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yebi
yébíʔ(L)
pl.
ayebi
n
a proverb
Alaha yebi.
He told a proverb.
Ayebi akpikpli sɔɔn ɔlɛha, sʋ ɔhaa monu mʋ́ asɩ.
He only gave deep proverbs so that no one could understand them.
cf
ɩbɛ
2
proverb
3.5.2.3
Figurative
3.5.4.2
Saying, proverb
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Interjection (38)
Nominalizer (4)
Noun classifier (3)
Noun (1587)
Ordinal numeral (6)
Particle (2)
Postposition (3)
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Proper Noun (49)
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TIME (39)
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Semantic Domains
1. Universe, creation
1.1. Sky
1.1.1. Sun
1.1.1.1. Moon
1.1.1.2. Star
1.1.2. Air
1.1.2.1. Blow air
1.1.3. Weather
1.1.3.1. Wind
1.1.3.2. Cloud
1.1.3.3. Rain
1.1.3.4. Snow, ice
1.1.3.5. Storm
1.1.3.6. Lightning, thunder
1.1.3.7. Flood
1.1.3.8. Drought
1.2.1. Land
1.2.1.1. Mountain
1.2.1.3. Plain, plateau
1.2.1.4. Valley
1.2.1.5. Underground
1.2.1.6. Forest, grassland, desert
1.2.2.1. Soil, dirt
1.2.2.2. Rock
1.2.2.3. Metal
1.2.2.4. Mineral
1.2.3. Solid, liquid, gas
1.2.3.1. Liquid
1.2.3.2. Oil
1.2.3.3. Gas
1.3. Water
1.3.1. Bodies of water
1.3.1.1. Ocean, lake
1.3.1.2. Swamp
1.3.1.3. River
1.3.1.4. Spring, well
1.3.1.5. Island, shore
1.3.2. Movement of water
1.3.2.2. Pour
1.3.2.3. Drip
1.3.3. Wet
1.3.3.1. Dry
1.3.4. Be in water
1.3.6. Water quality
1.4. Living things
1.4.1. Dead things
1.4.2. Spirits of things
1.5.1. Tree
1.5.2. Bush, shrub
1.5.3. Grass, herb, vine
1.5.4. Moss, fungus, algae
1.5.5. Parts of a plant
1.5.6. Growth of plants
1.6. Animal
1.6.1. Types of animals
1.6.1.1.1. Primate
1.6.1.1.2. Carnivore
1.6.1.1.3. Hoofed animals
1.6.1.1.4. Rodent
1.6.1.1.6. Anteater, aardvark
1.6.1.1.7. Sea mammal
1.6.1.1.8. Bat
1.6.1.2. Bird
1.6.1.3.1. Snake
1.6.1.3.2. Lizard
1.6.1.3.3. Turtle
1.6.1.3.4. Crocodile
1.6.1.4. Amphibian
1.6.1.5. Fish
1.6.1.7. Insect
1.6.1.8. Spider
1.6.1.9. Small animals
1.6.2. Parts of an animal
1.6.2.1. Parts of a bird
1.6.2.3. Parts of a fish
1.6.2.5. Parts of small animals
1.6.3. Animal life cycle
1.6.3.1. Egg
1.6.4.1. Animal movement
1.6.4.2. Animal eating
1.6.4.3. Animal sounds
1.6.5. Animal home
1.6.7. Male and female animals
2. Person
2.1. Body
2.1.1. Head
2.1.1.1. Eye
2.1.1.2. Ear
2.1.1.3. Nose
2.1.1.4. Mouth
2.1.1.5. Tooth
2.1.2. Torso
2.1.3.1. Arm
2.1.3.2. Leg
2.1.3.3. Finger, toe
2.1.4. Skin
2.1.5. Hair
2.1.6. Bone, joint
2.1.7. Flesh
2.1.8. Internal organs
2.1.8.1. Heart
2.1.8.2. Stomach
2.1.8.3. Male organs
2.1.8.4. Female organs
2.2. Body functions
2.2.1. Breathe, breath
2.2.2. Cough, sneeze
2.2.3. Spit, saliva
2.2.4. Mucus
2.2.5. Bleed, blood
2.2.6. Sweat
2.2.7. Urinate, urine
2.2.8. Defecate, feces
2.3.1. See
2.3.1.1. Look
2.3.1.2. Watch
2.3.1.4. Show, let someone see
2.3.1.5. Visible
2.3.1.5.1. Appear
2.3.1.6. Transparent
2.3.1.7. Reflect, mirror
2.3.1.8.1. Beautiful
2.3.1.8.2. Ugly
