| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Penrhyn
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PN.TE-KAU
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E/tchukau
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Ten pairs of coconuts
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Penrhyn
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NP.FANAU-GA
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Hanaunga
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Family
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Hawaiian
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NP.KAU-QAMO
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ʔAuamo
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Pole or stick used for carrying burdens across the shoulders
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East Futuna
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NP.KAU-QAMO
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Kau(kau)ʔamo/ga
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Constellation de l'Aigle
Problematic
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Samoan
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NP.KAU-QAMO
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Auamo
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To carry a dead chief about on a bier
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tuvalu
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NP.KAU-QAMO
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Kauamo
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Shoulder pole
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Rennellese
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NP.KAU-QAMO
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Kau ʔamo
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Carrying stick; to carry on the shoulders, as on a stick
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Marquesas
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NP.KAU-QAMO
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ʔOuamo (MQS)
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Bois qui sert à porter un fardeau sur les épaules
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Penrhyn
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NP.KAU-QAMO
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Kauamo
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Litter, carrying pole; to carry with a carrying pole
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Rarotongan
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NP.KAU-QAMO
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Kauamo
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Carry jointly (on carrying pole, stretcher, or with linked hands)
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.KAU-QAMO
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Kauamo
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Litter (bed arranged between two poles to carry a sick person on)
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.RAU-KAWA
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Raukawa
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An aromatic plant used as a scent (Nothopanax edgerleyi); the scent from same
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Penrhyn
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CE.RAU-KAWA
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Raukava
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Altar. Small enclosure on marae (Bck).
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Penrhyn
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PN.LAU-MANU
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Rau manu
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A crowd of many birds flying over a shoal of fish (*inaho*), either on the lagoon or on the ocean; all the thatch sheets of a house.
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Tahitian
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PN.LAU-MANU
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Raumanu
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Rassemblement d'oiseaux de mer dénotant la présence d'un banc de poissons
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Tahitian
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CE.RAU-KAWA
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Rauava
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The *miro* or *amae* leaves used in the marae for various sacred purposes
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Tahitian
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PN.LAU-MANU
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Raumanu
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The fish, where the birds congregate over some part of the sea; also the fish, caught at the end of the season
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Tuamotu
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PN.LAU-MANU
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Raumanu
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A flock, countless number, of circling, hovering birds
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Tuamotu
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PN.LAU-MANU
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Raumanu/hia
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Accompanied by aflock of hovering birds; said when birds follow and feed upon a school of fish
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Tuamotu
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CE.RAU-KAWA
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Raukava
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Some part of the sacred regalia of a chief or high priest
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Hawaiian
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CE.RAU-KAWA
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Lau ʔawa
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Kava leaf; first two or three taro leaves, as offered with kava leaves with prayers for a good food supply
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Pukapuka
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CE.RAU-KAWA
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Laukava
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A feast held at the command of the *aliki*
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Samoan
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PN.LAU-MANU
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Laumanu/ina
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To have praise or blame shouted after one
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Samoan
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PN.LAU-MANU
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Laumanu/ʔia
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Be discussed, talked about
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Samoan
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CE.RAU-KAWA
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Lauʔava
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Food eaten on the burial of a chief
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Tongan
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PN.LAU-MANU
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Laumanu
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Flock of birds
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Penrhyn
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CE.FATU.4
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Tau/hatu
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Honorific term...meant to stress seniority in chiefly families
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Penrhyn
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PN.TAU.3
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Tau
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Line (of descent)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tahitian
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TA.TII-TOKO
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Tiitoʔo
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Étai pour ouvrir et maintenir ouvert un auvent; ouvrir un auvent à l'aide d'un étai; border une voile; étendre le bras, la jambe
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Penrhyn
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TA.TUU-KAU.B
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Tuukau
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Helper, assistant, deputy
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Mangaia
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TA.TUU-KAU.B
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Tuukau
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Help somebody to walk by supporting from side
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Tahitian
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TA.TUU-KAU.B
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Tuuʔau
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Chef, intendant
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Tuamotu
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TA.TUU-KAU.B
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Tuukau
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A social overlord, predominant chief...; a steward, mate; the housekeeper of an *ariki*
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Rarotongan
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TA.HAFA.C
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ʔEiaʔa
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Don't (weaker than *auraka, and often cautionary rather than imperative)
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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PN.FAKA-RAU
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Akarau
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To make more, to multiply
Borrowed
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Pukapuka
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PN.FAKA-RAU
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Wakalau
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To count
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.FAKA-RAU
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Whakarau
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To multiply
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Tahitian
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PN.FAKA-RAU
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Faʔarau
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Centupler, multiplier
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Tahitian
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PN.FAKA-RAU
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Faarau
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To make hundreds, or count by hundreds
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Mangareva
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PN.FAKA-RAU
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ʔAkarau
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Engraisser, choyer ses enfants...
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Hawaiian
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PN.FAKA-RAU
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Hoʔolau
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To make numerous; to assemble, as of numerous persons or animals; numerous
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Nukuoro
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PN.FAKA-RAU
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Hagalau
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Make a total of one hundred
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.FAKA-RAU
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Hagalau
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To make a total of one hundred
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East Futuna
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PN.FAKA-RAU
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Fakalau
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Ajouter, compter en plus
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Tongan
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PN.FAKA-RAU
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Faka/te/au
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To make up to a hundred, to complete a hundred of
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Rennellese
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PN.FAKA-RAU
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Hakagau
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To count, as mats, tapa, bags, papers, books, bundles of pandanus leaves for thatch
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tahitian
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PN.KAU.2B
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Au-
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Placé devant certains noms pour indiquer une collectivité (autahu'a, aufenua...)
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Rarotongan
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CK.AU.2
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Au
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Several, many (usually translatable by English plural)
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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CK.AU.2
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Au
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Plural marker
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Penrhyn
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CK.AU.2
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Au
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Plural marker (mostly dual or paucal)
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