Nafe (Kwamera)

v hang oneself or another

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v fish (in a group with nets)

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v intr splatter, scatter, spread, disperse

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v intr see

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v tr eat, consume

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v nod (as one’s head)

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v drink, sip, seat (an orange)

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v suckle, nurse

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v intr leave, exit, escape, run away

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v gust (as the wind)

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v use protective magic

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v intr have diarrhoea

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v grasp, keep, retain, hold onto (as property), be faithful to (as a person)

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v 1. order, set in order; 2. clean up, police, collect leavings of food (for fear of sorcery)

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v 1. cry; 2. pity

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v intr heal (as a sore), feel better, calm, become quiet

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v spread, spread out

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v/a level, flat (as ground)

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v kick, stub one’s foot

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v strike down, kill at a blow

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v lure (as fish with magical leaves floated on the sea)

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v sleep, close (as one’s eyes, or the leaves of a plant at night), blink

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v 1. trade, exchange (goods, blows); 2. fight with clubs)

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v/a 1. rest; 2. intoxicated, drunk

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v 1. refuse, not want, choose not to, leave, stop (doing), not care, give up; 2. with ra, denotes state of sufficiency: plenty, enough

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v forget, leave behind, not take, not want

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v var. of -apwaha

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v 1. lick, kiss; 2. bring together, close up

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v. plant (certain plants such as taro, papaya, kava, sugarcane, manioc)

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v avoid, draw back, shrink from

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v 1. strive, work at and succeed, go where there is no road, beat through the bush or heavy seas; 2. persevere, go ahead with anyway, pester

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v 1. roll, push; 2. rattle (as a can full of small rocks)

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v intr boil, toss (as the sea), fizz (as soda), bubble

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v intr 1. explore, go off into the unknown, search; 2. be confused, worried

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v gargle, rinse one’s mouth

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v intr live, stay at, exist at

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v intr move, act, stand or leave simultaneously

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v spit

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v intr see -aragaha

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v spread to dry (in the sun)

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v 1. carry (as a baby), nurse; 2. bear, provide a descendent

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v cut, slice

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v throw, throw away, discard

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v 1. drop, let go of, throw away, discard; 2. stop doing, leave, die, no longer exist; 3. dodge (as a thrown stone)

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v/a 1. shake (as a tree); 2. shaky, loose, slack

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v knead, mx by hand, grope

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v close (as a door)

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v. 1. dig (as with a spade), 2. sprout

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v 1. rotate, turn in circles, turn aside, turn (something) around; 2. turn around at (a place)

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v var. of -arak(i)

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v reach out, grab, punch at, swim the crawl, shadow box

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v 1. open (as a door, trunk); 2. begin, ceremonially open (as a new road)

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v cough

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v push aside, scoop out (as coconut meat), dig, bulldoze

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v tr warm, dry by fire

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v 1. stand, stand on; 2. remain, be like, be at, be in office (as an elected official); 3. stop at (as a bus, or truck)

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v. to ask

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v drop (as a box or stone), let go of

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v reflect, mirror, look in a mirror

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v remember, recall, think about, ponder

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v warm oneself, sit near a fire

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v 1. give, give out, distribute; 2. purchase, buy something with money

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v 1. tie up, attach, bind, wrap in leaves (as food to bake), wear (something tied on); 2. carry on a pole with a man taking each end, carry on one’s back

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v whip, strike with a rope or stick

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v. husk, skin (as a coconut)

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v err, make a mistake

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v/a greasy, oily, shiny and sleek with hair pomade, grease, oil

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v 1. edge, weave a border (of a basket or mat); 2. be full (as a container of liquid), come up to the edge of a container; 3. conclude (as a discussion), reach an agreement; 4. whip, strike with a rope or stick

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v roll (as a cigarette), roll up (as a mat)

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v dir sense (hear, fell, touch, taste)

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v 1. singe, burn (as hair off a pig), warm, dry by a fire; 2. cook (on a fire)

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v scrub, manipulate

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v fill, stuff (as tobacco into a pipe), insert (as food into a bamboo section to bake)

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v throw (more than one object)

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v buy, pay a salary, pay someone for something

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v compress, tighten, close up, weave tightly

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v 1. push (as a stalled truck); 2. insert

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v stand (implies more than one person)

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v intr laugh

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v 1. flow (as water), blow, push before (as the wind); 2. feel the need to urinate or defecate

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v tr wear a shirt

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v 1. wrestle, struggle, throw a tantrum (as a child on the ground); 2. scratch (as a hen)

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v mispronounce, misspeak, speak differently

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v 1. stir (as with a spoon), crank; 2. swing one’s arms (as in a nupu dance)

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v intr 1. start, be suprised by; 2. transplant, dig up (as a plant), scrape out (as used tobacco from a pipe)

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v tr wear around neck (as a necklace, neck ornament or tie)

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v reach out, reach in, extend an arm

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v leap, jump up to, fly off (as a bird), take off (as a plane)

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v waste, expend, use up

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v 1. singe, burn slightly; 2. have a fever

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v 1. construct, build (a house, table, canoe), repair; 2. specialise, make well, have knowledge of, be wise in

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v intr rustle, swish, rasp, scrape

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v intr twitch, jerk about (as a dying fish), slither (as a snake), flop about

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v rinse one’s face, pour water over one’s head

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v duck, dodge, evade

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v intr bathe, swim

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v intr make war, fight (as local groups)

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v spit, spit out (as chewed kava onto a leaf to wait further preparation)

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v go astray, lose one’s way, walk off a trail

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v hold it

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