2.3.1.9. Something used to see
2.3.2. Hear
2.3.2.1. Listen
2.3.2.2. Sound
2.3.2.3. Types of sounds
2.3.2.4. Loud
2.3.2.5. Quiet
2.3.3. Taste
2.3.4. Smell
2.3.5. Sense of touch
2.3.5.1. Comfortable
2.4. Body condition
2.4.1. Strong
2.4.2. Weak
2.4.4. Tired
2.4.5. Rest
2.5. Healthy
2.5.1. Sick
2.5.1.1. Recover from sickness
2.5.2. Disease
2.5.2.2. Skin disease
2.5.2.3. Stomach illness
2.5.3. Injure
2.5.3.1. Amputate
2.5.3.2. Poison
2.5.3.2.2. 2.5.3.2.2
2.5.4. Disabled
2.5.4.1. Blind
2.5.4.2. Poor eyesight
2.5.4.3. Deaf
2.5.4.4. Mute
2.5.5. Cause of disease
2.5.6. Symptom of disease
2.5.6.1. Pain
2.5.6.2. Fever
2.5.6.3. Swell
2.5.6.4. Lose consciousness
2.5.6.6. Vision, hallucination
2.5.7. Treat disease
2.5.7.1. Doctor, nurse
2.5.7.2. Medicine
2.5.7.3. Medicinal plants
2.5.7.5. Traditional medicine
2.5.7.7. 2.5.7.7
2.5.8. Mental illness
2.6. Life
2.6.1. Marriage
2.6.1.1. Arrange a marriage
2.6.1.2. Wedding
2.6.1.3. Unmarried
2.6.1.4. Divorce
2.6.2. Sexual relations
2.6.2.1. Virginity
2.6.2.3. Sexual immorality
2.6.3. Birth
2.6.3.1. Pregnancy
2.6.3.2. Fetus
2.6.3.3. Miscarriage
2.6.3.4. Labor and birth pains
2.6.3.5. Help to give birth
2.6.3.7. Multiple births
2.6.3.9. Birth ceremony
2.6.4. Stage of life
2.6.4.1. Baby
2.6.4.1.1. Care for a baby
2.6.4.2. Child
2.6.4.2.1. Rear a child
2.6.4.3. Youth
2.6.4.4. Adult
2.6.4.5. Old person
2.6.4.6. Grow, get bigger
2.6.4.7. Initiation
2.6.4.8. Peer group
2.6.5.1. Man
2.6.5.2. Woman
2.6.6. Die
2.6.6.1. Kill
2.6.6.2. Corpse
2.6.6.3. Funeral
2.6.6.4. Mourn
2.6.6.5. Bury
2.6.6.6. Grave
2.6.6.7. Inherit
2.6.6.8. Life after death
3.1. Soul, spirit
3.1.2.1. Alert
3.1.2.2. Notice
3.1.2.3. Attention
3.1.2.4. Ignore
3.2. Think
3.2.1. Mind
3.2.1.1. Think about
3.2.1.3. Intelligent
3.2.1.4. Stupid
3.2.2. Learn
3.2.2.3. Evaluate, test
3.2.3. Know
3.2.3.1. Known, unknown
3.2.4. Understand
3.2.4.1. Misunderstand
3.2.4.2. Understandable
3.2.4.3. Mysterious
3.2.5.1. Believe
3.2.5.1.1. Trust
3.2.5.2. Disbelief
3.2.5.4. Agree with someone
3.2.5.9. Approve of something
3.2.6. Remember
3.2.6.1. Forget
3.2.6.2. Recognize
3.2.6.4. Remind
3.2.7. Expect
3.2.7.1. Hope
3.3. Want
3.3.1. Decide, plan
3.3.1.1. Purpose, goal
3.3.1.2. Choose
3.3.1.4. Intend
3.3.1.5. Deliberately
3.3.1.6. Determined
3.3.1.8. Lust
3.3.2. Request
3.3.2.1. Agree to do something
3.3.2.2. Refuse to do something
3.3.3.2. Advise
3.3.3.3. Persuade
3.3.3.4. Insist
3.3.3.5. Compel
3.3.3.7. Warn
3.3.3.8. Threaten
3.3.4.1. Give permission
3.3.4.2. Refuse permission
3.3.5.1. Accept
3.4.1.1.1. Enjoy doing something
3.4.1.2. Happy
3.4.1.2.2. Calm
3.4.1.3. Surprise
3.4.1.4. Interested
3.4.1.4.2. Enthusiastic
3.4.1.4.4. Attract
3.4.1.4.6. Uninterested, bored
3.4.1.5. Confident
3.4.2.1. Sad
3.4.2.1.1. Dislike
3.4.2.1.2. Hate, detest
3.4.2.1.3. Disgusted
3.4.2.1.4. Disappointed
3.4.2.1.5. Lonely
3.4.2.1.6. Upset
3.4.2.1.8. Jealous
3.4.2.2. Sorry
3.4.2.2.1. Ashamed
3.4.2.3. Angry
3.4.2.3.1. Annoyed
3.4.2.4. Afraid
3.4.2.4.3. Shy, timid
