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Pacahuara

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Key and Comrie’s "Intercontinental Dictionary Series" from 2023; not yet reviewed by a native speaker.

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'čiʔi
FIRE

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Key and Comrie’s "Intercontinental Dictionary Series" from 2023. Key, Mary Ritchie & Comrie, Bernard (eds.) 2023. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7701635. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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'c̷ɨmo
CLOUD

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Key and Comrie’s "Intercontinental Dictionary Series" from 2023. Key, Mary Ritchie & Comrie, Bernard (eds.) 2023. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7701635. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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'hiwi
TREE

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Key and Comrie’s "Intercontinental Dictionary Series" from 2023. Key, Mary Ritchie & Comrie, Bernard (eds.) 2023. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7701635. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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'hɨnɨ
WATER

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Key and Comrie’s "Intercontinental Dictionary Series" from 2023. Key, Mary Ritchie & Comrie, Bernard (eds.) 2023. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7701635. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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'kařo
FIREWOOD

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Key and Comrie’s "Intercontinental Dictionary Series" from 2023. Key, Mary Ritchie & Comrie, Bernard (eds.) 2023. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7701635. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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'mai
LAND

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Key and Comrie’s "Intercontinental Dictionary Series" from 2023. Key, Mary Ritchie & Comrie, Bernard (eds.) 2023. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7701635. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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'mišpo
ASH

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Key and Comrie’s "Intercontinental Dictionary Series" from 2023. Key, Mary Ritchie & Comrie, Bernard (eds.) 2023. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7701635. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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'naina
THUNDER

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Key and Comrie’s "Intercontinental Dictionary Series" from 2023. Key, Mary Ritchie & Comrie, Bernard (eds.) 2023. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7701635. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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'waři
SUN

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Key and Comrie’s "Intercontinental Dictionary Series" from 2023. Key, Mary Ritchie & Comrie, Bernard (eds.) 2023. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7701635. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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'wištima
STAR

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Key and Comrie’s "Intercontinental Dictionary Series" from 2023. Key, Mary Ritchie & Comrie, Bernard (eds.) 2023. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7701635. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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'ʔani
FLOWING BODY OF WATER

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Key and Comrie’s "Intercontinental Dictionary Series" from 2023. Key, Mary Ritchie & Comrie, Bernard (eds.) 2023. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7701635. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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'ʔoṣ̌ɨ
MOON

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Key and Comrie’s "Intercontinental Dictionary Series" from 2023. Key, Mary Ritchie & Comrie, Bernard (eds.) 2023. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7701635. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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ko'ʔina
SMOKE (EXHAUST)

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Key and Comrie’s "Intercontinental Dictionary Series" from 2023. Key, Mary Ritchie & Comrie, Bernard (eds.) 2023. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7701635. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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na'ipa
SKY

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Key and Comrie’s "Intercontinental Dictionary Series" from 2023. Key, Mary Ritchie & Comrie, Bernard (eds.) 2023. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7701635. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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o'i
RAIN (PRECIPITATION)

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Key and Comrie’s "Intercontinental Dictionary Series" from 2023. Key, Mary Ritchie & Comrie, Bernard (eds.) 2023. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7701635. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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