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NGENG NGI NGIA NGIAK NGIAM

Ngeng.

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To meet; escort; welcome; receive.
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To congeal; freeze; coagulate; stern; rigorous; to fix.

Ngi.

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Fit; right; proper; suitable to; ought; harmony; business.
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Small children; to benefit; a limit; boundary.
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Name of certain insect; a rainbow.
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A crossbar in front of a carriage.
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A certain various colored animalcule; a rainbow.
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A certain kind of large fish.
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A certain large animal like a lion; a deer.
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Right; proper; a rule; pattern; a rite; manner.
2
To consult; deliberate; dispute; to plant; select.
2
False; doubtful; suspicion; to compare.
2
To conjecture; surmise; to conclude; decide; similar.
羿-3
A master of archery.
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Good; right; proper; righteousness; charitable.
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Fortitude; magnanimity; intrepid; unbending.
3
What is fit or proper for man; virtue; acquaintances; friends.

Ngia.

2
A species of crow; correct; decorous; learned; elegant.

Ngiak.

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Illegitimate children; the offspring or consequences of vice.
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The roots or stump of a tree which is cut down.
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A fermenting substance.
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Part of a harness; a yoke.
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Unfeeling; harsh; cruel; tyranizing over; calamities.
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A severe disease; ague and fever.
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To play or trifle with; to seduce; to ridicule.
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A mark to shoot at; a rule; a law; a judge.
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A pillar or small door in the middle of a gateway.

Ngiam.

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Cold; severe; stern; grave; strict; commanding; reverence.
2
Carrying a high head; stern; commanding; dignified.
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To witness; verify; fulfillment of what has been said.