3.4.2.5. Confused
3.5.1. Say
3.5.1.1. Voice
3.5.1.1.1. Shout
3.5.1.1.2. Speak quietly
3.5.1.1.5. Say nothing
3.5.1.1.6. Speech style
3.5.1.1.7. Speak well
3.5.1.2. Talk about a subject
3.5.1.2.1. Announce
3.5.1.2.3. Explain
3.5.1.2.6. Repeat
3.5.1.2.8. Emphasize
3.5.1.2.9. Be about, subject
3.5.1.3. True
3.5.1.3.2. Tell a lie
3.5.1.3.5. Real
3.5.1.4. Speak with others
3.5.1.4.1. Call
3.5.1.4.3. Greet
3.5.1.4.4. Say farewell
3.5.1.5. Ask
3.5.1.5.1. Answer
3.5.1.5.3. Hide your thoughts
3.5.1.6.2. Quarrel
3.5.1.7. Praise
3.5.1.7.1. Thank
3.5.1.7.2. Flatter
3.5.1.7.3. Boast
3.5.1.8. Criticize
3.5.1.8.1. Blame
3.5.1.8.2. Insult
3.5.1.8.3. Mock
3.5.1.8.4. Gossip
3.5.1.8.5. Complain
3.5.1.9. Promise
3.5.2. Make speech
3.5.2.1. Report
3.5.2.2. News, message
3.5.2.3. Figurative
3.5.2.4. Admit
3.5.3. Language
3.5.3.1. Word
3.5.3.1.1. 3.5.3.1.1
3.5.4.1. Fable, myth
3.5.4.2. Saying, proverb
3.5.4.3. Riddle
3.5.4.6. Verbal tradition
3.5.5. Foolish talk
3.5.6. Sign, symbol
3.5.6.3. Facial expression
3.5.6.4. Laugh
3.5.6.5. Cry, tear
3.5.7.1. Write
3.5.7.2. Written material
3.5.7.3. Read
3.5.8.1. Meaning
3.5.9.2. Telephone
3.6. Teach
3.6.1. Show, explain
3.6.2. School
3.6.3. Subject of teaching
3.6.4. Class, lesson
3.6.5. Correct
3.6.7. Test
4.1.1. Friend
4.1.1.1. Girlfriend, boyfriend
4.1.2. Types of people
4.1.4. Neighbor
4.1.5. Unity
4.1.6. Disunity
4.1.6.3. Alone
4.1.6.5. Private, public
4.1.8. Show affection
4.1.9. Kinship
4.1.9.1. Related by birth
4.1.9.1.1. Grandfather, grandmother
4.1.9.1.2. Father, mother
4.1.9.1.3. Brother, sister
4.1.9.1.4. Son, daughter
4.1.9.1.5. Grandson, granddaughter
4.1.9.1.6. Uncle, aunt
4.1.9.1.7. Cousin
4.1.9.1.8. Nephew, niece
4.1.9.1.9. Birth order
4.1.9.2. Related by marriage
4.1.9.2.1. Husband, wife
4.1.9.2.2. In-law
4.1.9.3. Widow, widower
4.1.9.4. Orphan
4.1.9.6. Adopt
4.1.9.8. Family, clan
4.2.1. Come together, form a group
4.2.1.2. Encounter
4.2.1.3. Meet together
4.2.1.4. Visit
4.2.1.4.1. Welcome, receive
4.2.1.4.2. Show hospitality
4.2.1.5. Meeting, assembly
4.2.1.6. Participate
4.2.1.7. Crowd, group
4.2.2.1. Ceremony
4.2.2.2. Festival, show
4.2.2.3. Celebrate
4.2.3.2. Play music
4.2.3.3. Sing
4.2.3.4. Musician
4.2.3.5. Musical instrument
4.2.4. Dance
4.2.6.1. Game
4.2.6.2. Sports
4.2.7. Play, fun
4.2.8. Humor
4.3. Behavior
4.3.1. Good, moral
4.3.1.1. Bad, immoral
4.3.1.2.1. Below standard
4.3.1.3. Mature in behavior
4.3.1.5. Patient
4.3.2. Admire someone
4.3.2.2. Humble
4.3.2.4. Show off
4.3.3. Love
4.3.3.1. Hate, ill will
4.3.4.1. Do evil to
4.3.4.2. Help
4.3.4.3. Cooperate with
4.3.4.3.1. Compete with
4.3.4.5. Share with
4.3.4.5.1. Provide for, support
4.3.4.5.2. Care for
4.3.4.6. Meddle
4.3.4.6.1. Spoil
4.3.5.2. Faithful
4.3.5.3. Reliable
4.3.5.5. Deceive
4.3.5.6. Hypocrite
4.3.6.1. Lack self-control
4.3.6.4. Mistake
4.3.7.1. Impolite
4.3.7.2. Crazy
4.3.9.1. Custom
4.3.9.2. Habit
4.4.1. Prosperity
4.4.2. Trouble
4.4.2.2. Danger
4.4.2.4. Disaster
