| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Takuu
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SF.SALI.2
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S/sari
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Wipe, remove someting with a flick/scrape (e.g. water) off the surface of something (e.g. of a human body after bathing, a common practice)
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Takuu
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PN.SALII
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Sarii
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Fish sp. caught in hand nets for bait
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Takuu
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EO.SAU.6
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Sau
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Breeze, gentle wind
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Sikaiana
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EO.SAU.6
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Sau
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Weather
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Takuu
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PN.SAU.7
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S/sau
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State or condition (esp. of the human body) as specified by the following verb
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Takuu
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OC.SAAWAKI
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Saauaki
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Edible sea urchin sp.
Phonologically Irregular
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Sikaiana
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OC.SAAWAKI
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Saavaki
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Sea urchin sp.
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Takuu
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XO.SAWA.2
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Sava
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Dance gesture, esp. in sau dances
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Takuu
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NP.SAWA.1
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S/sava
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Covered or smeared with an undesirable substance (e.g. paint, blood, faeces)
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Takuu
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FJ.SEKA
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Seka/a
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Fine white mould, mildew, or fungus (such as that appearing on leather); salt residue on one’s skin
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Takuu
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NP.WEKU.1
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Seku/seku
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Dishevelled, disarranged in appearance, messy or untidy looking, unkempt
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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PN.SILI.1
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Siri
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(of sleepiness, hunger, etc.) Decrease, wane, disappear, be gone; (of an entire coconut tree) too old to bear more fruit; (of a coconut, coconut embryo, giant taro, etc.) matured past the point where it is good to eat or drink, overripe
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Sikaiana
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MP.TAHI.1
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Tai
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Sea shore; to the direction of salt water
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Luangiua
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NP.KIWI.1*
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Ivi
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Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
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Takuu
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OC.TAQO.2A
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T/tao
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Weigh down with rocks; crush under a weight; press down, apply pressure to certain points (as in performing a massage)
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Takuu
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PN.TAPU-WAQE
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Tapuae
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High tide mark, usually visible by the line of small items of flotsam
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Takuu
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PN.TALA-A-TUQA
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Taraatua
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Spiny dorsal fin of a fish, small fin(s) between the dorsal and caudal fins of some fish
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Takuu
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NP.TASI.1
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Tasi
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One, once; together, at the same time, alike; one time only, occasionally
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Takuu
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PN.TERE.A
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Tere
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(of a canoe or ship or its occupants) Sail, travel over water; (of a car or other land vehicle or its occupants) go, drive; (of fish) run as a school
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Sikaiana
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PN.TERE.A
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Tele
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Sail or ride in a boat; ride in an automobile
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Nukuoro
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SO.TINAQE.B
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Dau dinae
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A period during which many women are pregnant at the same time
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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SO.TEQE-MUU
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Temu, themu, semu
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Be quiet, silent; be the same as earlier
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Takuu
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AN.TUI
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T/tui
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Sew together, string, lace; feel like needles, give or have a pricking sensation or stabbing pain; thread fish on a cord (for carrying purposes)
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Luangiua
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CP.SAGALE
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Siŋale
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Tree sp. (Sapium sp.)
Problematic
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Luangiua
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PN.SALUFE
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Saluhe
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Scaly Swordfern (Nephrolepsis sp.)
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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NP.WAANAGA
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Vana
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Tell, relate, say, promise; think, believe
Phonologically Irregular
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Sikaiana
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NP.WAANAGA
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Vaalana
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A saying that is true, a proverb, a vow
Phonologically Irregular
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Sikaiana
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PN.WALO.2
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Valo
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A sea animal that hides in sand
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Takuu
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NP.WEKU.1
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Veku
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(of cooked food) Shred; wring (one’s hands) with sand to remove an unpleasant smell; rinse (of clothes, but not the body)
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Mangareva
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OC.WELA.A
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Vera
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Incendie, feu à grandes flammes; être cuisant, brûlant, âpre, piquant (se dit du feu, de ce qui est chaud, des maux, des douleurs); douleur aïgue
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Pukapuka
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CE.WALE-A.B
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Valea
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Enjoy, get supreme pleasure or satisfaction (particularly from abundant food or from sex)
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Sikaiana
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AN.AMO.1A
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Amo/si
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To rub a body part, to massage
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Luangiua
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AN.QUGA
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Uŋa. ʔUga (Sar).
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Hermit crab
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Sikaiana
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AN.FAQA.1
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Haa
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Stalk of plant, branch of green coconut leaf {niu}, uncultivated swamp taro {kapulaka}, cultivated swamp taro {haahaa}, and sago {koko}
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Samoan
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PN.QAFIO
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Afio
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(chiefly) Come, go; reside, dwell; be present; say
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Pukapuka
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EP.HIWA.2
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Yiva
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Name of distant land, probably Marquesas group; te atu Yiva: foreigners, esp. Europeans whose ships always came from the east
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Sikaiana
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MP.SAKA.1
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Saka
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Type of song composed for secret lovers {hina} or to insult the opposite sex...
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Luangiua
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PN.TANU-TANU
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Ma/kangukangu
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Fish sp. (sandy bottom, lagoon, silver-brown, pink fins)
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Sikaiana
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PN.TANU-TANU
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Tanutanu
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Fish species that buries itself under sand
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Luangiua
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RO.MATU
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Maku
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Small, all-silver fish sp. (lagoon, shallow sandy shore)
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Luangiua
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OC.SALALA
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Sala/kea
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Fish sp. (very similar to longa)
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Luangiua
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PN.SAPUTU
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Sapuku
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Fish sp. (red with bright red fins, red mouth)
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Luangiua
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PN.WETE.2
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Veke
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Fish sp. (sandy shallow bottom, long, grey, with orange lateral line)
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Tahitian
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CE.RAWA-IKA
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Ravaʔai
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Pêcheur; pêcher (assurer sa subsistance par la pêche)
Phonologically Irregular
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East Futuna
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EO.AFU.1
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ʔAfu/sa
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Postérité; descendants
Borrowed
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Mangaia
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PN.MANO
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Mano
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Four thousand
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Marquesas
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EP.TINI.1B
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Teeʔne, Teeʔna
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[Forty thousand]
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Marquesas
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CE.FITI-RERE
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Hitiʔeʔe
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Tressaillir de joie
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Tokelau
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SO.FAFA.3
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Fafa
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(of a sail) Mainsheet
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.WAHA.3
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Waha
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Sheet of a sail
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