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Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Hawaiian
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PN.SUMU.3
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Humu
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The star Altair, in Aquila, said to have been used for navigation from Hawai'i to Tahiti
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Mangareva
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PN.SUMU.3
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Umu
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Nom d'une étoile qui rayonnait sur la tête des personnes au moment ou l'on préparait ce four
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Takuu
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PN.SUMU.3
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Simu
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Two four-star constellations in the southern sky ..., said to resemble a triggerfish...One appears to be the Southern Cross
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Tongan
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PN.TAAKELO
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Takelo
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Two stars in the northern sky, so named because of their ruddy colour (kelo) (Makemson 1941).
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Mangareva
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PN.TAKULUA
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Takurua
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An unidentified star (Buck 1938a)
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Samoan
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PN.TAKULUA
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Taulu/alofi, Taulua/tuafanua
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Names of stars
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.SUMU.3
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Ti-humu-te, Ti-humu-mhe
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A star: Hadar (Beta Centauri) (Emory 1965)
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.SUMU.3
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Ti-humu-uri
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A star: Rigil Kentaurus (Alpha Centauri) (Emory 1965)
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Marquesas
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NP.WAELO
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Hetu(u) (me te) veʔo (MQN), fetu(u) me te veʔo (MQS)
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Comète
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Marquesas
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CE.WERO
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Veʔo
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A star (unidentified) (Handy 1923)
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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CE.WERO
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Vero-mata-utoru
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A star (unidentified) (Buck 1932)
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Tuamotu
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CE.WERO
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Vero-mata-utoru
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Brightest of all stars (Makemson 1941)
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Tuamotu
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CE.WERO
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Viro-ma-tautoru
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The name of a constellation
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Hawaiian
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CE.WERO
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Welo
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The name of a month in the lunar calendar; name of a star used by navigators
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.WERO
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Wero-i-te-ao-marie, Wero-i-te-aro-marino, Wero-i-te-kokota, Wero-i-te-ninihi, Wero-i-te-wawana, Wero-i-te-whakataka-pungarehu
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Star names (Makemson 1941, Best 1922b)
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Rarotongan
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CE.GALO-POO-INA
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Ngaro/poo/ina
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Slip from the memory, (be) forgotten
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Penrhyn
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CE.GALO-POO-INA
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Ngaro/poo/ina
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To forget
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Tahitian
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CE.GALO-POO-INA
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Aromoi-na
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To forget/be forgotten
Phonologically Irregular
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Tahitian
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CE.GALO-POO-INA
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Aramoiʔa, aramoʔe
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Oubli; etre oublié [Iles Sous le Vent (Leeward islands) Dialect]
Phonologically Irregular
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Hawaiian
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CE.GALO-POO-INA
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Po/ina
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To forget; forgotten
Problematic
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Hawaiian
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PN.TUQU.3A
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Kuu
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Abruptly, rudely, defiantly, unceremoniously, without observance of taboos or niceties, brusque
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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East Futuna
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PN.QATI.3
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Ati/ga
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Mur; tas de pierres construit par les femmes à la marée descendante pour emprisonner le poisson
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East Futuna
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PN.FOO.2A
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Fo/fo/a
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Médecin, médecine
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Samoan
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PN.FOO.2A
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Foo/maʔi
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Doctor, assistant medical practitioner
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Easter Island
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FJ.SAGA.1B
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Haŋa
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Want, desire, love, hope
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Tongan
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MP.QAU.1
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ʔAu
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Current, stream
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Tongan
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PN.FAKA-LELE
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Fakalele
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Cause or allow to run; propel; run or conduct (a business etc.)
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Tongan
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FJ.SEWA.A
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Heva
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To wander or roam about aimlessly
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Tongan
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MP.FULU.1
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Fulu
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Hair on the privates
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Niue
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PN.MAA-GALO.1
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Magalo
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To be forgotten
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Tongan
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PN.FE-HAGA-I
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Fehangai, fehangaaki
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To face each other, or be opposite each other
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Tongan
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PN.FE-HAGA-I
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Feangai
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(of houses, properties) Be opposite, face each other; (of persons) be frequently or constantly in each other's company
Phonologically Irregular
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Tongan
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PN.HEKE
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Heka
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To sit on anything raised above the ground; to mount or go aboard; to ride in or on
Phonologically Irregular
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Tongan
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PN.KALO.1
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Kalo
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Nod sideways, move the head to one side to dodge something; shirk, dodge the issue, make excuses
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Nukumanu
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PN.POO-QULI
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Haka/pouri
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Become night
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Samoan
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PN.POO-QULI
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Pouli
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To be darkened, dim
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Tahitian
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PN.POO-QULI
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Pouri, poiri
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Dark, obscure
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Tokelau
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PN.POO-QULI
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Poouli/uli
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Dark; in the dark, unaware; primitive, uncivilized
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Tongan
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MP.QILO-A
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ʔIlo
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See, notice, find, discover, know
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Tongan
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PN.LAWE.2B
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Lave
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To touch, have contact with, deal with, affect; help or give a hand
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Tongan
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TO.LIOGI
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Liongi
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To go into mourning (esp. for neice or nephew) by complete neglect of one's hair and then cutting it very short
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Niue
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TO.LIOGI
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Liogi
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To pray; prayer
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East Uvea
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TO.LIOGI
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Liogi
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Art, métier; deuil, prière, supplication
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Tongan
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AN.ROGO.1B
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Ongo
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Sound; report, story; reputation...
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Tongan
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PN.SIKU-LEQO
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Hikuongo
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Echo
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Emae
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PN.FAKA-MAGA
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Fakamaga
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Open one's mouth
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Niue
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PN.FAKA-MAGA
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Fakamaga
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To open one's mouth
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Tikopia
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PN.FAKA-MAGA
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Fakamanga
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Open wide, gape
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.FAKA-MAGA
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Fokamaga
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Spread legs
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Tongan
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MP.MAGO
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Maango/a
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Having very little juice in it
Problematic
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