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Words for Category: Health

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*kamak-kamak

rheumatism, being crippled

*katyilang

sick

kuthuk

sore, injury

*lalaya

to hurt , headache

*malkila-wil

paralysed

mertintuk

thin, skin and bone

*mika-wil

weak

nyelinyuk

snot

purnburnwilang

swelling, sore

putyun

pus, mucus from the eyes

telkuna

to cure, to heal

*tyarti-tyarti

dysentry

tyileka

to be sick

wika

to be hungry, to starve, to die

**wirrp

wound, injury

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