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Here is a summary of the latest updates.

1. Lessons.  There is a new lesson, lesson 19.  There are minor changes to lessons 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 16, and 18.

2. Dictionary (LE 20060814 4189).  There is a net increase of five words.  
a.  8 additions - kezula, tomamangaw, tomumangaw, twakavo, xekavo, zizipi, zogangaw, zunxumegangaw.  The old word for 'pocket', "zitavi", now means 'glove'.
kezula [P/F-s] - it's urgent that P (do) F.
  See "kezulemo".
tomamangaw - why [relative noun], the reason for/why.
tomumangaw - who ... for [relative noun], the beneficiary for
whom.
twakavo [P-s] - woven.
  [Etym: clothing/shirt/thick/wide/chest + other binary
  non-relational state]
xekavo [P-s] - split (open), cracked, gashed, slit, cleaved.
  [Etym: two/divided/opposition + other binary non-relational
  state]
zitavi [P-s] - glove, mitten.
  [Etym: contain/inside/meaning/hold/hand + clothing]
zizipi [P-s] - pocket.
  [Etym: contain/inside/meaning/hold/hand + container/conduit]
zogangaw - where [relative noun], the location where.
zunxumegangaw - how, way, the, the manner in which.

b. 3 deletions - kawjindagi (swing), kawtidagi (tire), dagi (stake). "Dagi" is now 'nail' (formerly "kwizumi").
c.  numerous words changes, mostly relating to the change in "dag" and "zum".
DAG > ZUM
bodagi > bozumi 'solution'
byedagi > byezumi 'object'
cawdagi > cawzumi 'bar'
dedagi > dezumi 'board'
dezedagi > dezezumi 'tape'
jodagi > jozumi 'ball'
jodoydagi > jodoyzumi 'hoop'
zedagi > kezezumi 'rope'
kidagi > kizumi 'candle'
kudagi > kuzumi 'chain'
kwadagi > kwazumi 'magnet'
ZUM > DAG
jofyuzumi > jofyudagi 'screw'
twajozumi > twajodagi 'button'
OTHER
dudagi > cudufimi 'flagpole'
tenzumi > twafusi 'needle'
zufuzugi > fofuzugi 'snack'
kwizumi > dagi 'nail'
zitavi > zizipi 'pocket'
d. many minor changes, along with some new example sentences.

3.  Audio.  Status unknown.

4.  Reference Grammar (LS 20060727).  Several minor changes, but also a change in classifiers "dag" and "zum".  From Appendix C:
 -dag components - integral or essential components of larger items
 that do not fit into any of the above categories
 (nail, shoelace, button (on clothing), plug/stopper, cap,
 hinge, anchor, spring, zipper, shingle, knob, wheel, tile,
 rudder, trigger, handrail, (push)button, flywheel)
[w: nail, no corresponding modifier]
 -zum other artificial items (pin, hook, clip, (clothes) hanger,
 string, chain, ball, rope)
[w: pin, modifier "zu" = minimal polarity]

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