4.4.2.5. Separate, alone
4.4.2.6. Suffer
4.4.3.1. Brave
4.4.3.2. Cowardice
4.4.3.3. Avoid
4.4.3.4. Caution
4.4.4.1. Mercy
4.4.4.2. Show sympathy, support
4.4.4.4. Save from trouble
4.4.4.5. Protect
4.4.4.7. Relief
4.4.5.1. Lucky
4.5.1. Person in authority
4.5.2. Have authority
4.5.3.1. Lead
4.5.3.2. Command
4.5.3.3. Discipline, train
4.5.3.4. Appoint, delegate
4.5.4.1. Obey
4.5.4.2. Disobey
4.5.4.3. Serve
4.5.4.4. Slave
4.5.4.5. Follow, be a disciple
4.5.4.6. Rebel against authority
4.5.5. Honor
4.5.5.1. Title, name of honor
4.5.5.2. Lack respect
4.6. Government
4.6.1. Ruler
4.6.1.1. King's family
4.6.1.2. Government official
4.6.2. Citizen
4.6.2.1. Foreigner
4.6.3. Government organization
4.6.6. Government functions
4.6.6.1. Police
4.6.6.3. Represent
4.6.7.1. Country
4.6.7.2. City
4.6.7.3. Countryside
4.7.1. Laws
4.7.3. Break the law
4.7.5. Trial
4.7.5.1. Investigate a crime
4.7.5.3. Accuse, confront
4.7.5.4. Defend against accusation
4.7.5.5. Witness, testify
4.7.5.7. Take oath
4.7.6. Judge, render a verdict
4.7.6.2. Condemn, find guilty
4.7.7. Punish
4.7.7.3. Imprison
4.7.7.4. Execute
4.7.9.2. Unfair
4.7.9.4. Discriminate, be unfair
4.7.9.5. Act harshly
4.8.2. Fight
4.8.2.3. Attack
4.8.2.3.1. Ambush
4.8.2.5. Revenge
4.8.2.6. Riot
4.8.2.7. Betray
4.8.2.8. Violent
4.8.2.9. Enemy
4.8.3. War
4.8.3.1. Defeat
4.8.3.2. Win
4.8.3.5. Prisoner of war
4.8.3.6.4. Soldier
4.8.3.7. Weapon, shoot
4.8.4. Peace
4.8.4.1. Rebuke
4.8.4.6. Repent
4.8.4.7. Forgive
4.8.4.8. Make peace
4.9. Religion
4.9.1. God
4.9.2. Supernatural being
4.9.3.1. Sacred writings
4.9.4. Miracle, supernatural power
4.9.4.1. Sorcery
4.9.4.2. Demon possession
4.9.4.3. Bless
4.9.4.4. Curse
4.9.4.6. Prophecy
4.9.4.7. Omen, divination
4.9.5. Practice religion
4.9.5.2. Pray
4.9.5.4. Religious ceremony
4.9.5.5. Offering, sacrifice
4.9.5.6. Religious purification
4.9.5.6.1. Taboo
4.9.5.7. Salvation
4.9.6. Heaven, hell
4.9.7.1. Religious person
4.9.7.2. Christianity
4.9.7.3. Islam
4.9.7.7. Animism
4.9.8. Religious things
4.9.8.1. Idol
4.9.8.2. Place of worship
4.9.9. Irreligion
5.1. Household equipment
5.1.1.1. Table
5.1.1.2. Chair
5.1.1.3. Bed
5.1.1.4. Cabinet
5.2.1. Food preparation
5.2.1.1. Cooking methods
5.2.1.2. Steps in food preparation
5.2.1.2.1. Remove shell, skin
5.2.1.2.2. Pound in mortar and pestle
5.2.1.2.3. Grind flour
5.2.1.3. Cooking utensil
5.2.1.5. Serve food
5.2.2. Eat
5.2.2.1. Bite, chew
5.2.2.3. Feast
5.2.2.4. Manner of eating
5.2.2.5. Hungry, thirsty
5.2.2.6. Satiated, full
5.2.2.7. Drink
5.2.2.8. Eating utensil
5.2.2.9. Fast, not eat
5.2.3. Types of food
5.2.3.1.1. Food from seeds
5.2.3.1.2. Food from fruit
5.2.3.1.3. Food from vegetables
5.2.3.1.4. Food from leaves
5.2.3.1.5. Food from roots
5.2.3.2. Food from animals
5.2.3.2.1. Meat
5.2.3.3. Cooking ingredients
5.2.3.3.2. Salt
5.2.3.3.3. Spice
5.2.3.3.4. Leaven
5.2.3.4. Prepared food
5.2.3.5. Prohibited food
5.2.3.6. Beverage
5.2.3.7. Alcoholic beverage
