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  • 71tule — tu·le (to͞o’lē) n. 1) Any of several bulrushes that grow in marshy lowlands of the southwest United States. 2) tu·les (to͞o’lēz) Northern California Marshy or swampy land. Also called regionally tule land. ╂ [American Spanish, from Nahuatl tōlin …

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  • 72au̯(e)-9, au̯ed-, au̯er- (*aku̯ent- : aḫu̯ent-) —     au̯(e) 9, au̯ed , au̯er (*aku̯ent : aḫu̯ent )     English meaning: to flow, to wet; water, etc.     Deutsche Übersetzung: “benetzen, befeuchten, fließen”     Note: From Root angʷ(h)i : ‘snake, worm” derived Root akʷü (more properly ǝkʷü ):… …

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  • 73gʷhðer- —     gʷhðer     English meaning: to run, flow     Deutsche Übersetzung: “rinnen, fließen; zerrinnen, verschwinden”, in ar. Kaus. and in Gk. i̯o Verbum trans. “rinnen lassen, zerrinnen lassen”, daher Gk. “verschwinden lassen, vernichten”     Note:… …

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  • 74boggy — adjective (of soil) soft and watery the ground was boggy under foot a marshy coastline miry roads wet mucky lowland muddy barnyard quaggy terrain the sloughy edge of the pond swa …

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  • 75miry — adjective (of soil) soft and watery the ground was boggy under foot a marshy coastline miry roads wet mucky lowland muddy barnyard quaggy terrain the sloughy edge of the pond swa …

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  • 76quaggy — adjective (of soil) soft and watery the ground was boggy under foot a marshy coastline miry roads wet mucky lowland muddy barnyard quaggy terrain the sloughy edge of the pond swa …

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  • 77sloughy — adjective (of soil) soft and watery the ground was boggy under foot a marshy coastline miry roads wet mucky lowland muddy barnyard quaggy terrain the sloughy edge of the pond swa …

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  • 78squashy — adjective 1. (of soil) soft and watery the ground was boggy under foot a marshy coastline miry roads wet mucky lowland muddy barnyard quaggy terrain the sloughy edge of the pond …

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  • 79swampy — adjective (of soil) soft and watery the ground was boggy under foot a marshy coastline miry roads wet mucky lowland muddy barnyard quaggy terrain the sloughy edge of the pond swa …

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  • 80marsh|y — «MAHR shee», adjective, marsh|i|er, marsh|i|est. 1. soft and wet like a marsh: »a marshy field. 2. having many marshes; swampy: » …

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