| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Sikaiana
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PN.POLA-POLA
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Polapola
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Small temporary basket made from coconut leaf {paakele}
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Tongan
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PN.QATIU
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Ajiu
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Cucumis melo, an aboriginal melon, rare or now lost from Tonga (Rabone, 1845, Baker, 1897)
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Takuu
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EC.GA-AKE
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A/nake
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East trade wind; season when this wind blows
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Sikaiana
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EC.GA-AKE
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A/naake
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East
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Penrhyn
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PN.KAU-QAA
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Kaaua
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Enclose, make a fence around; enclosure, pen, garden, fence, place divided by horizontally laid coconut trees
Phonologically Irregular
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Luangiua
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OC.FANO.4
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Haŋo
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Big tree (make bowls)
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Tuvalu
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PN.MAALOOLOO.B
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Malooloo
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To rest, take a vacation
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Sikaiana
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PN.MAALOOLOO.B
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Haka/malooloo
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To take a rest, to take a vacation, a holiday
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Tuvalu
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NP.TEE-LAA
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Telaa
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Demonstrative (away from speaker and person spoken to), that, who, whom (singular)
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Kapingamarangi
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NP.TEE-LAA
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Deelaa
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That, there (away from speaker and hearer); which, who
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Takuu
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NP.TEE-LAA
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Te(e)laa
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That (over there, further from the speaker than indicated by tenaa); another, (somebody or something) else
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.TEE-LAA
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Teeraa
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That, yonder, away from or unconnected with either the speaker or the person addressed; that other, the other; yonder, there, then
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Tuamotu
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NP.TEE-HENA
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Teenaa
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That, there by you; referential; location near addressee, away from speaker
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Tuamotu
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NP.TEE-LAA
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Teeraa
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That, over there; referential object away from both speaker and addressee
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Takuu
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NP.TEE-HENA
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Teenaa
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That (near you, closer to the speaker than that indicated by teelaa)
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Luangiua
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SO.MAAVAVA.*
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Maeva
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Yawn, awake
Phonologically Irregular
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Luangiua
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AN.HALA
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Make/ala
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Road
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Nukuoro
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PN.WALO.1
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Daa/valo
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Make a great deal of noise (vocal)
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Luangiua
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AN.KIO.1A
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ʔIo
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Baby chicken (from the noise it makes)
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West Futuna
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NP.AKILI
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Akeri-a
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To empty, to dig out (ex. unloading food from boat). To empty a thing, e.g. basket (Cpl). Creuser (une pirogue) (Rve).
Phonologically Irregular
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West Futuna
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PN.QAMO
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Amo-a
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Take, carry; have, beget children. L'apporter (avec brancard), ramasser par terre, prendre avec main, attraper (crabes) (Rve).
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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West Futuna
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MP.LAKA.1
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Faka/laka
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To make a thing with long spaces. To make with long open spaces, to space things (Dty)
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West Futuna
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AN.FAFAGO
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Faŋo/na
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To awaken; exhort, admonish
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West Futuna
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FJ.GOGO.3
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Fa/ngongo/nua
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To make desolate
Problematic
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West Futuna
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PN.FARO.2B
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Fari/ake-a, fari/akina
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To stretch out the hand; point out as guilty
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Kapingamarangi
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NO.TIKE.2
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Diga
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To turn, make a turn
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Nukuoro
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NO.FAKA-PULU
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Hagabulu/bulu ange
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Make do with
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Hawaiian
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PN.FAKA-SOA
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Hoʔohoa
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To make friends
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.FAKA-SOA
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Whakahoa
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Make a companion of, associate with
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Rarotongan
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PN.FAKA-SOA
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ʔAkaʔoa
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Make friend, companion, mate
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Takuu
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CP.TALO.2
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T/taro
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Massage the body of an unconscious person to induce consciousness; shake someone repeatedly to waken them from a deep sleep
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Luangiua
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NO.TAA.6
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Ka/akea
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Turn canoe around
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Takuu
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NO.TAA.6
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Taa
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(of a person, automobile, etc.) Diverge from the main path, take a branch road...
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Nukuoro
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NO.TAA.6
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Daa
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To make a sharp turn
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West Futuna
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EC.KAVAU
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Kavau
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To make a great noise
Problematic
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West Futuna
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AN.MAI.A
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Mai
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Suffix denoting motion towards the speaker
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West Futuna
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EC.MITI.3B
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Mishi/mishi
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The wake of canoes
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West Futuna
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NP.FANAKE.*
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Fenake (WFU), nage (ANI)
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To rise. Go up.
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West Futuna
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MP.GALU.1
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Garu
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Wave, breaker
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Takuu
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NO.PA-TAKE
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Petake
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(of a hole or container) Shallow; (of ground) uneven; (of a road) to have potholes’
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Sikaiana
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NO.PA-TAKE
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Paa taketake
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To be shallow (of water)
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Sikaiana
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SO.SEPE
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S/sepe
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To cut thinly to make something even, as when joining two pieces of wood or cutting a shoot of a coconut tree to collect coconut sap
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Tongan
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PN.QARA-FAKI
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ʔAafaki
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To keep watch beside a corpse; to keep someone awake; to prepare and light up a native oven immediately on waking. Veiller; (cuisine) que l'on fait avant jour (Btn).
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.QARA-FIA
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Alahia
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Watch, stay awake to watch
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Hawaiian
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PN.QARA-FIA
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Hoʔa/alahia
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To awaken; wakefulness, insomnia
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Sikaiana
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PN.QARA-FIA
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Alahia
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To keep oneself awake
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Sikaiana
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SO.KAU-MAI
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Kaumai
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Send towards speaker
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Samoan
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SO.KAV-ATU
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ʔAvatu
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Give (to the person spoken to, or some person other than the speaker); take; help oneself to
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Tokelau
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SO.KAV-ATU
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Kavatu
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Send; dispatch; take; give
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Samoan
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SO.KAV-AGE
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ʔAvane
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Take, bring along; serve, provide; hand over
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