5.2.3.7.1. Alcohol preparation
5.2.3.7.2. Drunk
5.2.4. Tobacco
5.2.5. Narcotic
5.2.6. Stimulant
5.3. Clothing
5.3.1. Men's clothing
5.3.2. Women's clothing
5.3.3. Traditional clothing
5.3.4. Clothes for special occasions
5.3.6. Parts of clothing
5.3.7. Wear clothing
5.4. Adornment
5.4.1. Jewelry
5.4.2. Cosmetics
5.4.3.1. Comb hair
5.4.3.5. Cut hair
5.4.3.6. Shave
5.4.5. Anoint the body
5.4.6. Ritual scar
5.4.6.1. Circumcision
5.4.7. Care for the fingernails
5.5. Fire
5.5.1. Light a fire
5.5.2. Tend a fire
5.5.3. Extinguish a fire
5.5.4. Burn
5.5.5. What fires produce
5.5.6. Fuel
5.5.7. Fireplace
5.6. Cleaning
5.6.1. Clean, dirty
5.6.2. Bathe
5.6.3. Wash dishes
5.6.4. Wash clothes
5.6.5. Sweep, rake
5.6.6. Wipe, erase
5.7. Sleep
5.7.1. Go to sleep
5.7.2. Dream
5.7.3. Wake up
5.9. Live, stay
6.1. Work
6.1.1. Worker
6.1.1.1. Expert
6.1.2.1. Try, attempt
6.1.2.2. Use
6.1.2.2.1. Useful
6.1.2.2.5. Take care of something
6.1.2.3. Work well
6.1.2.3.1. Careful
6.1.2.3.2. Work hard
6.1.2.3.4. Power, force
6.1.2.3.5. Complete, finish
6.1.2.4.2. Lazy
6.1.2.5. Plan
6.1.2.6. Prepare
6.1.2.6.1. Prepare something for use
6.1.2.9. Opportunity
6.1.3. Difficult, impossible
6.1.3.1. Easy, possible
6.1.3.2. Succeed
6.1.3.3. Fail
6.2.1. Growing crops
6.2.1.1. Growing grain
6.2.1.1.1. Growing rice
6.2.1.1.2. Growing wheat
6.2.1.1.3. Growing maize
6.2.1.2. Growing roots
6.2.1.2.1. Growing potatoes
6.2.1.2.2. Growing cassava
6.2.1.3. Growing vegetables
6.2.1.4. Growing fruit
6.2.1.4.1. Growing grapes
6.2.1.4.2. Growing bananas
6.2.1.5.1. Growing sugarcane
6.2.1.5.2. Growing tobacco
6.2.1.7. Growing trees
6.2.1.7.1. Growing coconuts
6.2.1.7.2. Growing coffee
6.2.2. Land preparation
6.2.3. Plant a field
6.2.4. Tend a field
6.2.4.1. Cut grass
6.2.4.2. Uproot plants
6.2.4.4. Trim plants
6.2.5. Harvest
6.2.5.2. Crop failure
6.2.5.3. Gather wild plants
6.2.5.4. Plant product
6.2.6. Process harvest
6.2.6.1. Winnow grain
6.2.6.4. Store the harvest
6.2.7. Farm worker
6.2.8. Agricultural tool
6.2.9. Farmland
6.3. Animal husbandry
6.3.1. Domesticated animal
6.3.1.1. Cattle
6.3.1.2. Sheep
6.3.1.3. Goat
6.3.1.4. Pig
6.3.1.5. Dog
6.3.1.6. Cat
6.3.1.7. Beast of burden
6.3.3. Milk
6.3.4. Butcher, slaughter
6.3.6. Poultry raising
6.3.6.1. Chicken
6.3.7. Animal products
6.3.8.2. Castrate animal
6.4.1. Hunt
6.4.1.1. Track an animal
6.4.2. Trap
6.4.4. Beekeeping
6.4.5. Fishing
6.4.5.1. Fish with net
6.4.5.3. Fishing equipment
6.4.6. Things done to animals
6.5.1. Building
6.5.1.1. House
6.5.1.2. Types of houses
6.5.1.3. Land, property
6.5.1.4. Yard
6.5.1.5. Fence, wall
6.5.2. Parts of a building
6.5.2.1. Wall
6.5.2.2. Roof
6.5.2.4. Door
6.5.2.5. Window
6.5.2.6. Foundation
6.5.2.7. Room
6.5.2.8. Floor, story
6.5.3. Building materials
6.5.3.1. Building equipment and maintenance
6.5.4. Infrastructure
6.5.4.1. Road
6.5.4.2. Boundary
6.6. Occupation
6.6.1. Working with cloth
6.6.1.1. Cloth
6.6.1.2. Spinning thread
6.6.1.4. Weaving cloth
