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KʽAU KE

2
White like the moon.
2
To wrap round; twist; strangle.
2
Clear; bright; white and luminous.
2
Pure; white; unspotted; refulgence.
2
The rising sun; clear; bright; eminent.
2
Rotten wood; dried fish.
2
Plain white silk.
2
Dry; destitute of water.
2
Straw; thatch; tablets on which government orders are written.
2
Nine.
2
A black colored stone.
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Thick; large; abundant; liberal; generous.
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To tell; inform; to order; to intreat; to accuse.
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To command; to give directions; proclaim by writing.
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To arrive at; extend to; reach to; full amount.

Kʽau.

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To cast lots; to choose by writing names on slips of paper and drawing them out.
2
The mouth; entrance; narrow passage; speech; a numeral.
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Aged; a deceased father; terminated; to question; to examine.
2
To examine; inflict torture; to extort confession.
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To cry; lament; weep.
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To confer rewards or honors especially on the army.
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To strike; knock; discuss; ask; bow the head to the ground.

Ke.

1
A flail; a wooden collar for criminals; shelves; cupboard.
1
A house; family; to dwell; a scholar of celebrity.
1
To add to; increase; confer; inflict; to charge.
1
A budhist god; a dragon.
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Priests' clothes.
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False; fictitious; to suppose; to borrow; excellent; leave of absence.
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To marry or be married, applied to the woman; to take a husband.
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To sow grain; to plant.
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A stand or frame; a case for books or other things.