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go, have gone
somewhere |
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goat |
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God (also personal name) |
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God (also personal name) |
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God, Father God |
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good |
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goodness |
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goose, geese |
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gourd |
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grandchild, my grandchild
(male or female) |
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granddaughter, my
granddaughter |
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grandfather, my
grandfather |
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grandmother |
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grandson, my grandson |
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grape, grapes |
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grape, big grape |
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grape dumplings |
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grass |
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grave |
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gravy |
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gray |
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gray fox |
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grease, lard, oil |
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green |
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green, bright green |
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green, pale green |
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ground, earth, soil |
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gun, iron |
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"H" |
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hail |
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hair |
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hair, curly hair |
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hair, white hair |
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half, in length |
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half dollar, fifty cents |
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hand |
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handkerchief |
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handsome |
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Haⁿka (personal name) |
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Haⁿka Bird (personal name) |
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Haⁿka, Difficult
Female Haⁿka (personal name) |
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Haⁿka, White Haⁿka
(personal name) |
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happy |
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happy, glad, like, pleased |
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hat |
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hatchet |
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hate, dislike |
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have, keep |
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have, possess |
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hawk (also personal name) |
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hawk, chicken hawk |
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hay |
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head |
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head, White Head (personal
name) |
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headache |
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hear, listen |
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heart |
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heaven |
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heavy |
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hello, greeting |
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help someone |
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here, right here, this place |
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hickory nut |
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hide, shell, skin, bark |
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hill |
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hit, slap, strike |
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holy, sacred |
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home, household |
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hominy (also personal name) |
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honey |
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horn, antler |
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horse |
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horse, black horse |
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horse, horse’s foot |
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hot |
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hot |
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house |
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house, white house |
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how are you |
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how are you doing |
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how many, how much |
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hundred, one hundred |
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hungry |
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hunt |
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hurry |
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hurt, ache, pain |
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husband |
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"I" |
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I, me |
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I to you |
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ice |
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Indian |
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Indian agent |
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indoors, in the house |
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inhale something, smell
something |
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ink |
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inside, in, within, under |
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iron, metal, gun |
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iron, used to iron
clothes |
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iron clothes, to
press |
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"J" |
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jaw |
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jaw bone |
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jay bird, blue jay |
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jug, bottle, container |
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juice, apple juice |
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"K" |
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kill |
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kindle |
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kiss |
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knee |
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knife |
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knob |
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know |
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"L" |
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lack, lacking, none |
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lake |
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land, countryside |
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language, word, talk, speak |
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lard, grease, oil |
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laugh, smile |
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lay down, sleep, lie, recline |
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lazy |
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leaf, leaves (also personal
name) |
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leg, legs |
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leggings |
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lid, covered up |
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lie down to sleep |
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light, lantern, lamp, candle |
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lightning, forked lightning
(also personal name) |
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lightweight |
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like |
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like, I like it |
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like, to not like, to not
want |
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like, like that, similar
to, thus, so |
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little, small, young |
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locomotive, train |
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long, tall |
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longtime |
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look |
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look at each other |
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look (command) |
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look for, search for, hunt
for |
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look upon, watch over,
oversee |
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love |
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"M" |
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mad, angry |
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make, do, cause |
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make, do, cause (command) |
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make oneself |
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male animal |
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male animal |
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man |
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many, much, a lot |
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married, marry each other |
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Mary, Jesus’s mother |
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match |
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me, I |
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me too |
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meadowlark |
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mean |
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mean, angry, irritated |
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meat, dried meat, deer |
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medicine |
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men, people, clan, person |
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metal, iron, gun |
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Mexican, Spanish, Español |
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middle, half |
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might, maybe, perhaps |
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milk |
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mine, my |
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mine, not mine, not my |
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mirror |
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mistreat, abuse |
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moccasin |
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mole, as on the skin |
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Monday |
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money |
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monkey |
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moon |
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morning, in the morning |
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morning, before daybreak |
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mosquito |
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mother, my mother |
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mountain |
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mountain lion,
panther, cougar, puma |
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mouse |
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mouth |
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movie, show |
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much |
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mulberry tree |
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mule, donkey |
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muskrat |
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"N" |
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naked to the waist, stripped to
the waist |
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name |
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near |
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Nebraska |
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neck, wear around the neck |