6.6.2.1. Mining
6.6.2.3. Working with metal
6.6.2.4. Working with clay
6.6.2.5. Working with glass
6.6.2.8. Working with bricks
6.6.3. Working with wood
6.6.3.1. Lumbering
6.6.3.2. Wood
6.6.4. Crafts
6.6.4.1. Cordage
6.6.4.2. Weaving baskets and mats
6.6.4.3. Working with leather
6.6.5.1. Draw, paint
6.6.5.2. Photography
6.6.7.2. Conveying water
6.6.8.1. Working with electricity
6.7. Tool
6.7.1. Cutting tool
6.7.1.1. Poking tool
6.7.1.2. Digging tool
6.7.3. Carrying tool
6.7.5. Fastening tool
6.7.7. Container
6.7.7.1. Bag
6.7.8. Parts of tools
6.8.1.1. Own, possess
6.8.1.2. Rich
6.8.1.3. Poor
6.8.1.4. Store wealth
6.8.2.3. Lose wealth
6.8.2.5. Greedy
6.8.2.7. Earn
6.8.3.1. Give, donate
6.8.3.2. Generous
6.8.3.4. Beg
6.8.4.1. Buy
6.8.4.2. Sell
6.8.4.3. Price
6.8.4.3.1. Expensive
6.8.4.3.2. Cheap
6.8.4.4. Bargain
6.8.4.8. Store, marketplace
6.8.4.9. Exchange, trade
6.8.5. Borrow
6.8.5.1. Lend
6.8.5.3. Owe
6.8.5.4. Repay debt
6.8.5.5. Credit
6.8.6. Money
6.8.6.1. Monetary units
6.8.7. Accounting
6.8.7.9. 6.8.7.9
6.8.8. Tax
6.8.9.1. Steal
6.8.9.2. Cheat
6.8.9.4. Take by force
6.9.2. Work for someone
7.1.1. Stand
7.1.2. Sit
7.1.3. Lie down
7.1.4. Kneel
7.1.5. Bow
7.1.6. Lean
7.1.7. Straight posture
7.1.8. Bend down
7.1.9. Move a part of the body
7.2. Move
7.2.1.1. Walk
7.2.1.1.1. Run
7.2.1.1.2. Crawl
7.2.1.1.3. Jump
7.2.1.2. Move quickly
7.2.1.2.1. Move slowly
7.2.1.3. Wander
7.2.1.5. Walk with difficulty
7.2.1.5.1. Slip, slide
7.2.2.3. Move sideways
7.2.2.4. Move up
7.2.2.5. Move down
7.2.2.5.1. Fall
7.2.2.6. Turn
7.2.2.7. Move in a circle
7.2.2.8. Move back and forth
7.2.2.9. Move straight without turning
7.2.3. Move toward something
7.2.3.1. Move away
7.2.3.2. Go
7.2.3.2.1. Come
7.2.3.3. Leave
7.2.3.3.1. Arrive
7.2.3.4. Move in
7.2.3.4.1. Move out
7.2.3.5. Move past, over, through
7.2.3.6. Return
7.2.4. Travel
7.2.4.1. Travel by land
7.2.4.1.1. Vehicle
7.2.4.1.2. Railroad
7.2.4.2.1. Boat
7.2.4.2.2. Swim
7.2.4.2.3. Dive
7.2.4.3. Fly
7.2.4.5. Move to a new house
7.2.4.6. Way, route
7.2.5. Accompany
7.2.5.1. Go first
7.2.5.2. Follow
7.2.5.3. Guide
7.2.6. Pursue
7.2.6.1. Catch, capture
7.2.6.2. Prevent from moving
7.2.6.3. Escape
7.2.6.4. Set free
7.2.7.2. Stay, remain
7.2.7.3. Wait
7.2.8. Send someone
7.3.1. Carry
7.3.1.1. Throw
7.3.1.2. Catch
7.3.1.3. Shake
7.3.2.4.1. Hang
7.3.2.5. Lower something
7.3.2.6. Put in
7.3.2.7. Take something out of something
7.3.2.8. Pull
7.3.2.9. Push
7.3.3. Take somewhere
7.3.3.1. Take something from somewhere
7.3.3.2. Return something
7.3.3.3. Send
7.3.3.4. Chase away
7.3.4.2. Pick up
7.3.4.3. Put down
7.3.4.4. Hold
7.3.4.5. Actions of the hand
7.3.4.6. Support
7.3.4.7. Extend
7.3.5. Turn something
7.3.6. Open
7.3.6.1. Shut, close
7.3.6.2. Block, dam up
7.3.6.3. Limit
7.3.7. Cover
7.3.7.1. Uncover
7.3.7.2. Wrap
7.3.7.3. Spread, smear
7.4.1. Give, hand to
7.4.2. Receive
7.4.3. Get
7.4.4. Distribute
7.4.5.1. Leave something
7.4.5.2. Throw away
7.4.6. Not have
7.5. Arrange
