| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Fijian
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XW.KINAU
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Kinau(-taka)
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To take things to a person to do, because one does not know how to do them oneself; to let trade, etc.
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Fijian
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PN.QUNU
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Unu-ya
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To enter deeply into a thing, as a spear; to drink in, absorb; to feel
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Fijian
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XW.TALAKI
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I talaki
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An inferior messenger, sent on all sorts of errands, and eating in the kitchen
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Fijian
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XW.TALA-NOA
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Talanoa
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To chat, to tell stories
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Fijian
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XW.UKA-MEA
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Ka/ukamea
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Iron; made of iron
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Fijian
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XW.WAQI-GA
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Wali
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To joke, flatter
Phonologically Irregular
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East Futuna
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PN.TAFA-QULI
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Tafaʔuli
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Poissons: "liche" (Seriola lalandi); "carangue noire" (Caranx lugubris)
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East Futuna
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OC.TAAIWA
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Taaiva
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Poisson: "perche à tache noire" (adulte) (Lutjanus monostigmus)
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East Futuna
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PN.TAGAQU
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Tagaʔu
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Poisson: "perche à tache noire" (jeune) (Lutjanus monostignus) (Mfr)
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East Futuna
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CP.TEQETEQE
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Teʔeteʔe mimi
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Poissons: "tétrodon moucheté" (Arothron meleagres); "poisson-globe" (Canthigaster velentini) (Mfr)
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East Futuna
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PN.TAOTAO
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Taʔotaʔoama
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Poisson: "poisson flûte" (Fistularia petimba)
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East Futuna
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MP.TAUTU
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Tautu
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Poissons: "diodon porc-épic" (Diodon hystrix); "diodon tacheté" (Diodon holacanthus)
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East Futuna
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PN.TU-TUQU
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Kakau/tutuʔu
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Dauphin
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Niuatoputapu
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PN.QAFALI
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ʔAhali
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(Acanthurus mata)
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Rennellese
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PN.QAFALI
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ʔAhagi
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A fish similar to pogo [surgeonfish spp.]
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East Futuna
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MP.QATULE
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Atule
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Poisson: "chinchard" (Selar crumenophtalmus)
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East Futuna
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PN.QUFU
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Ufu
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Poisson: "labre maori trilobé" (Cheilinus trilobatus)"
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East Uvea
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PN.FARO.2A
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(Fa(ʔo))faʔo
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Etirer (corde), étendre
Phonologically Irregular
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Nukumanu
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PN.FARO.2A
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Halo
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Pole lashed across outrigger booms parallel to hull of canoe
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Tuvalu
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PN.FAALOO.B
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Fa(k)aloo
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To stretch (limbs)
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Rarotongan
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PN.FARO.2A
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Aro
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To lash, or lace, as the sides of a canoe with sinnet; to bind the outrigger to a canoe with sinnet; the gun-whale, or that part of the upper strcutre that is lashed to the main canoe part
Phonologically Irregular
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Sikaiana
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PN.FANO-GA
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Halona
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A trip or journey away from Sikaiana or Solomon Islands by any conveyance
Phonologically Irregular
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Mangaia
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PN.FAALOO.B
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ʔAaroo
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Peep out; stretch one's head (to see something distant; stretch one's hand (to take something)
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Tahitian
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MP.UE.A
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Ue
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The last struggling breath of an animal; to toss and move, as a dyihng person; strong, impetuous, as a wave of the sea
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Tuvalu
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NO.LUE.2
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Lue
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To wiggle hips, to sway in dancing
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Niue
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PN.GA-LUE
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Malue/lue
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Unstable, loose (as a post in the ground)
Phonologically Irregular
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East Futuna
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PN.QARO-FI-LIMA
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Alofi lima
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Paume de la main
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East Uvea
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PN.QARO-FI-LIMA
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ʔAlofi ʔi nima
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Paume de la main
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Nukuoro
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PN.QARO-FI-LIMA
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Alohi lima
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Palm (of the hand)
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Samoan
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PN.QARO-FI-LIMA
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Alofilima
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The palm of the hand
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Tuvalu
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PN.QARO-FI-LIMA
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Alofi lima
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Palm
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Nuguria
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PN.QARO-FI-LIMA
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Aroaro rima
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Palm
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Takuu
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PN.QARO-FI-LIMA
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Aroarorima
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Palm of the hand
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Niue
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PN.QARO.B
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Alo/alo
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Under, inside (inside surfaces). Caves or chasms in the rocks (McE).
Phonologically Irregular
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Waya
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PN.QARO.B
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Aro/ga
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Insides, inner part of body; heart, soul
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West Futuna
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PN.QARO.B
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Aro
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Inside of a thing
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Takuu
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PN.QARO.B
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Aro/faa
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Underside of chin
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Tikopia
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PN.QARO.B
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Aro
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Interior, concave face of adze
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East Uvea
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PN.QARO-FI
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ʔAlofi
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Le creux, le dedans; le cercle des chefs et des grandes personnalités dans un kava
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East Uvea
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PN.QARO-FI
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Aofi
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Plafond
Borrowed
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East Futuna
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PN.QARO-FI
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Alofi
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Creux d'une partie du corps; endroit ou s'assoient les chefs au kava, en face du plat à kava; rangée des chefs au kava
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Samoan
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PN.QARO-FI
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Alofi
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The circle of chiefs; to sit in a circle, sitting round a house
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Nukuoro
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PN.QARO-FI
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Alohi
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Anything forming a semi-circle
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Tikopia
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PN.QARO-FI
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Arofi
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Face one another, gather around
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Anuta
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SO.QALOFI
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Aropi/tai
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Water covering the fringing reef
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Tikopia
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SO.QALOFI
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Arofi fenua
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Beach, in contrast to tua fenua (rock border) and arofi tai (reef area)
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Easter Island
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PN.QARO.B
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Aro/aro
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Lining; to line; to put the ceilings in a house
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Marquesas
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AN.QARO.A
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Kave aʔoaʔo
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Porter (un enfant) la face tournée vers soi
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Tahitian
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PN.QARO.B
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Aro/aro
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The lining of a garment. Plafond (Lmt).
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Tongan
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PN.QARO.B
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ʔO/ʔao/ʔi-ngutu
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The roof of the mouth
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