| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Waya
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OC.AKU
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(Y)aku
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Take something in the fingers, as in eating fish or chicken...; take without asking
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Waya
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AN.QANUFE
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(Y)alive
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Millipede sp.
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Tokelau
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PN.PAA.5
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Paa
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Explode; be punctured (e.g. balloon); break out (of loud weeping);
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Tokelau
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PN.PAE-PAE
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Paepae
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Pavement made of stones around a house; build a stone pavement around a house
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Tokelau
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PN.PAKEE
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Pakee
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Hit; tap, rap (of noise); make a noise
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Tokelau
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PN.PAQALA
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Paala
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Fish sp., Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri)
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Tokelau
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SO.PAA-LAPU
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Paalapu
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Traditional name given to the north-west by west wind which blows during the laki or hurricane season
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Samoan
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SO.PAA-LAPU
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Palapu
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A wind from the land
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Tokelau
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PN.PALE.1B
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Pale
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Spread or lie something on something for support, cover, etc.
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Tokelau
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PN.PALI.2
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Pali
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The genital part of a woman where the pubic hair grows
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Tokelau
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PN.PAPA-A-TUQA
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Papaatua
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Back (of man and animals)
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Tokelau
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CE.PASU.1B
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Pahu
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Sharkskin drum
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Tokelau
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OC.PENU.A
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Penu
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Grated coconut (from which the cream has been extracted); butt remaining of a chewed pandanus fruit; term used of the growing seedlings of pandanus whose leaves are used for mat-weaving
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Tokelau
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NP.PETI
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Peti
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(of animals) Fat; fatness, corpulence
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Tokelau
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MP.POA.1
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Po/poa
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Be abounding with fish (attracted by the ground bait)
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Tokelau
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PN.POLA-POLA
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Polapola
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Basket (woven roughly with coconut leaf)
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Tokelau
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PN.PONA
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Pona
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Knot; lump, swelling; node, knob; defect, fault; have a lump, protrude, bulge
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Tokelau
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CP.POTO.2
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Poto
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Intelligent, clever; skilled, expert; wise
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Tokelau
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PN.POO-QULI
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Poouli
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Dark; darkness
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Tokelau
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PN.PULE.2
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Pule
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Authority, power; chief, director, manager; the corporate body in authority, council of elders... supervise, control, command
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Tokelau
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PN.PUNUA
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Punua
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Young of a bird, animal or shark
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Tokelau
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OC.SAKA.3
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Haka
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Boil, cook by boiling in water; food (esp. starchy foods) cooked by boiling
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Tokelau
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PN.SAKE.3
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Hake
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(of an outrigger canoe on the sea) Overturn, heel over
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Tokelau
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MP.SAO
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Hao
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Escape (from death, injury etc.), be safe, get through to safety
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Tokelau
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AN.SAPO
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Hapo
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Catch (a ball etc.) in the air
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Tokelau
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PN.SAPOTU
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Hapotu
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(of heart) Beat faster than normal, palpitate; be short of breath, gasp for air
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Tokelau
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EO.SAU.6
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Haau/a
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Feel the wind of something passing swiftly by
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Tokelau
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PN.SEPO.A
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Hopo
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Lick food off something; scrape last morsels of food from a dish with fingers and lick them
Phonologically Irregular
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Tokelau
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NP.SII.2B
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Tae/hii
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Pass oil from the back passage without noticing (caused by eating too much laxative flesh of the palu or oilfish (Ruvettus))
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Tokelau
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OC.SIKA.2
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Hika
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Make a fire by rubbing the kaunatu or pointed stick to and fro on the hikaaga or piece of dry soft wood
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Tokelau
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PN.SIKU-LEQO
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Hikuleo
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Voice, echo, accent, tone
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Tokelau
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PN.SIKU-MATA
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Hikumata
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Corner of one's eye
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Tokelau
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PN.SILO
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Hilo
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Spiral valve of the small intestine in sharks and various other fish
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Tokelau
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EC.SOKE
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Hoke
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Pompano or Swallow Tail (Trachinotus bailloni)
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Tokelau
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PN.SUKE
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Huke
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Try, question, inspect, examine
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Tokelau
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PN.SUKE
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Hu/huke
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Open, uncover, lift the covering up, reveal
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Tokelau
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MP.SUKI.A
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Hu/huki
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Thrust (something into something)
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Tokelau
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MP.SULU.1A
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Hu/hulu
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Insert, put in
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Tokelau
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FJ.SULU.1B
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Hulu
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Wear around the waist, tucking in one of the top corner ends; insert, slide in, tuck in; wrap-around garment, sarong
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Tokelau
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PN.SURU.A
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Hulu
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Fall headlong, trip over, fall flat on one's face
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Tokelau
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OC.SUMU.2
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Umu/fatu, umu/tea
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Different colour phases of Dark Yellowhead Triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens)
Phonologically Irregular
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Waya
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TO.NINI.2
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(Y)aa/niinii
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Tremble, as with cold, fear or excitement
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Waya
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AN.QAITU
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(Y)anitu
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Spirit, ghost, supernatural being
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Waya
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FJ.KETU.1
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Aa/qetu
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Ransack, rummage through things
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Waya
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PN.KONA.3
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(Y)a/qona
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Shrub, Piper methysticum; kava, a drink made from it...
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Waya
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PN.QALI.2
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(Y)ari
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Clean by scraping or rubbing...
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Waya
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FJ.QASA
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(Y)asa
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Go, esp. go unnoticed, sneak away
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Waya
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AN.QATE.1
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(Y)ate
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Liver (traditionally considered the locus of courage and fear)
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Waya
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OC.ATU
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(Y)ati
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Postverbal particle: indicates actual or figurative movement away from a starting point and towards a goal (either the addressee or a distant goal)
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Waya
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OC.QATU.1
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(Y)atu
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Yellowfinned Tunny (Thunnus albacares); also generic for Thunnidae spp. (bonito, tunnies)
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