7.5.1. Gather
7.5.1.1. Separate, scatter
7.5.1.2. Include
7.5.2. Join, attach
7.5.2.1. Link, connect
7.5.2.2. Stick together
7.5.2.3. Add to something
7.5.2.4. Remove, take apart
7.5.3. Mix
7.5.3.1. Pure, unmixed
7.5.4. Tie
7.5.4.1. Rope, string
7.5.4.2. Tangle
7.5.5. Organize
7.5.7. Multiple things moving
7.5.9.1. Load, pile
7.5.9.2. Fill, cover
7.6. Hide
7.6.1. Search
7.6.2. Find
7.6.3. Lose, misplace
7.7.1. Hit
7.7.2. Aim at a target
7.7.3. Kick
7.7.4. Press
7.7.5. Rub
7.7.6. Grind
7.7.7. Mark
7.8. Divide into pieces
7.8.1. Break
7.8.2. Crack
7.8.3. Cut
7.8.4. Tear, rip
7.8.5. Make hole, opening
7.8.6. Dig
7.9. Break, wear out
7.9.1. Damage
7.9.3. Destroy
7.9.4. Repair
8.1.1. Number
8.1.1.1. Cardinal numbers
8.1.1.1.1. One
8.1.1.1.2. Two
8.1.1.2. Ordinal numbers
8.1.1.3. Number of times
8.1.1.4. Multiples
8.1.1.5. Numbered group
8.1.1.6. Fraction
8.1.2. Count
8.1.3. Plural
8.1.3.1. Many, much
8.1.3.2. Few, little
8.1.3.3. Group of things
8.1.4. More
8.1.4.2. Increase
8.1.4.3. Decrease
8.1.5. All
8.1.5.1. Some
8.1.5.2. None, nothing
8.1.5.6. Almost
8.1.5.7. Only
8.1.5.8. Exact
8.1.6.1. Part
8.1.6.2. Piece
8.1.7. Enough
8.1.7.1. Extra
8.1.7.2. Lack
8.1.7.3. Need
8.1.7.4. Remain, remainder
8.1.8. Full
8.1.8.1. Empty
8.2. Big
8.2.1. Small
8.2.2. Long
8.2.2.1. Short, not long
8.2.2.2. Tall
8.2.2.3. Short, not tall
8.2.3. Thick
8.2.3.1. Thin thing
8.2.3.2. Fat person
8.2.3.3. Thin person
8.2.4. Wide
8.2.4.1. Narrow
8.2.5.1. Big container, volume
8.2.6. Distance
8.2.6.1. Far
8.2.6.2. Near
8.2.6.3. High
8.2.6.5. Deep, shallow
8.2.7. Fit, size
8.2.7.1. Tight
8.2.7.2. Loose
8.2.7.3. Wedged in, stuck
8.2.8. Measure
8.2.9.1. Heavy
8.2.9.2. Light in weight
8.3.1.2. Line
8.3.1.3. Straight
8.3.1.3.1. Flat
8.3.1.4. Horizontal
8.3.1.4.1. Vertical
8.3.1.4.2. Leaning, sloping
8.3.1.5. Bend
8.3.1.5.1. Roll up
8.3.1.5.2. Twist, wring
8.3.1.5.3. Fold
8.3.1.6. Round
8.3.1.8. Pattern, design
8.3.1.9. Stretch
8.3.2. Texture
8.3.2.1. Smooth
8.3.2.2. Rough
8.3.2.3. Sharp
8.3.2.3.1. Pointed
8.3.2.4. Blunt
8.3.3. Light
8.3.3.1. Shine
8.3.3.1.1. Light source
8.3.3.2. Dark
8.3.3.2.1. Shadow
8.3.3.3. Color
8.3.3.3.1. White
8.3.3.3.2. Black
8.3.3.3.4. Colors of the spectrum
8.3.3.3.6. Change color
8.3.3.4. Shiny
8.3.4. Hot
8.3.4.1. Cold
8.3.5. Type, kind
8.3.5.2.1. Same
8.3.5.2.2. Like, similar
8.3.5.2.3. Different
8.3.5.2.4. Other
8.3.5.2.5. Various
8.3.5.3.3. Unique
8.3.5.5. Imitate
8.3.6. Made of, material
8.3.6.2. Hard, firm
8.3.6.3. Stiff, flexible
8.3.6.5. Soft, flimsy
8.3.7. Good
8.3.7.1. Bad
8.3.7.2.1. Worse
8.3.7.5. Important
8.3.7.6. Improve
8.3.7.7. Right, proper
8.3.7.7.3. Compatible
8.3.7.8. Decay
8.3.7.8.1. Rust
8.3.7.8.2. Blemish
8.3.7.8.3. Garbage
8.3.7.8.4. Preserve
8.3.7.9. Value
8.3.8.2. Glory
8.4. Time
8.4.1. Period of time
8.4.1.1. Calendar
8.4.1.2. Day
8.4.1.2.1. Night
8.4.1.2.2. Yesterday, today, tomorrow
8.4.1.2.3. Time of the day
8.4.1.3. Week
8.4.1.3.1. Days of the week
8.4.1.4. Month
