| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Samoan
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PN.TAU-FAA
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Taufa
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Water (chief's word)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tikopia
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PN.TAU-FAA
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Taufa
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Strong wind; gale
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Rarotongan
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PN.TAU-FAA
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Tauʔaa
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Fight, struggle
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Takuu
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PN.TAU-FAA
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Tauhaa
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Contellation of four stars in Pegasus outlining a square (Starts the period of westerly trade winds when it sets at dawn, creating rain and wind to cool its body.)
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Tahitian
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PN.TAU-FAA
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Tauhà
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The four stars called the crosier
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Rennellese
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PN.TAU-FAA
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Tauha
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To have black vertical streaks, as clouds; to be angry
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Tongan
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FJ.WESA
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Vesa
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Bracelet, bangle, wristlet
Phonologically Irregular
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Tongan
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FJ.WESA
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Vesa
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A bracelet of any kind
Phonologically Irregular
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East Uvea
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FJ.WESA
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Vesa
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Bracelet (de fleurs ou de gatu); sorte de jarretière que les fringants se mettent aux jambes (mot fidijien)
Phonologically Irregular
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East Futuna
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FJ.WESA
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Vesa
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Bracelet, collier en liane (pour les danseurs ou les guerriers)
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East Futuna
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SO.TAAFAA
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Niu taafaa
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Coco jeune, à chair à peine formée
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Tongan
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PN.MATA.2B
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Matta
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Ripe (a term chiefly applied to cocoa-nuts)
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Tongan
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PN.MATA.2B
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Niu mata
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Fourth growth stage of coconuts
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East Futuna
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PN.MATA.2B
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Niu mata
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Coco jeune à chair tendre
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Samoan
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PN.MATA.2B
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Niu mata
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Immature coconut (at the stage when it can be drunk)
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Tikopia
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PN.MATA.2B
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Niu mata
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Green [coconut] with firm but breakable shell, soft inner flesh, plucked and husked for drinking and eating
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Takuu
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PN.MATA.2B
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Mata
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(of a coconut) At a stage where it has both meat and liquid inside
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Sikaiana
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PN.MATA.2B
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Mata
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To have grown flesh inside, of a green coconut
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.MATA.2B
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Mada
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Ripe (of coconuts)
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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PN.MATA.2B
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Ni-mata
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Green coconut
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Samoan
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SO.KAILE.2
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ʔAaile
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First stage of the coconut (before the mosui stage). A cocoa-nut just formed (Prt).
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Tokelau
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SO.KAILE.2
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Puaa/koile
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An early stage of coconut, after the flower has fallen and before the milk has formed inside it
Phonologically Irregular
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Tuvalu
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SO.KAILE.2
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Kaile
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Small immature coconut
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Tikopia
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SO.KAILE.2
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Niu mata kaere
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Young nut, soft shell, flesh inside (endosperm) barely formed
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Takuu
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SO.KAILE.2
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Kaaile
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An immature coconut
Phonologically Irregular
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Sikaiana
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SO.KAILE.2
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Kaaile
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First coconut growth stage
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Rennellese
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SO.KAILE.2
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Boi/kaige
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Immature coconut
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Niue
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AN.MATA.2A
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Niu mata
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Copra (not dried properly)
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Tongan
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PN.MOTO.2B
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Niu motomoto
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Seventh coconut growth stage
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East Futuna
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PN.MOTO.2B
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Niu motomoto
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Coco dont la chair est ferme
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Tuvalu
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PN.MOTO.2B
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Motomoto
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Coconut in between the stage of a drinking coconut and an eating nut (fuaniu). An unhusked green coconut, more ripe than pii (Rby).
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Tokelau
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PN.MOTO.2B
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Mokomoko
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Drinking coconut (the stage at which the thin soft layer of kernel has just started forming)
Phonologically Irregular
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Tikopia
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PN.MOTO.2B
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Niu moto
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Young nut, not husked but cut open or hole driven inside for drink
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Tikopia
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PN.MOTO.2B
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Niu motomoto
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Fully grown nut, hard shell, husked, hard flesh rasped for cooking
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Takuu
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PN.MOTO.2B
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Aa/moko
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Early stage of coconut growth: small, some elongated, with no liquid inside
Phonologically Irregular
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Rennellese
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PN.MOTO.2B
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Moto
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Green but good to drink of (coconut)
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Emae
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PN.MOTO.2B
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Motomoto
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Half-ripe coconut
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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PN.MOTO.2B
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Ni momoto
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Stage of coconut growth
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Penrhyn
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PN.MOTO.2B
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(Nimata) motomoto
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Maturation stage of coconut fruits - husk used as strainer
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Takuu
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PN.MOTO.2B
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Motomoto
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Seventh named stage of coconut growth, which has relatively hard and thick meat, a dry husk, bubbly but drinkable water
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Tuamotu
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TA.KOO-UA
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Kooua
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A coconut at the first stage of development
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Rarotongan
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TA.KOO-UA
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Kooua
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A coconut which has not yet matured into the stage when it is best for drinking
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Mangaia
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TA.KOO-UA
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Kooua
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The coconut before forming any flesh inside
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Mangaia
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CE.KOO-MOTO
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Koomoto
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Coconut maturation stage: half-ripe, containing more flesh than water...
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Tokelau
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NP.PEI
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Pei
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Stunted coconut; stunted pandanus fruit
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Samoan
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NP.PEI
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Pei
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Crack (nuts)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tuvalu
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NP.PEI
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Pei
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To tell the future from cards or by other means of divination
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tuvalu
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NP.PEI
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P/pei
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To throw
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Tuvalu
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NP.PEI
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Pei
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Break a vessel (e.g. coconut, head, canoe, cup)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Mangareva
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NP.PEI
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Pei
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Faire sauter sur les mains des petites boules ou des fruits pour s'amuser
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