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Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Takuu
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PN.PUNOU
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Punou
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(of a person) Stooped, bent over with age or infirmity
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Takuu
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PN.PUTO
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Puto
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That part of a net or sail that balloons outward from the wind or water; (of a sail or a fishing net) to balloon outwards
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Takuu
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OC.PUTU.1
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Puutu/na
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Large group of people gathering for work or entertainment; An afternoon of storytelling, singing and dancing organised as an entertaining distraction for mourners (obs.)
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Sikaiana
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PN.RAFO
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Laho
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Root of pandanus {paku} tree, sliced and then left to dry, used as house walling slats
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Takuu
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OC.LAPA.2
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Rapa
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Speak too fast to be understood
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Takuu
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EO.LAWA.1A
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Rava
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Full, enough, have eaten enough food
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Takuu
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FJ.LII.2
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Rii/rii
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Wind (e.g. fishing line around stick), tie (bait onto hook)
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Takuu
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PN.LIFU
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Rihu
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Tire of doing something; lose patience with someone; (of a fish) refuse to take the hook, not bite; start to eat something. then realise you do not want to eat it
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Takuu
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PN.LIU.1
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Rui
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Bilge of canoe; groove, depression, or inner concavity of an object (such as the grooved surface of a curved adze or the hollow of a cup or bowl)
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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MP.KILA.2
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Saa/kila
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Look or glance once out of the corner of one’s eye
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Takuu
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EO.SAQALO
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Saa(o)roo
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Scrape something (with a knife, etc.) in order to soften it
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Sikaiana
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SO.SA-SALA
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Sala kai
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To harvest, to gather food from the bush
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Takuu
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NP.SAWA.1
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S/sava
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Covered or smeared with an undesirable substance (e.g. paint, blood, faeces)
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Takuu
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NP.WEKU.1
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Seku/seku
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Dishevelled, disarranged in appearance, messy or untidy looking, unkempt
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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MP.SELU
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Seru
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Comb; long tail feathers of rooster and some other birds
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Sikaiana
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CP.SEU
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S/seu
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To fish with a bamboo rod using a casting motion that pulls the hook over the top of the surface of water
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Takuu
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CP.SISI.3
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Ssii
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Scoop out the flesh of coconuts, clams, etc.
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Takuu
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CP.SILA.1A
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S/sila
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Slanted, crooked; bent; (of one’s eyes) cross-eyed
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Takuu
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NP.SUMU.1
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Simu
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Lash or tie a three-legged stool (tuai) or oilfish hook (maatau hakasoro) in a prescribed manner
Phonologically Irregular
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Sikaiana
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CP.SINA.2
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Sina
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The central character of many of the traditional fairy tales {tala}. By legend, a woman who lives on the moon; she can be seen weaving her mat when the moon is full
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Takuu
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PN.SILI.1
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Siri
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(of sleepiness, hunger, etc.) Decrease, wane, disappear, be gone; (of an entire coconut tree) too old to bear more fruit; (of a coconut, coconut embryo, giant taro, etc.) matured past the point where it is good to eat or drink, overripe
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Takuu
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FJ.QAA-SIO-SIO
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Sisioi, siosio/lloa
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Waterspout, typhoon; dragonfly
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Sikaiana
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PN.SUKE
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Suke
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Rummage about as when looking for something
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Takuu
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PN.TAFITO.A
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Tahito
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Foot or base of a tree or pole; beginning of a story, history; cause of a problem
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Takuu
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FJ.TAFU.A
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Tahu
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Kindle a fire, light a fire, add wood to a fire
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Sikaiana
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PN.TAKAI
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Taakai
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A belt (woven on the loom, or store-bought)
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Takuu
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MP.TAKUU
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Takuu unamea
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(obs.) Hatchet whose blade is made of turtle bone set into a wooden handle, used for scraping swamp taro
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Sikaiana
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PN.TAGULU
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Tallu
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Make a dull booming noise as waves do when they break, or pounding of a hammer
Phonologically Irregular
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Sikaiana
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PN.TAPU-WAQE
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Tapuae
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Foot print, tracks of animal
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Takuu
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SO.TAPU-VAQE
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Tapuvae
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Heel of the foot
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Takuu
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PN.TALA.4
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Tara hora
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Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata)
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Takuu
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PN.TALA.4
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Tara moana
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Sooty or Bridled Tern (Sterna sp.) (not usually seen close to Takuu)
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Takuu
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PN.TALA.1
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Tara
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Barb on a fishhook, spear, etc; thorn; spine(s) on the fin of a fish
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Sikaiana
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CP.TAUME
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Taume
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Shoot of a coconut branch
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Takuu
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PN.TERE.A
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Tere
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(of a canoe or ship or its occupants) Sail, travel over water; (of a car or other land vehicle or its occupants) go, drive; (of fish) run as a school
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Sikaiana
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FJ.TILI.3
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Tili/tili
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Knock, as in knocking on a door
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Sikaiana
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PN.TOO.3
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Too
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To fall, of rain
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Ifira-Mele
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PN.TOO.3
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Too
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(of rain) Fall
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Sikaiana
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PN.TOTO.1
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Toto
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(rare) Blood
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Takuu
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AN.TOFI
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T/tohi
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Split or tear something apart (e.g. an item of food)
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Takuu
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PN.TOGI.1A
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Toni
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Open coconut for drinking by cutting an opening in the pointed end; cut a wedge from a branch (e.g. to check on the quality of the wood); lodge a machete in a coconut trunk
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Takuu
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XO.TO-TOKA
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Tootoka
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Door, doorway
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Sikaiana
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XO.TO-TOKA
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Tootoka
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Door of a house
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Luangiua
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AN.TOA
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Ki/koa
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Ironwood (Casuarina equisetifolia)
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Sikaiana
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NP.TUQU.2
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Tuu
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Strap of a back strap loom
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Sikaiana
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PN.TUQA.1C
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T/tua
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Open ocean, ocean outside the lagoon.
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Sikaiana
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EO.TUFA.1
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Tuha
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(rare) To divide food unevenly
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Mangareva
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PN.TUKU.C
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Tuku atu
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Lâcher, loosen
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Takuu
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PN.TUGI.*
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T/tuni
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Set fire to, burn (e.g. grass, rubbish); heat up rocks, shells, or similar hard materials;cook (coconut cream) by inserting hot stones or by heating over a fire; (of the sun) burn fiercely, be uncomfortably hot
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Takuu
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MP.HIKO-FI
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Ukohi
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Wooden tongs for removing hot stones from fire; remove (e.g. hot stones) from fire with tongs
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