| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Sikaiana
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PN.SUKE
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S/suke
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Mention a person’s name; recall, remember
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Sikaiana
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PN.SIKU-SIKU
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Sukisuki
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End of a coconut branch {paakele}, sometimes used to mark land reserved for a person to collect coconuts {uiki}
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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EO.TAA.1A
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Taa
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Strike, beat, hit, kill; kill fish trapped in shallow water with an implement or by hand
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Sikaiana
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EO.TAA.1A
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Taa ki mate
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Beat to death
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Takuu
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EC.TAA.4A
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Taa
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Add an extra mesh to a hand net which in turn is attached to the net handle. Mend a hole in a net (Hwd).
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Takuu
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PN.TAA.2
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Taa
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Hand or row of eight to ten bananas on a bunch
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Takuu
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PN.TAE.1
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Tae
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Arrive at, reach a destination
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Sikaiana
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PN.TAE.1
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T/tae
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Arrive, reach a place; achieve, equal, accomplish
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Takuu
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FJ.TAE.2B
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Tae
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Hand net used for catching flying fish
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Sikaiana
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FJ.TAE.2B
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Tae/tae
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The net used for catching flying fish
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Takuu
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SO.TAFA-QATA
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Tahata
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Early morning, first light
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Sikaiana
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SO.TAFA-QATA
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Tahaata
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The early morning before sunrise, from the first cock cry until the earliest rays of sunlight are seen
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Takuu
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PN.TAFA-QULI
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Tahauri
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Fish [Caranx sp.], second growth stage between lluhe and sukimana
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Takuu
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OC.TAFE
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Tahe
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(of current) Flow strongly; current, rise and fall of waves
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Sikaiana
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OC.TAFE
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T/tahe
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(of current in the sea) To carry an object
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Takuu
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EO.TAFI
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T/tahi
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Sweep
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Takuu
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PN.TAFITO.A
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Tahito
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Foot or base of a tree or pole; beginning of a story, history; cause of a problem
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Takuu
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NP.TAFO-LAQA.*
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Tahoraa
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Whale
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Takuu
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PN.FOLE
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Ta/hore
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Shellfish sp., a bivalve with a very sharp edge, formerly used for shaving
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Sikaiana
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PN.FOLE
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Ta/hole
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Oyster sp.
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Takuu
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FJ.TAFU.A
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Tahu
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Kindle a fire, light a fire, add wood to a fire
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Takuu
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EP.TAFUQA
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Tahua
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The top of the beach, right under the trees, reached by the sea only at a very high tide
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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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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Takuu
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EO.TAHI.2
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Tai
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The hard black core of some trees
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Sikaiana
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OC.TAKA.1A
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Taka
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To travel together
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Sikaiana
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NP.TAKA.2A
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T/taka (pass. takamia)
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Step upon, tread
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Takuu
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PN.TAKAI
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Takai
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Wind, coil; rotate; turn with a circular motion; rotate, turn around by itself; roll of dried pandanus leaves
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Sikaiana
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PN.TAKAI
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Taakai
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A belt (woven on the loom, or store-bought)
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Takuu
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FJ.TAKAPE
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Takape
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Blue-lined Sea Perch Snapper [Lutjanus kasmira]
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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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Luangiua
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EC.KAPO.2
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Apo
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Grey-tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes) or Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)
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Luangiua
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CP.KAALEWA
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Aleva
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Long-tailed Koel (Eudynamis taitensis)
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Sikaiana
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FJ.TAKELE.A
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Takele
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Bottom,*base (of island, house on posts, cup); keel (of boat)
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Takuu
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EO.TAKI.1
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Taki
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Procession...move in procession
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Sikaiana
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PN.TAKOTO
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Takoto
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To exist, to remain, to be at a place. (Usually refers to an emotional atmosphere or sweet smell.)
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Takuu
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PN.TAKU.1
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Taku
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(of a clan elder) Stand on the ritual arena and invoke ancestral protection for clan members from sickness and unfavourable weather conditions
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Sikaiana
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OC.TAKUA.1
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Takua
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Large yellow fin tuna...
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Sikaiana
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PN.TAKU.1
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Taku
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A type of prayer form that involves calling out the names of spirits {aitu, tupua} in exact order
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Sikaiana
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PN.TE-QA-KU
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Taku
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My (possessive pronoun, 1st person singular for alienable objects)
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Takuu
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MP.TAKUU
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Takuu unamea
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(obs.) Hatchet whose blade is made of turtle bone set into a wooden handle, used for scraping swamp taro
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Takuu
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PN.TAGULU
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Talluu
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Rumble like thunder; sound of thunder, peal
Phonologically Irregular
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Sikaiana
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PN.TAGULU
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Tallu
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Make a dull booming noise as waves do when they break, or pounding of a hammer
Phonologically Irregular
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Sikaiana
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OC.TAMA.1A
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Tama
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True child (as opposed to classificatory child); adopted child; classificatory relative
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Sikaiana
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AN.TAMA-NA
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Tamana
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Father; true and classificatory; first ascending generation lineal and collateral males on the paternal side
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Takuu
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FJ.TAMOLE
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Tamore
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Swamp-growing vine [Polygonum dichotomum], whose fragrant leaves are used as headpieces and as a perfume agent when added to heated oil
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Sikaiana
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FJ.TAMOLE
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Tamole
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Plant sp., a creeper; sweet smelling
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Takuu
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OC.TAGAFA
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Tanaha
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Fish sp., caught in the ocean
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Sikaiana
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AN.TAGI.A
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Tani
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Weep, cry; funeral dirge or lament
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Takuu
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CP.TAGI.B
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Tani
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(of a bird or animal) Sing, cry, make characteristic vocal noises; (of a radio, etc.) play, be playing; (of an engine) whine or make some other characteristic noise
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Sikaiana
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CP.TAGI.B
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Tani
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Play music, as with a radio or a tape cassette
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