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Word in English |
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"A" |
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African American, negro |
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again |
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all, all of us |
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alligator |
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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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armband |
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arms |
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arrive |
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arrow |
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aunt, my aunt |
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aunt, my older aunt |
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aunt, my younger aunt |
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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 |
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bacon |
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bad |
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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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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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beef |
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been, went |
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beer |
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bees |
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belly |
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belly |
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belt |
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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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boat |
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bone |
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boots |
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born |
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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, little |
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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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cane |
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cannon |
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cat |
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catfish |
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cedar smoke |
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cedar tree |
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chair |
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Cherokee Indians |
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chest, Hit Me in the Chest
(personal name) |
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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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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 weather |
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cold, winter time |
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comb |
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come |
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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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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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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 |
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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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dig |
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dime |
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dipper |
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dirty |
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divorced, separated |
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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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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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drum stick |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 |
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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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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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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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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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grease, lard, oil |
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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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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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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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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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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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"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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make |
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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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