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317:"clever" (hand-good).
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285:aka-yop
270:ôto-yop
251:cushion
212:Grammar
204:History
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487:ôto-
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300:limbs
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178:Balwa
38:India
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587:and
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416:ókô-
410:aka-
407:âkà-
399:ôn-
393:ong-
390:ong-
387:ong-
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