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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.
zekanti n. seacoast. See: seisei. From: GE. Etym: zee .
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.
zekanti n. seacoast. See main entry: ze.
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