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necklace, beads |
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new |
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new year, new year’s day |
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nickel, five cents |
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night |
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night, good night |
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nine |
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nineteen |
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ninety |
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no |
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none, to have none, be lacking |
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north |
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nose |
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not, negative, negation |
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now |
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"O" |
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oak, black oak, black
tree |
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oak, post oak, gray tree |
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odor, smell, emit any odor |
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oil, lard, grease |
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old, grown up, mature |
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old |
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oldest boy, oldest son |
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oldest boy, oldest
son |
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on, upon |
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one |
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one hundred |
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one thousand |
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onion |
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only, only that, just |
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open, pull open |
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opossum |
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orange color |
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orange fruit |
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Osage |
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otter |
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our, we rather than others |
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outside, outdoors |
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over, on top of |
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owl, hoot owl |
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owl, horned owl |
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owl, screech owl |
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"P" |
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pain, hurt, ache |
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panther, puma, mountain lion,
cougar |
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pants |
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paper, book, letter |
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Pawnee |
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pawpaw, banana |
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pecan, pecan nut |
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pecan tree |
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pencil |
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penny, one cent |
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people, person, men |
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pepper |
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perhaps, might, maybe |
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persimmon |
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personality, disposition,
will |
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picture |
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pie |
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pierce, stab, perforate |
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pig |
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pillow |
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pill, pills |
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pink |
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pipe |
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pitiful, poor |
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plate |
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play |
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plentiful, plenty, a lot |
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pocket, sack, bag |
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point, to point at |
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point with lips |
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police, soldier |
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Ponca |
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poor, pitiful |
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pop, soda pop |
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pot |
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potato |
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potato, Irish potato |
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potato, sweet potato |
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potato, sweet
potato |
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potato, white potato |
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powder, baby powder |
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pray, beg, ask for something |
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pray, talk to heaven |
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President of the United
States |
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President,
Indian Agent |
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press, to press down |
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pretty, good |
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pretty |
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pretty day |
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pretty girl |
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push away, push it (command) |
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"Q" |
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quail |
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Quapaw |
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quarter, twenty-five cents |
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quick, hurry |
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quit, finish |
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"R" |
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rabbit |
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raccoon |
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raccoon, black
raccoon |
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rain |
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raise, pull up high |
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rat, mouse |
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rattle, bell |
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read, read aloud, call or name
something |
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real, very, fully |
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really, very |
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red |
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redbird, cardinal |
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remain, be left over |
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repeatedly, again, over and
over |
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rib, rib bone |
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ribbon |
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rice |
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rich |
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rich, rich people |
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ring, finger ring |
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ringing, ringing in the
ear |
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river, big river |
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river, big river |
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river, Spring River |
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roach, deer tail headdress |
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road |
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robin |
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rock, stone |
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rooster, male chicken |
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rope, string |
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round, spherical |
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rug, blanket |
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run, as a person not an animal |
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run fast, as a person not
an animal |
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"S" |
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sack, bag, pocket |
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sacred, holy |
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saddle |
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said, they said, they say |
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salt |
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sand, desert, dust |
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Saturday |
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say, talk, word, speak |
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scarf, handkerchief |
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school, school house |
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scissors |
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scratch |
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search for, look for, hunt
for |
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see |
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see, I see you |
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seed |
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seed, pit, grain,
kernel |
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seven |
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seventy |
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seventy-five
cents |
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shake |
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sharp |
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shawl |
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Shawnee, Shawnee Tribe |
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shell shaker, stomp
dance shells |
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shirt |
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shoe |
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shoot, shoot at something |
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shoot, shoot each other,
war |
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short |
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shout, yell, call out |
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shut, close, cave in, cover |
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sick, ill |
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sister, older sister |
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sit, sit down, be sitting, be in
a place, camp |
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sit upon |
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six |
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sixteen |
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sixty |
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skillet |
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skin, flesh |
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skinny |
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skirt, dress |
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skunk |
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sleep |
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slimy, muddy, ropy, viscous |
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slow, late, delay |
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slowly, deliberately,
thoughtfully, cautiously |
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small, little, young |
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smart, does not forget |
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smell, odor, emit any odor |
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smile, laugh |
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smoke |
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snake |
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snow, snowing |
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soaked, wet |
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soap |
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soil, ground, dirt, earth |
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soldier, police |
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some |
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son |
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son, first son |
