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aa
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interj |
indicates surprise |
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aafo
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n |
[Eng 'Half'] half penny |
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aafu
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n |
[Eng 'Half'] half penny |
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aak
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interj |
please (emphatic, persuasive, very polite) |
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aakpONO
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n |
named child (someone named after another, each is 'akp'ON'O to the other) |
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aba edem
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n |
the back (anat) ('ed'em back, side) |
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aba(1)
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n |
cavity, hollow, hole |
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aba(2)
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num |
forty |
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aba(3)
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adv |
again, anymore, still (used most commonly with a negative verb) |
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abaak
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aj |
young, not full grown ('ab'a'ak can be used with the name of any domestic animal) |
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abaakaN
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n |
a kind of tree which often grows very large in the bush, its succulent leaves are used for goat fodder, 'African nutmeg' (Adams), 'wild nutmeg' (Dalziel), Pycnanthus kombo (Dalziel) |
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abada
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n |
men's robes, [yoruba] 'Agbada,' |
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abai
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n |
pillar |
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abakaN
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n |
a kind of tree which often grows very large in the bush, its succulent leaves are used for goat fodder, 'African nutmeg' (Adams), 'wild nutmeg' (Dalziel), Pycnanthus kombo (Dalziel) |
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abakpa
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n |
maize (corn) |
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abara
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n |
men's robes |
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abasi
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n |
God, god |
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abebet
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n |
waiting, waiting for |
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abebIt
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aj |
black, ripe, mature |
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abedeN
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n |
valley, abyss |
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abek
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n |
a bundle, a bundle of long, stiff objects; a bundle of twenty; a ten (in the decimal system of mathematics); num twenty (archaic) |
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abem
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n |
next year (in the context of future), last year (in the context of past) |
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abia
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n |
specialist, practitioner |
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abia
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n |
a tattler, rumor-monger |
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abia akpO
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n |
bone specialist, bone setter |
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abia awuen
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n |
needle |
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abiit
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n |
umblical cord |
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abio
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n |
town, village (gen used with place names) |
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abio akpO
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n |
stilts, stilt dance, stilt dancer |
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abiojai
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n |
a kind of bird, multicolored |
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abiON
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n |
hunger |
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abIraNkIn
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n |
[Eng] blanket |
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abIre
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n |
a kind of yam formerly planted only by women, water yam, Discorea alata (Dalziel); a women's dance danced at the time of the water yam harvest; a society of old women associated with water yam harvest |
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abo
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n |
a market day |
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abodom
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n |
a drum made from a section of a tree tunk which is hollowed out, it is beaten with sticks of 'ns'i'ip 'ak'O'Ok and is used for sending messages and as musical instrument |
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abOikpa
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n |
an adolescent girl. This is a contracted form of 'ab'Ob'O 'ikp'a one who wears leather, i.e. a belt, formerly young girls wore only a brief piece of skin at the waist |
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abom
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n |
the central beam of a house, it runs the length of the roof |
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abon
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n |
a mud fish |
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abOn
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n |
secret society connected with the 'ekp^e masquerade |
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abON
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n |
mosquito |
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abOn
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n |
gunpowder |
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abON(1)
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n |
pimple |
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abON(2)
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n |
a creeper with a segmented stem, cane chairs and baskets are woven from it, Ancistrophyllum secundiflorum (?) (Dalziel) |
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abOO
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n |
collector |
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abOON
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n |
chief; lord (traditional or religious) |
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abOrO
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n |
a creeper with a rope-like segmented stem, a ring of it placed around a hen's eggs, when she had laid them in the bush, will keep snakes away |
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abOrO
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n |
sexual organ of snail |
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abu
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n |
a small shrimp, 'cray fish' |
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abu
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n |
dust (from the road that blows about; that is raised by sweeping) |
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abu edO
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n |
a weed that comes up after farmland is cleared, used for enemas |
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abu ekem
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n |
a type of large shrimps |
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abubit
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aj |
black, mature, ripe |
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abufIm
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n |
traditional woven tray made from reeds; fan |
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abukpOk
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n |
a plank; the board for the game of draughts (checkers) |
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abuma(1)
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n |
a kind of game involving going around in circles with interlocked arms |
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abuma(2)
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n |
thunder |
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aburuusi
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n |
[Eng] police, policeman |
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abuusi
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n |
cat |
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abuut
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n |
shame |
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abuut abuut
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adv, aj |
shyly, shamefully |
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abVk
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n |
flesh (animal, human, fruit, nut); muscle |
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ada
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n |
a kind of fish, 'mud skipper' |
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ada
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n |
sleeping room esp in women's houses |
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ada
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n |
barren woman; aj barren (of animal, trees) |
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adadaRa
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n |
supporting pillars to a house |
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adak
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n |
something put underneath to collect liquid |
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adan
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n |
oil (implies palm oil unless otherwise qualified); grease, pomade |
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adaNa
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n |
boundary (natural or created by planted trees, heaping by planted trees, heaping sand), limit; time, space of time |
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adaRa
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n |
beneath, underneath |
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adeedeke
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aj |
over-indulged, spoiled, holding gently (fragile stuff) |
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adeen
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n |
man, male |
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adeesi
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n |
rice |
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adektrik
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n |
electricity |
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adere
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n |
the day before business; Sunday; church service, church used in the names of certain market days |
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adere
|
n |
the upper part of a slope; inland, interior; north |
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aderimbot
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n |
world; the upper part of a slope; inland, interior; north |
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aderimbot
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n |
world; the upper part of a slope; inland, interior; north |
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adet
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n |
the day before business; Sunday; church service, church used in the names of certain market days |
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adi
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conj |
[last var is Efik and is rarely used] but |
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adia ntok inuen
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n |
a kind of small black and white bird, it goes in pairs, one has a long tail and the other doesn't lit first born daughter of small bird also called 'ns'im 'ns'im 'aj'OR' O 'ef^Ok in some areas, in other areas this last name is a syn for 'ad'u^a |
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adiaha
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n |
title of first daughter either to father or mother |
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adiaN
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n |
a kind of tail tree, the seeds from its large fruit are roasted and eaten, prob 'African breadfruit,' Treculia africana (Dalziel) |
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adiaN
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n |
a kind of fish with a flat body, it moves like a fan |
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adiaNNa
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n |
a kind of fish with a flat body, it moves like a fan |
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adibene
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n |
wall |
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adidaRa
|
n |
supporting pillars to a house |
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adidem
|
n |
king; God |
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adidian ekpa
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n |
spleen |
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adidian ekpa
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n |
spleen |
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adidian itON
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n |
sore throat, tonsilitis |
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adidIme
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n |
electric fish |
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adidiON
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n |
blessing, fixing up, repairing, improving, decorating, adorning, preparing |
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adiduN
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n |
settler |
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adieke
|
conj |
if |
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adijIk
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n |
frightful thing |
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adijIk
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n |
having one's teeth set on edge (of the teeth) causes the teeth to be set on edge |
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adikpInne
|
n |
state of numbness in the limbs |
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adikpo
|
n |
sweat |
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adinam
|
n |
an act, action |
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adioRo
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n |
bleeding from the gums |