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Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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CP.FEQATA.A
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Feara
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A type of fish
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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SO.FOTA.2
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La/hora
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Fish trap with a narrow exit for nets
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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MP.FOTO
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Foro
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Small stingray (juvenile?)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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OC.FUE.1A
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Hue
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Vine
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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NP.FUE.1B
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Hue potoe
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Small spherical gourd grown on Tuleki...used as lime container...
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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SO.GALO.2
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Hi/galo, li/galo
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A blunt-headed large fish (beak-like jaws)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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MP.HAGA.1
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N/aga/ii
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Unit of length: span (end of thumb to little finger)
Phonologically Irregular
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.HOKA.1
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Oka
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Main rafters
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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AN.IKU.1
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Eku/kau
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Tip of shaft of kupega net
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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AN.IPU
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Tu/ipu
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Shark rattle
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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SO.KALAQAFAU
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Kalahau
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Side part of te momoa (cheek area)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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SO.FAKANAVA
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Hakanava
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Type of wood used for firestick
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.KA-KANO.1
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Kulu te kano mala
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Type of breadfruit ['bitter flesh']
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.KAO-KAO
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Na/kaokao
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Sides of shaft of adze helve
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.KAU-I
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Kau/kaui(i)
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Sticks which become part of outrigger
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.KOGA
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Koga/i lima
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Upper arm or humerus
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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NP.KU-KUTI
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Kuhi
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Small hand net used by women for fish under stones
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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CP.LAGA.1A
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Laga/laga/i
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A type of fried bread made from banana or kumara
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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CP.LOLI
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Loli
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Black sea slug
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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EO.LULU.1A
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Lulu
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Owl (not found at Taumako, but in Reefs)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.MAAGALO.2
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Magalo
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Sweet
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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AN.MAGA.1
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Maga hanaa
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Notched bottom of te puke mast boom
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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OC.MALAQE
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Malae momoa
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Open,Whole flat upper surface of te momoa [end piece of canoe]
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.MATA-PISU
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Mdapiu
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Limpet spp.
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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SO.PAKAKAU.*
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Hai/pepekau
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Unit of length, from breast bone to finger tips
Phonologically Irregular
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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MP.PIPI.1
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Pipi
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Bivalve, Anadara sp.
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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MP.PULE.1
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Hau/pule
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Shellfish, Monetaria moneta [money cowry]
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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OC.QATU.1
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Atu
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Small type of skipjack tuna
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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MP.QATU.2
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Atu
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A line of things
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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FJ.QUTU.2
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Matauutu, mdaitu, ndaitu
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Headland; rocky shore next to the land
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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FJ.RAU.3
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Lau
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Roof slat & wall slat of house
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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EC.TAAIKI
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Tai iki
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Trap for wild fowl (also dogs, formerly also pigs)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.TAPA.1A
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Tapa kaula
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Betel nut bark, made into the decking of large canoe outrigger
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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CP.TAU.6
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Tau
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The cover plate of the te puke hull. Coverboard (Gge).
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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FJ.TEKE.2
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Teke
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The stick lashed to te hana on te puke...
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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MP.TOGO
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Togo
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Tall mangrove tree; wood used for head of ndaipakapaka arrow
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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NP.TULU-TULU.1
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Pou/tutulu
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Four large corner posts of house
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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OC.UTO
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Uto/gi
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One of a pair of floats of outrigger. Side float (Gge).
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.WAA.2
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Va
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Vertical overlays of lau (slats of house)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.FAGA-MEA
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Gamea
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Fish sp.
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.FATI.B
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Vahi
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Bent in the middle
Phonologically Irregular
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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FJ.FUHU
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Huu
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Shellfish (Conus leopardus)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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FJ.LII.2
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Lii
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Type of lashing on canoe
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.MURI.1B
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Muli
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Bottom (inside and outside) of hull of outrigger canoe; shaft of arrow
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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MP.PONO.1
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Pno/hia to pagaiu
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Close upper lip over nostrils while diving
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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MP.PUGA.1
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Puga/olovai
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Kind of coral used as grinder for coconut shell
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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NP.QUU.B
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Uu
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Reed; arrow
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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AN.TALIGA
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Saliga
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Misshapen or large ears (cauliflower ears) used for naming parts of the land,
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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MP.TOKO.1A
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Soko
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Spreader stick for te liu toto
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.TAMA-FAFINE
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Afafine, ahahine
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Daughter of a man
Problematic
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