| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tongan
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XW.FIFITI
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Fifisi
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Pungent or hot to the taste, as pepper and chillies are; making the eyes smart (as onions do)
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Niue
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XW.FIFITI
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Kona fifiti
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To be bitter, to feel bitter
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Niue
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XW.FIFITI
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Fifiti
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Hot on the tongue (like pepper). Acrid (as raw taro) (Lws).
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East Uvea
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XW.FIFITI
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Fifisi
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Amer, piquant (comme le poivre), cuisant
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East Futuna
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XW.FIFITI
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Fifiti
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Piquant au gout
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East Futuna
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FJ.FITA.2
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Fi/fita
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Presser quelqu'un; augmenter (vent); se dépenser, fatiguer, donner de la peine
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New Zealand Maori
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FJ.FITA.2
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Whita/whita
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Eager, urgen, quick, brisk
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Rotuman
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PN.FIITAQA.A
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Fitaʔa
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Bestow labour on, to give care or attention to
Borrowed
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Tongan
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PN.FIITAQA.A
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Fitaʔa
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Savage, ruthless, fierce, stopping at nothing
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Tongan
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PN.FIITAQA.A
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Fite/fitaʔa
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To labour, toil
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Samoan
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PN.FIITAQA.A
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Fitaa
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Difficult; courageous; a steep place
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Tokelau
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PN.FIITAQA.A
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Fiitaa
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(of food, goods, etc.) Products of one's striving
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Samoan
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PN.FIITAQA.B
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Fiitaa
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Difficult; strenuous, exacting
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Samoan
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PN.FIITAQA.A
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Fiitaa
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Products of one's work (food, goods, etc.)
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Tuvalu
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PN.FIITAQA.A
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Fita
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Efforts, works
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Tuvalu
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PN.FIITAQA.B
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Fita
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To tire, be weary, exhausted
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Niue
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PN.FIITAQA.A
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Fitaa
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Definitely; sn emphatic affirmative, yes indeed, definitely yes. To already have done something (Sph).
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Marquesas
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PN.TAQA.2
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Hi/ta
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Sueur, vapeur; suer, suinter, rejaillir, se répandre au dehors
Problematic
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Niue
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PN.FAQO.2
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(Faka)foo/hifo
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To lie face down, to place face down
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Tongan
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TO.FOLI.2
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Foli/foli
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(preposed) Nearly, on the point of, in imminent danger of
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Niue
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TO.FOLI.2
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Foli
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To aim at, strive
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Niue
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TO.FOLI.2
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Foli/a
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To accomplish, achieve, attain
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Niue
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TO.FOLI.2
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Foli/foli
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Foolhardy, reckless
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Tongan
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XW.FONO.2B
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Fono-si
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To give strict or solemn instructions; to charge, command, direct, enjoin
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Niue
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XW.FONO.2B
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Fono
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To place a taboo, to prohibit
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East Uvea
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XW.FONO.2B
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Fono/ʔi, (obs.) fono/si
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Prendre une décision, réglementer, régler
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East Futuna
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XW.FONO.2B
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Fono
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Consigne imposée aux gens
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Tongan
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PN.FOTUQA
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Fotuʔa
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K. fish, brownish-grey, spotted
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Niue
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PN.FOTUQA
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Fotuo
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Large-eyed bream or emperor (Monotaxis grandoculis)
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East Uvea
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PN.FOTUQA
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Fotuʔa
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Poisson (Plectorhynchus sp.)
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East Futuna
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PN.FOTUQA
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Fotuʔa
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Perche (Plectorhynchus punctatissimus, P.picus)
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Tikopia
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PN.FOTUQA
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Fotuua
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Fish sp. of reef and open sea (small sea perch or snapper?)
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Niue
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PN.FULE.B
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Fu/fule
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To pull back (foreskin)
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Niue
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MP.FULU.2
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Fulu
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Straighten, shape, smoothen (making a hat)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Niue
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MP.FULI.1
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Fulu/hi
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To turn, to overturn
Phonologically Irregular
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Niue
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PN.MALIE
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Fulu/melie
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To be kind. Liberal, kind (McE).
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Niue
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CP.MOKO.2
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Fulu/moko/i
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Agreeable
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East Futuna
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PN.MALIE
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Fulu/malie
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Etre beau, être mignon
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East Futuna
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MP.FULI.1
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Fulu/si
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Retourner (vt); mettre à l'endroit; renverser, chavirer; traduire
Phonologically Irregular
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Niue
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EO.FUSU
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Futu
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Fight (with fists). (Said to be a modern word) (McE).
Phonologically Irregular
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Niue
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EP.KALU.D
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Galu
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Flab [flabby piece of meat]
Problematic
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Niue
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PN.GATETE
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Gatiti
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Jingling sound. Jingle, rattle (McE).
Problematic
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Tongan
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TO.GAQUTA
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Ngaʔuta
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To be astir; move, jump, or spring up in a sudden or lively way
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Tongan
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TO.GAQUTA
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Ngaʔuto/ʔuta
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To be numerous and moving about in a lively way; to swarm or be swarming
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East Uvea
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TO.GAQUTA
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Gaʔuta/ʔa
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Remuer (en parlant de plusieurs personnes ou animaux)...
Borrowed
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Tongan
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TO.GAQE-GAQE
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Ngeʔengaʔe
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K. shell-fish, the clam (Vava'u only) (elsewhere vaasua)
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Niue
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TO.GAQE-GAQE
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Geegee
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Clam (generic). The giant clam (Tridacna gigas) (McE).
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East Uvea
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TO.GAQE-GAQE
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Gaʔegaʔe
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Nom de coquillage, bénitier (Tridacna squamosa et T.maxima)
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East Futuna
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OC.GUU.1
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Guu
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Say (anything) [exx. with negatives]
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East Futuna
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OC.GUU.1
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Guu/guu
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Parler à voix basse; marmonner, rouspéter, grogner; gémir de douleur
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