| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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East Futuna
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PN.TAUSI
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Tausi
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Prendre soin; nourrir (sa famille); tradition, coutume; garder des malades
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Emae
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PN.TAI-TAI
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Akona nam/taitai
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Salt
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Tikopia
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PN.TAI-TAI
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Taitai
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Coming from the sea; salt-stained, wet with sea-water
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Tuvalu
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PN.TAI-TAI
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Taitai/a
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To be covered with salt water, to smell of salt water, salty
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Tahitian
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PN.TAI-TAI
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Taitai
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Salt, saltish, brackish; bitter
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Rennellese
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NP.PAA-KISI
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Pakisi
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Sallow, pale (as a sick person); to weep loudly, to sound quietly, as a peaceful sea
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Penrhyn
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PN.TALA-A-TUQA
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Tara o te tua
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Dorsal fins
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Marquesas
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PN.TALA-A-TUQA
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Taʔatua (MQN-Atl)
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Nageoire dorsale des poissons
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Hawaiian
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PN.TALA-A-TUQA
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Kala kua
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Sharp horn on dorsal fin
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Tikopia
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PN.TALA-A-TUQA
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Tara a tua o te ika
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Spine of dorsal fin of fish
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East Futuna
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PN.TALA-A-TUQA
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Talaa tuʔa
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Nageoire dorsale (poisson)
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East Uvea
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PN.TALA-A-TUQA
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Talatuʔa
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Nageoire dorsale, dos du poisson
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Samoan
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FJ.QASA
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Asa
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To ford, wade through; make one’s way across (bushetc.)
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Tuvalu
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FJ.QASA
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A/asa
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Move quickly, wade, go through bush
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East Uvea
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PN.QASA-GA.A
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Ahaga
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Passage de la mer où l’on peut guéer d’une terre à l’autre, isthme
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Samoan
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PN.QASA-GA.A
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Aasaga
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Ford or fording place
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Tuvalu
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PN.QASA-GA.A
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Aasaga
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Shallow passage. Sandbank (Bsr).
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Nukuoro
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PN.QASA-GA.A
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Aasaga
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A watercourse between islets on the atoll
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Rennellese
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NP.QASA-GA.B
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ʔAasanga
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To be out to sea; offshore sea
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Ifira-Mele
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NP.QASA-GA.B
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Aasaga
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Open sea
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Penrhyn
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NP.QASA-GA.B
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Aasanga
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To be far away (vaguely); distant land
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Takuu
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PN.-AGA.3
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-Ana
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Particle creating nominalisations referring to location of, occasion of, incident of, state of something identified in verb root
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Takuu
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SO.QALOFI
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Arohi
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Sandy area of beach on lagoon side of each island
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Takuu
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FJ.QASA
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Aasa/ki
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Swing one's arms briskly while walking; walk quickly through shallow water, using this arm motion to aid progress
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Takuu
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SO.FAFA.3
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Ffaa
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Rope regulating the angle of a canoe sail against the wind; sheet
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Takuu
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MP.FAGA.1A
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Hana
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Free edge of a canoe sail, leech; remove, let loose a string when making string figures
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Takuu
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PN.FAANAU.A
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Haanau
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Same-sex siblings
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Takuu
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OC.FANO.4
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Hano
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Tree (Guettarda speciosa)
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Takuu
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MP.FALE
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Hare
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House, dwelling; chrysalis; hole in which an animal lives; clan
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Takuu
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XW.MA-FATI
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Mahati
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Cracked but retaining the same shape
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Takuu
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AN.FUTI.2
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Huti
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Type of banana (Musa sp.), apparently a late 19th century introduction to Takuu
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Takuu
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PN.KAA.1
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K/kaa
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(of one's mouth) Make raucous noise (as when birds chatter or people clear their throats, gargle, or say 'ah'); loud, impertinent
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Takuu
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NP.KA-ITOQA
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Kaitoa
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Serves him right! (Said when the speaker believes someone else's misfortune represents natural justice) Comeuppance
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Takuu
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CP.KAALEWA
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Kaareva
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Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)
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East Futuna
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PN.KALU.C
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Kalu/i toto
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Coaguler (sang)
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Rarotongan
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EP.KALU.D
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Karu
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Go slack, sag (of a rope, line or net)
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Rarotongan
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EP.KALU.D
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Karu/karu
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Hang or sag in folds, crumpled, wrinkled, wizened
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Marquesas
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PN.KALU.B
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Kaʔu
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Scories, ordures, balayures, bran, petits brins d'herbes, de broussailles; miettes; chose vile, méprisable
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Takuu
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PN.KALU.A
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Karu/karu
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Soft white substance like a flower beside the egg sac inside a clam
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Takuu
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EC.FAKA-SANI
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Kaasani
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Coconuts of any growth stage when tied in pairs; tear a strip from the husk of a dry coconut in order to tie it to another....
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Takuu
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PN.KAU-I
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Kaauii
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Tie or attach by means of a continuous series of knots, as when attaching a sail or net to its supporting poles or when tying up a long bundle
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Takuu
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PN.KAU-NA
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Kauna/ki
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(To send) summons, message for people to come
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Takuu
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FJ.KAUTE
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Kaute
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Hibiscus rosa-siniensis
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Luangiua
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NP.KANO-FI-MATA
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Alemaka. Alimaka (Sar).
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Eye, face
Phonologically Irregular
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Luangiua
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EC.FAKA-SANI
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Asaŋi
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Tie two coconuts together for carrying
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Luangiua
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EC.KAVITI.1
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Aviki
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Sand crab, 4", white
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Luangiua
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PN.FAA-.4
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Haa-
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Causative
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Luangiua
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NP.SAPA
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Haa/sapa
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Look out [of] side of eye
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Luangiua
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EO.SULA
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Haa/sula. Haʔasula (Sar).
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Approach
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Takuu
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FJ.KOFE.A
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(Sa)kohe
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Shrub (Miscanthus floridulus), a swamp-growing indigenous bamboo...
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