| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Niue
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NP.FUGAO-NA
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Figona
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Son-in-law, daughter-in-law
Phonologically Irregular
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Niue
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OC.GAU
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Ga/gau
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To bite
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Sikaiana
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PN.PULE.2
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Pule
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A ritual role. There were two pule. One, pule i ttua, was responsible for looking over the crops and the harvest ceremonies. The other, pule i Muli Akau, was responsible for placating the spirits of the reef.
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Niue
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PN.TATAU.2
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Tau
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To match; to be the same or similar
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Samoan
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PN.KAU-HALA
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ʔAuala
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The roadside
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Tongan
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PN.KAU-WAI
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Kauvai
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Side of lake or river or any such body of water (fresh or salt)
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Niue
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PN.KAU-WAI
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Kauvai
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Waterside, bank
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East Futuna
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PN.KAU-WAI
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Kauvai
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Bord (de la rivière); conduite d'eau, canal d'irrigation secondaire (à Sigave)
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East Uvea
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PN.KAU-WAI
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Kauvai
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Rivage, rive, berge, bord
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Samoan
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PN.KAU-WAI
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ʔAuvai
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The bank of a river, lake, pond, well or any other place containing water
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Tokelau
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PN.KAU-WAI
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Kau/gutu/vai
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Riverbank, shoreline of lake
Problematic
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Rennellese
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PN.KAU-QAA
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Kau ʔaa
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Stick fence, as about a garden
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Rennellese
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EC.KAU-GUTU
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Kau ngutu
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Top of sides, as of canoe (Be)
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East Futuna
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NP.KAU-TALIGA
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Kautaliga
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Oreille complète, y compris la partie du crâne ou elle est implantée
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Samoan
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NP.KAU-QALIKI
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ʔAualiʔi
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A talie tree (Terminalia); a keel of a canoe made of talie (A chief's word)
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Tokelau
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NP.KAU-TALIGA
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Kautaliga
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Ear lobe
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Anuta
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NP.KAU-QALIKI
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Kauariki
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Tree with small, red edible fruit
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West Futuna
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NP.KAU-TALIGA
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Kautaringa
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Side of lobe of ear
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Tikopia
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NP.KAU-QALIKI
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Kauariki
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Tree (Terminalia catappa)....
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Tikopia
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NP.KAU-FATA
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Kaufata
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Open frame of wood used to support filter cloth in turmeric manufacture...
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Rennellese
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NP.KAU-FATA
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Kau hata
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Drying platform for coconut-leaf torches; poles comprising canoe platform
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Rennellese
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NP.KAU-TALIGA
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Kau taginga
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Ear lobe and outer rim
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Takuu
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NP.KAU-TALIGA
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Kautarina
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Ear; tuning key of guitar
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Hawaiian
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NP.KAU-FATA
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ʔAuhaka
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Spindle-legged; spindleshanks; an animal with slender legs
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Rarotongan
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NP.KAU-QALIKI
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Kauariki
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Large deciduous trees with spreading branches and tough reddish wood (Terminalia glabrata and T.capatta), said to have been a sacred tree under which chiefs met
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Tahitian
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NP.KAU-FATA
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Aufata
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To lay fire wood cross-wise
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Penrhyn
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PN.KAU-WAI
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Kauvai
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River
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Rarotongan
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PN.KAU-WAI
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Kauvai
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Body of (usually fresh) water, river
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.KAU-FATA
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Kauwhata
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Stage or frame for fish, etc.
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Tahitian
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PN.KAU-WAI
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Aupape
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A square bed of taro; a division in a taro ground
Problematic
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Pukapuka
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PN.KAU-TAA
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Kautaa
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Wooden beater for a gong
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Tahitian
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PN.KAU-TAA
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Auta
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A needle used in thatching; the act of cutting the body of an enemy; the act of supercission (not circumcision, as it has been wrongly called)
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Tuamotu
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PN.KAU-TAA
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Kautaa
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A small flat wooden implement which is slipped under the prepuce in the superincision operation
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Tuamotu
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NP.KAU-QALIKI
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Kauariki/rooa
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The miro tree (Thespesia populnea) (Myth.)
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Mangaia
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PN.KAU-TAA
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Kautaa
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Stiff
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Rarotongan
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PN.KAU-TAA
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Kautaa
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Netting-needle, mesh-gauge, shuttle
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Tahitian
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PN.KAU-TAA
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ʔAutaa
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Coin de bois qui sert à la circoncision
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Hawaiian
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PN.KAU-TAA
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ʔAukaa
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Wood woven through sticks in 'ie kala fish trap; long stems, as of some species of mangoes; bar, as of soap or gold; ridge or strip between the flutes of a column; facet, fillet, capstain bar, bar across a roadway; stump
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East Uvea
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PN.KAU-TAA
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Kautaa
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Maillet, bâtonnet pour jouer du tamtam
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Tokelau
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PN.KAU-TAA
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Kautaa
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Drum stick; gong stick; bell clapper
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Tuvalu
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PN.KAU-TAA
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Kautaa
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Sticks used to beat a tin during a fatele
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Tikopia
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PN.KAU-TAA
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Kautaa
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Beating stick for sounding board...
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Samoan
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PN.KAU-TAA
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ʔAutaa
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Bell-clapper; gong-stick
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Tongan
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PN.KAU-TAA
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Kautaa
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Drum-stick; either or both of two large curved pieces of timber contituting the main framework at the end of a Tongan house
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Easter Island
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CE.RUFI.2
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Rohi-rohi
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Exhausted, fed up, tired, weary... Tired, weary (from physical exertion) (Wbr).
Phonologically Irregular
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Easter Island
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EO.SAU.6
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Ha/hau
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Air
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Easter Island
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PN.LAU-QULU
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Rauʔoho puʔoko
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Single hair (of head)
Problematic
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Easter Island
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OC.KAU-QAHE
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Kauvaha
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Jaw of dead horse, used as percussion instrument
Phonologically Irregular
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Easter Island
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SO.QAU-KAU
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ʔAkau
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Gums
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Easter Island
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EP.MAMARI
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Mari/pau
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Testicle
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