8.4.1.5. Season
8.4.1.6. Year
8.4.2. Take time
8.4.2.1. A short time
8.4.2.2. A long time
8.4.3. Indefinite time
8.4.5. Relative time
8.4.5.1. Order, sequence
8.4.5.1.2. First
8.4.5.1.4. Last
8.4.5.2. Before
8.4.5.2.1. After
8.4.5.3.2. On time
8.4.5.3.3. Late
8.4.5.3.4. Delay
8.4.6.1. Start something
8.4.6.1.1. Beginning
8.4.6.1.2. Stop something
8.4.6.1.3. End
8.4.6.1.4. Until
8.4.6.1.5. Since, from
8.4.6.2. Past
8.4.6.2.1. Recently
8.4.6.3. Present
8.4.6.3.1. Now
8.4.6.4. Future
8.4.6.4.3. Eventually
8.4.6.4.4. Immediately
8.4.6.5. Age
8.4.6.5.1. Young
8.4.6.5.2. Old, not young
8.4.6.5.3. New
8.4.6.5.4. Old, not new
8.4.6.6. Once
8.4.6.6.1. Again
8.4.6.6.2. Sometimes
8.4.6.6.3. Often
8.4.6.6.4. All the time
8.4.6.6.5. Every time
8.4.6.6.6. Never
8.4.7. Continue, persevere
8.4.8.1. Quick
8.4.8.3. Sudden
8.5. Location
8.5.1. Here, there
8.5.1.1.1. Behind
8.5.1.2. Beside
8.5.1.2.1. Around
8.5.1.3. On
8.5.1.3.1. Above
8.5.1.3.2. Under, below
8.5.1.4. Inside
8.5.1.5. Touching, contact
8.5.1.6. Across
8.5.2. Direction
8.5.2.3. Right, left
8.5.2.4. Up
8.5.2.5. Down
8.5.2.8. North, south, east, west
8.5.3. Be at a place
8.5.3.1. Absent
8.5.4.3. Space, room
8.6.1. Front
8.6.1.1. Back
8.6.2. Top
8.6.3. Side
8.6.4.1. Outer part
8.6.5. Middle
8.6.6. Edge
8.6.7. End, point
9.1.1.1. Exist
9.1.1.2. Become, change state
9.1.1.3. Have, of
9.1.1.4. Attribution
9.1.2. Do
9.1.2.1. Happen
9.1.2.2. React, respond
9.1.2.5. Make
9.1.2.6. Change something
9.1.2.7. Event propositions
9.1.3. Thing
9.1.4. General adjectives
9.2.3. Pronouns
9.2.3.1. Reflexive pronouns
9.2.3.2. Indefinite pronouns
9.2.3.3. Relative pronouns
9.2.3.4. Question words
9.2.3.5. Demonstrative pronouns
9.2.5.2. Clause conjunctions
9.2.7. Interjections
9.2.9.2. Noun affixes
9.2.9.3. Derivational affixes
9.3. Very
9.3.1.1. To a large degree
9.3.1.2. To a small degree
9.3.2. Completely
9.3.4. Do intensely
9.4.1.1. Tense
9.4.1.2. Aspect--dynamic verbs
9.4.2. Agent-oriented modalities
9.4.2.1. Can
9.4.3.2. Hortative
9.4.4. Epistemic moods
9.4.4.1. Certainly, definitely
9.4.4.6.2. Maybe
9.4.5. Evidentials
9.4.6. Yes
9.4.6.1. No, not
9.4.8. Adverbial clauses
9.5.1.2. Instrument
9.5.1.4. Way, manner
9.5.1.6.1. Source (of movement)
9.5.1.6.3. Goal (of movement)
9.5.1.6.4. Origin (of a person)
9.5.2.2. With, be with
9.5.2.4. Each other
9.6.1.1. And, also
9.6.1.2. Or, either
9.6.1.5. But
9.6.1.5.2. Instead
9.6.2.1. Derivation
9.6.2.4. Basis
9.6.2.5. Cause
9.6.2.5.1. Reason
9.6.2.6. Result
9.6.2.6.1. Without result
9.6.2.7. Purpose
9.6.2.8. Condition
9.6.3.2. Markers of emphasis
9.6.3.3. Prompters of attention
9.6.3.5. Markers of identificational and explanatory clauses
9.6.3.6. Markers of focus
9.6.3.8. Honorifics
9.7. Name
9.7.1.1. Personal names
9.7.1.4. Tribal names
9.7.1.5. Names of languages
9.7.2.2. Names of regions
9.7.2.3. Names of cities
9.7.2.6. Names of continents
9.7.2.9. Names of rivers
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