| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Takuu
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SO.LAA-LAA
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Laaraa
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Fixed dorsal fin of sharks, whales, porpoises and all large fish
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Tuvalu
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SO.LAA-LAA
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Laalaa
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Dorsal fin
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Sikaiana
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MP.SAQI
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Sai/sai
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To tie up, to bind, as in wrapping cord around a case
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Takuu
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MP.SAQI
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Sai/sai
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Hug; (in wrestling) hold a opponent tight around the waist, then throw him to the ground
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Takuu
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NP.PIKI-PIKI
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Saka/p/piki, saka/piki/piki
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(of hair) Curly, frizzy
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Takuu
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PN.SAKO
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Sako
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Sprout of a young tree near the roots of its parent
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Takuu
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NP.SANI.1
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Sani
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(Wind) blow gently
Problematic
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Sikaiana
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SO.SANO
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Sano/sano (pass. sano/ia)
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To suspect
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Rennellese
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SO.SANO
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Sano
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To suspect, guess; to trust, rely on, depend on
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Tikopia
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SO.SANO
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Sano
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Call to mind, remember
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Samoan
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SO.SANO
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Sano
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To long for, be intent upon
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Sikaiana
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MP.SALA.3
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Sala/sala
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To strip off the branches or vines from a tree, to prune
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Takuu
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MP.SALA.3
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Sara
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Remove (net, sail) from bindings
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Samoan
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MP.SALA.3
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Sala/i
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To cut fastenings
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Takuu
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NO.SALAFALU
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Saravaru
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Tree sp. (timber used for canoes, net handles, house posts)
Phonologically Irregular
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Sikaiana
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NO.SALAFALU
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Salahalu
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A plant species; used for making the rim {kaullie} of bird nets {seu}, flying fish nets {taetae}, and axe handles {kautoki}
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Luangiua
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NO.SALAFALU
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Salahalu
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Small tree sp. used for house rafters
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Takuu
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NO.KUPU.2
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Sau/puku, sou/puku
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South, south wind [= kipu]
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
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EO.SAU.6
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Hau/makariri, sau/makariri
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Very cold
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Takuu
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FJ.FUA-.2
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Se/fua
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One thousand (coconuts)
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Takuu
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FJ.FUA-.2
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Se/hua
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One thousand (coconuts); one hundred kina (money)
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Nuguria
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FJ.FUA-.2
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He/hua, se/hua
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Thousand (counting money and coconuts) [Takuu word?]
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Sikaiana
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PN.SIKI.2
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Siki/siki
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The method of weaving/plaiting used for the end of a mat (vasa)
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Tuvalu
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SO.SIKI.1C
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S/siki
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To change position of a sail on a canoe or boat
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Sikaiana
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PN.PUSAKI
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Pusaki/na
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Air spout of a whale
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Tuvalu
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SO.FAFA.3
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Fafa
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The rope from the boom of a sail
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Takuu
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PN.TAFE-GA
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Tafena
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Mouth of passage through reef
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Rennellese
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PN.TAFETA.A
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Taaheta
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Salt-water pool, coastal pool; to be shallow or slightly full of liquid
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Hawaiian
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PN.TAFETA.A
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Kaaheka
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Pool, especially a rock basin where the sea washes in through an opening and salt forms; salt pan
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Ra'ivavae
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OC.ASI
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Ahi
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(obs) The sandalwood tree
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Ra'ivavae
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TA.AISE
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Aaiha
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Rubbish, debris, flotsam
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.QAMIO
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A/amio
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To contract and expand gently; said of the vaginal muscles
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Ra'ivavae
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CE.ANO.1
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Ano/ano
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Sacred, hallowed; very high, remote or deep
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.QAROFA.B
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Arooha
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To salute at meeting or parting
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Ra'ivavae
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EP.FAAITO
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Faito
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(mod.) To be equal, the same in quantity or degree; a measure, quantity, amount; a likeness
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Ra'ivavae
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NP.FAGO
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Faʔo
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Having a snuffling nasal impediment to thespeech, as when the soft palate is damaged
Borrowed
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Ra'ivavae
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OC.GALO.1
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ŋaro
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To vanish, disappear, be lost; (frly) to die; to be hidden, unnoticed, forgotten; secret
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Mangareva
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CE.GAKI.A
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Gaki
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S'efforcer, employer toute sa force; effort
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Ra'ivavae
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CE.GAKI.B
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ŋaʔi
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To avenge, as an unprovoked asssassination or slaughter
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.GAOFIE
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ŋohie
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Easy, facile, yielding; without difficulty; pleasant, agreeable; (frly) sure, infallible
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Ra'ivavae
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MP.SAQA.1
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Haa
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Sacred
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Ra'ivavae
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NP.FAGO
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Haŋo
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Having a nasal impediment; snuffling, obstructed (as the voice)...
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Ra'ivavae
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AN.FANO.1
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Hano
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To go, proceed (the implication is to go over water, by sail, to a considerable distance; to go overseas); (frly) to sail; to fly, as a spirit
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Rennellese
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PN.I.2A
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I/ia/a/ia te
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Causative, instrumental, locative, ablative, and temporal preposition: because of, due to, by means of, acout, concerning, in, at, on
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Ra'ivavae
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NP.KOLO-MAKI
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Haʔa/ʔoromaʔi
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To bear up under suffering, anguish or disaster; patient, enduring, long-suffering, brave under adversity
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Ra'ivavae
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MQ.SOATA.4
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Hooata
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To project light-rays above the horizon when below it; said of the moon; to become visible (as after being hidden or covered over)...
Problematic
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Ra'ivavae
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AN.SUU.1
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Huu/huu
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Very watery (said of certain varieties of taro...)
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Ra'ivavae
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TA.SUU-WARE.*
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Huare
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Saliva
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Ra'ivavae
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NP.SUE.2
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Hue
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To fling about, throw into disorder or disarrangement
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Ra'ivavae
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OC.HINAGA
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Inaŋa
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A variety of very small fish or fry that swarm at certain seasons (now said only of maemae, the fry of the morava)
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