| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tuvalu
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FJ.PAU.3
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Pau
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(Guettarda speciosa) ; (Mammea glauca)
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Fijian
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FJ.PAU.3
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Bau
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Tree with edible fruit and beautiful red-brown wood used to make canoes, boxes; (Sapotaceae sp.); also (Pittosporum brackenridgei)
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Samoan
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FJ.PAU.3
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Pau
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Name of a tree from which clubs are made. (Manilkara samoensis) (Whr).
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Waya
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FJ.PAU.3
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Bau
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A tree, prob. (Sapotaceae sp.)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.PEE-
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Phe/laa
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Like that; say
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Tokelau
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PN.PEE-
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Vee
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Be like, be the same as
Problematic
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Fijian
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OC.PEAU
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Biau
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A wave (said to be borrowed from PN)
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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TA.PEHA
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Pe(pe)ha
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Pithy saying, aphorism, proverb
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Mangareva
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PN.PEE-HENA
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Pena
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Ainsi, comme cela (se dit d'objets éloignés). So, like that (said of objects at some distance off) (Tgr).
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Rarotongan
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CE.PEKA-PEKA.2
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Pekapeka
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(Have) quarrel, dispute, disagreement, trouble etc.
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East Futuna
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PN.PEKEPEKE
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Pekepeke
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Sauce of coconut cream
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East Uvea
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PN.PEKEPEKE
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Peke(peke)
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Lait extrait de la noix de coco que l'on mange avec le mei; toute sorte de sauce
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Samoan
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PN.PEKEPEKE
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Peʔepeʔe
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A sauce made of the expressed juice of cocoa-nut
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Tokelau
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OC.PELE.2
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Pele
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Tree Spinach (Hibiscus manihot) introduced from Samoa
Problematic
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Samoan
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PN.PELUPELU
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Pelupelu
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(Sardinella sp.)
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Marquesas
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PN.PEQE-SI.A1
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Pehi
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Frapper, battre, tuer en frappant, exterminer, massacrer, assommer
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Mangareva
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CE.PESU
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Peʔu/peʔu
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Devenir sale
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Tuamotu
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TA.PEU.2
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Peu
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Usage, custom, habit, manners
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Penrhyn
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CE.PII.1
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Pii/saa
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Young fish, esp. young mackerel
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Niue
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MP.PIA.1
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Ka/pia
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Cassava or tapioca (Manihot esculenta)
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Tuamotu
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MP.PIA.2A
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Pia/pia
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Any viscous juice, sap, gum
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Rennellese
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MP.PIKI.1A
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Pipiki
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Keep, retain, hold, save
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Takuu
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PN.PIKI.2
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Piki
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(of rope or string) Have a twist or kink that disappears simply by making it taut; (of foot) cramped; (of throat) dry; (of fishing line) tangled
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Marquesas
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PN.PILAU
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Piʔau
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Stinking, decayed (I). Sentir mauvas, infecte, désagréable, puant; pus, pourriture, infection. Avoir mauvais goût; taste bad (Atl).
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Rarotongan
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CE.PIRI-PIRI
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Piripiri
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An introduced herb, Beggar'-tick (Bidens pilosa); an indigenous grass Sandbur (Cenchrus echinatus)
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Mangareva
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CE.PIO
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Pio
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S'éteindre (feu, lumière, yeux d'un mourant). To put out, extinguish (said of fire, and the eyes) (Tgr).
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Tuvalu
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MP.PIPI.1
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Pipi
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(Natica albula), (Nerita spp.), (Asaphis sp.)
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Kapingamarangi
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MP.PIPI.1
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Bibi
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Mollusc sp.: Asaphis arenosa
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Rapa
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MP.PIPI.1
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Pipi
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A bivalve (Tellina rugosa), and a smaller species of the same genus
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Tokelau
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MP.PIPI.1
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Pipi
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A mollusc (Asaphis sp.)
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East Futuna
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OC.PIPI.2
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Pipi
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Nom d'un arbre dont l'interieur est noir et tendre comme le sapin . (Hernandia moerenhoutiana)
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Mangareva
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EP.PI-PIRI
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Pipiri
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June. Saison froide ou la végétation se repose; correspond au mois de join) (Rch).
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Mangareva
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CE.PIHE
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Piʔe
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Cri de joie, de guerre, de lamentation; danser en poussant des cris; danse de guerre
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Mangaia
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PN.PISI.2
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Ma/piʔi
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Star Limpet (Patella flexuosa flexuosa)
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Rarotongan
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PN.PISI.2
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Maa/piʔi
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Star Limpet (Patella flexuosa)
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East Uvea
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PN.PISI.3
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Pihi
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Etre atteint par une chose jaillissante ou contagieuse
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Tongan
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MP.PITU
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Pitu
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Bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris)
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Marquesas
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NP.PII-WAI
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Pivai/tea
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Sans chair
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Pukapuka
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NP.PII-WAI
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Piivai/elo
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Useless, good for nothing (said of persons)
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West Uvea
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MP.POA.1
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Poa
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Sentir le sang (de poisson/viande)
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Tahitian
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CE.POHUTU.1
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Pohutu
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To be fed to satiety; to be worked to weariness
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tuamotu
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CE.POHUTU.1
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Poohutu/hutu
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White, round organ resembling a stomach sac in some fish
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New Zealand Maori
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TA.POO-FATU.2
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Poohutu/kawa
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A tree (Metrosideros excelsa)
Phonologically Irregular
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Rarotongan
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TA.POO-FATU.2
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Po(o)ʔutu/kava
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A coastal shrub with white berries (Sophora tomentosa) Ngaputoru name . (Scaevola sericea.)
Phonologically Irregular
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Rotuman
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CP.POQOI
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Poʔoi
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Fruit salad
Problematic
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Anuta
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NP.POKE
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Poke
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Taro balls of mashed taro and coconut sauce. A type of food made by mixing mashed, baked taro with stone boiled coconut cream and rolling it into balls (A very prestigeous food prepared on important ceremonial occasions) (Fbg).
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Marquesas
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PN.POKI.1
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Po/poki (MQN), po/poʔi (MQS) (Atl).
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Prendre avec la main, saisir. Attraper, maitriser (Lch). Empoigner, grab (Atl).
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Waya
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EO.POKO.1
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Boko
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Die out, become extinct (of people); go out (of fire, lamp); disappear, die, fade
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Hawaiian
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TA.POO-REHO
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Puuleho
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An elongated type of Cowrie (Luria isabella)
Problematic
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.PORO.1
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Hai bolo
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Say that
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