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son, first son |
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son-in-law |
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soup |
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south |
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Spanish, Español, Mexican |
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speak, talk with one |
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spill, push over and spill |
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spiral, twisted, curled |
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spirit, ghost |
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spoon |
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spotted, speckled |
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spring, springtime |
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spring water, cold
water |
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squirrel |
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stand |
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star |
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stink, emit offensive odor |
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stink feet |
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stockings, hose |
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stomach, belly |
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stone, rock |
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stooped, stooped over |
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stop |
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storm, wind blowing hard |
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stove |
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strawberry |
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string, rope |
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striped |
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strong, hard, with great
effort |
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sugar |
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sulphur water |
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summer time, sun shining |
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sun |
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sun,
Little White Sun (personal name) |
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sun up, the sun is sure up
(also personal name) |
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Sun Way Off (personal
name) |
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sun, White Sun Gets
up, Comes (personal name) |
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Sunday |
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suspenders |
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sweep, brush away, knock away |
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sweet |
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swim |
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swim, bathe |
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syrup |
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"T" |
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table |
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tail |
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take, get, receive, grab |
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talk, word, speak, say |
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talk, fast talk, loud
talk |
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talk, talk louder |
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tall, long |
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talon, claw, hoof |
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tea |
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teach, cause to know, cause to
understand |
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teacher, teach |
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teeth, tooth |
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ten |
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thank you |
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that |
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that there |
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there |
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thin |
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thin, skinny, lean |
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think, decide, form an opinion |
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thirsty |
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thirteen |
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thirty |
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this |
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this one |
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three |
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throat |
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thunder |
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thunder, distant
thunder, little thunder (also personal name) |
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thunder, loud thunder
(also personal name) |
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Thunder Person
(personal name) |
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Thursday |
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tick, insect |
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time |
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tip, tip of something |
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tipi |
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tipi, tent |
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tired, weary |
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to, in, to there, in there |
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to, toward, at |
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tobacco |
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today, this day |
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toe, toes |
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toe, big toe |
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toe nail |
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toilet paper |
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tomato |
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tomorrow |
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tongue |
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toothpick |
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town, village |
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track, trail, footprint
(also personal name) |
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train, locomotive |
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tree, wood, log |
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tree, bush, vine, stalk,
leg |
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trunk, chest |
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try hard, with great effort |
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Tuesday |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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turkey |
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turtle |
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turtle, big turtle |
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turtle shell |
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turtle, striped
turtle, terrapin |
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twelve |
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twenty |
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twisted, spiral, curled |
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two |
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"U" |
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ugly |
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ugly, bad |
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uncle (on mother’s side) |
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under, inside, in, within |
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understand, know |
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unwilling, refuse, decline,
lazy |
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upon, on |
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upper, upward, heaven |
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urinate |
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urine |
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"V" |
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valley |
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very, real, fully |
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very, really |
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village, town |
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violin, fiddle |
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visible, in sight |
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"W" |
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wagon, cart |
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walk |
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walk fast |
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walnut, black walnut |
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want, desire, wish |
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want not, like not |
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war, shoot each other |
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warm |
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wash |
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wash one’s own |
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wash, ring out, laundry |
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wasp, bee |
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watch, clock |
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water, liquid, river |
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water, cold water,
spring water |
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watermelon |
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way off, far away |
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we |
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wear |
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weary, tired |
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Wednesday |
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west |
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wet |
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wet, soaked |
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what |
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what, how, in what manner |
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wheel |
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when, future, will be,
shall |
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when, when in the future |
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when, when in the past |
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where |
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where, which
direction |
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whiskey |
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whiskey bottle |
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white |
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white hair |
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White Head (personal name) |
|
white man |
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white race, white
people, American |
|
white woman |
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whitish, pale, white in
the distance |
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who, which one |
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why |
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wife |
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wild, crazy |
|
will, disposition,
personality |
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wind |
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wing |
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winter, cold weather, cold |
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winter time, cold |
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wolf |
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woman, lady, wife, female
animal |
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wood, tree, log |
|
woodpecker |
|
woodpecker, red-headed
woodpecker |
|
wrap something around, wrap
it up |
|
wrap, fold in a bundle,
covering |
|
write, draw |
|
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"X" |
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None |
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"Y" |
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year |
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yell, shout, call out |
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yellow |
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yes |
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yesterday |
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you |
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young, little, small |
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young, immature |
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your, yours |
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"Z" |
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None |
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