| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tongan
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PN.FAKA-NOA
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Faka/noo/noa
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Listless, having nothing to say and apparently taking no interest in things; wistful
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East Futuna
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SO.SAGA.1C
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Saga
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Présents entre les parents des mariés
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Samoan
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SO.SAGA.1C
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Saga
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A dowry, property given by the woman's family at her marriage
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Luangiua
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SO.SAGA.1C
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Saŋa
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Name of a festival
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Nukuoro
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MP.SAGA.2
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Sanga
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Have sexual intercourse, fornicate
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tikopia
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SO.SAGA.1C
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Sanga
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Basket of food given as reward for work of borrowed planter; oven prepared for *sanga tapu* workers
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Tikopia
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SO.SAGA.1C
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Sanga tapu
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Traditional ritual collective cultivation on sixth day of *Pea* festival for girl of rank
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East Uvea
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PN.TAKU.1
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Taaku/ga
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Plaisanterie, jeu de mots
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East Futuna
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PN.RAGI
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Lagi/ʔaki
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Ordonner, prescrire, être responsable; responsabilité, devoirs, charges, ordres; responsable; chef de pêche (femme seulement).
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Tokelau
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PN.MAFA-TIA
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Maafatia
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Be deeply upset; be bereaved, deeply sad; suffer, be overcome
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Tuvalu
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PN.MAFA-TIA
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Mafatia (pl. maafatia)
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To be weighed down, under pressure; depressed, sad (*loto mafatia*)
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East Futuna
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PN.MANUU-QIA
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Manuʔia
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Être comblé, être heureux; bonheur, chance; à votre santé!
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East Uvea
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OC.MANUKA.1
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Manuka(nuka) (obs.)
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Maladie, plaie; périr, mourir, détruire, être détruit (terme respectueux, en parlant du Roi, de sa maison, d'une église)
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Samoan
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PN.MA-UU
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Mauu
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To sink down, as the posts of a house; to run off, to drain through, as water through sand; to depart, to disperse as a crowd of people; to result, to terminate, as a *fono*
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East Futuna
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AN.QARO.A
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ʔAlo/ʔalo
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Versant de la montagne côté mer (locatif); élévation (montagne ou colline) juste après le coin cuisine
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Rennellese
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NP.PUU-EFU
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Pebu
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Dust, sawdust, crumbs (of yams, panna, bread); mote in the eye
Phonologically Irregular
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Tongan
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XW.SAI
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Sai
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Good, good enough....suitable...well (in good health)...a good thing.
Borrowed
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East Uvea
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XW.SAI
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Kua sai
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C'est bien
Borrowed
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East Futuna
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XW.SAI
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Sai/a
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En avoir assez
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Samoan
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XW.SAI
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Sai
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To be good looking (as a man, house, canoe &c)
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Tuvalu
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XW.SAI
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Sai
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To be shapely (of waist)
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East Uvea
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FJ.SOSAQA
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Soosaʔa
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Etre emmerdant
Borrowed
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East Futuna
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FJ.SOSAQA
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Sosa
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Etre inquiet, être troublé
Phonologically Irregular
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East Uvea
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PN.TOKO-RUA
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Tokolua
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Frère, soeur, cousin, cousine; employé pour le sexe opposé (c.a.d. un frère emploie le terme *tokolua* pour sa soeur et vice versa...); compagne, aide, associé.
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tongan
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PN.TAQU.2B
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Toʔu tangata
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Generation (of human beings, or of men as distinguished from women); persons of about the same age. Contemporain (Btn).
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East Futuna
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OC.SAAKULE
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Saakune (i)
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Fureter, fouiller, chercher dans un contentant
Phonologically Irregular
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West Uvea
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OC.SAAKULE
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Sakune
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Jouer, s'amuser
Problematic
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Hawaiian
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PN.PEE-HENA
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Peenaa
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Like that; to do or say like that (Rare).
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Tuvalu
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FJ.SAMA.2
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S|sama. Sama (Rby).
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Yellow
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Samoan
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FJ.SAMA.2
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Sama/sama
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Yellow
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Tuvalu
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EC.PASA.1
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P/pasa
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To be red raw (of flesh)
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Tuvalu
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SO.PASA.2
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Pasa/pasa
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To spread a rumour, story
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Samoan
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SO.PASA.2
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Pasa/pasa/ʔi
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To spread abroad what was secret
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Nukuoro
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SO.PASA.2
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Basa
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Speak, talk, say
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Nukuoro
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SO.PASA.2
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Basa/lia
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Be talked about
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New Zealand Maori
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FJ.KOFE.A
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Kohe/riki
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Plant spp. (Angelica rosaefolia) (Bidens pilosa). Tree sp. (Melicope ternata)
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Marquesas
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NP.PALA.1C
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Paʔapaʔa
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Taches, souillures, saletés
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Tahitian
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NP.PALA.1C
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Para(para)
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Résidus qui restent collés: salissures des récipients culinaires, sébum qui recouvre l'enfant à sa naissance.
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Rapa
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NP.PALA.1C
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Parapara
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Soil, land, ground; sand, mud
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West Futuna
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PN.NOU.3
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Hnou
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To grunt (deep grunting made when bearing down on something, particularly in the act of defecation). "Pousser" pour donner naissance (Rve).
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Samoan
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NP.MAKO.1
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Maʔomaʔo
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Samoan honeyeater (Gymnomyza samoensis)
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Tahitian
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AN.KOKO.1
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ʔOoʔomi
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Froncer les sourcils (Dvs). Saisir, presser (Jsn).
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Rotuman
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EO.HAMA
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Sama
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Outrigger
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Takuu
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NO.MASAU-LANI
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Masaurani
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Spirit (aitu) taxon, category of benign supernatural being; diminutive first non-spirit residents of Taku...
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Tikopia
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NO.MASAU-LANI
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Masau
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Title of respect for female chief (arch.)
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Nukumanu
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NP.MANU.1B
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Manu
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Constellation: Sirius. Includes Sirius and a number of surrounding stars, including Procyon, Regulus, Canopus and several others (Sar).
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Nukumanu
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AN.TOLU
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A/tolu. Tolu (Sar).
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Constellation: Orion's Belt
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Nukumanu
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OC.MAGOO
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Te Mano. Mano (Sar).
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A constellation...probably Scorpius's tail. Seven stars including the back and tail of Scorpius (Sar).
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Takuu
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OC.MAGOO
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Manoo
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Constellation said to resemble a shark (Hwd).
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Nukumanu
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XO.SAMONO
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Samono
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Constellation: Big Dipper
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