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ze
n.
sea; ocean.
Ze na wan gaan liba di yu á poi si taase busi.
The sea is a huge river and you can't see jungle on the other side.
Kaape anga koo na awan, ma a di na koo e tan a soo, da kaape e tan a ze.
Sea turtles and land turtles are alike, except that land turtles live on land and sea turtles live in the ocean.
syn:
sawtu wataa.
See:
duwataa;
liba.
zege
n.
bumblebee of the genus Bombos and the family Apidae.
Zege na wan sani enke feefee, ma a di na a moo bigi, da a baaka.
A zege is something resembling the fly, except that is bigger and black.
Usage: The name for this insect is probably ideophonic for its buzzing sound. Also the phone [z] is rare in the language outside of the ideophonic word class.
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