| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Ra'ivavae
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MP.MA-FANA
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Mahana
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Warm; the sun; day, day-time
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Ra'ivavae
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AN.FANA.1
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Hana
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To recoil, spring back straight, as a released bow; (frly) to shoot an arrow
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.FANAA
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Hanaa
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The yard of a sea-going ship
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Rennellese
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PN.FUA.3E
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Hua
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Counting classifier for coconuts and round objects
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Samoan
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PN.FUA.3E
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Fua
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Classifying particle used with numerals in reference to coconuts and breadfruit (suffixed to units from 2-9, prefixed to tens and hundreds)
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Penrhyn
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NP.LAU.1B
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Rau
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One, traditionally used for counting fish and turtles
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Rennellese
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NP.LAU.1B
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Gau
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tens of mats, papers, flat things etc.
Problematic
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Samoan
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NP.LAU.1B
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Lau
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Particle occurring before a number of bases, most of which refer to flat and thin objects: blades, boards, sheets, leaves, areas of land etc.
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Samoan
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NP.LAU.1B
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Lau
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Classifying particle used with numerals in reference to fish large enough for cooking in plaited coconut leaf wrappings
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Rennellese
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PN.KAU.2C
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Kau
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Counting classifier, decades 20-90, category 7 (pairs of yams, tubers), 20 pairs, 30 pairs
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Samoan
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PN.KAU.2C
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ʔAu-
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Classifying particle used with numerals in reference to bananas, yams etc.
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Samoan
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PN.KAU.2C
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ʔAu-
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Prefix used especially with bases referring to sets or clusters of things
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Samoan
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PN.KAU.2C
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ʔAu-
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Classifying prefix used especially with bases referring to long (and sometimes narrow) things
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Sikaiana
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PN.KAU.2C
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Kau-
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Prefix for cardinal numbers - the prefixed number times ten for counting pudding (kaatalo), mats (pola, kapanni, tapakau) and years
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Penrhyn
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PN.O
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Oo, o
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Marking subordinate possession, of by
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Mangareva
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PN.O
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O
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Possessive marker: of; of the. It is used before the names of husband, wife, food, &c. Marque la possession dominante [sic] (Rch).
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Sikaiana
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PN.O
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O
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Preposition marking inalienable possession: of, belonging to, for both animate and inanimate possessors
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Tuvalu
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PN.O
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O
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Inalienable possessive preposition
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Rarotongan
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PN.O
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Oo, o
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Preposition. Belonging to, of. Used where the relationship is (or is conventionally regarded as) inalienable, part-to-whole, non-agentive
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Niue
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PN.O
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Oo
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Possessive marker, rarely used. Of
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Hawaiian
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PN.O
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O
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Preposition. Of. Forms part of the possessives
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Takuu
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PN.O
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O
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Poetic variant of 'a' particle, meaning 'of'...
Problematic
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Penrhyn
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PN.QA
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Aa, a
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Preposition marking dominant possession, of, by.
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Mangareva
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PN.QA
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A
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This of, that of, those of. Particule possessif: de (Rch).
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Sikaiana
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PN.QA
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A
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Preposition marking A-class alienable possession. Of, belonging to.
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Niue
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PN.QA
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A
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Parti of a possessive construction when the possessed noun phrase follows the possessive pronoun 'ha-PRO a NP'
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Niue
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PN.QA
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Ha
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Genitive Marker with scope over proper noun phrases; also forms possessive pronouns
Phonologically Irregular
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Hawaiian
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PN.QA
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A
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Preposition: of, acquired by. Forms part of the possessives
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Tuvalu
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PN.QA
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A
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Alienable possessive preposition
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Rarotongan
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PN.QA
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Aa, a
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Marks alienable, active, or controlling possession
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Takuu
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PN.QA
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A
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Of. Used in song but rarely in speech
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Mangaia
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TA.TEI.1
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Tei
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Possible locations, what or which, among several possibilities
Problematic
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Mangaia
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CE.TEE.3
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Tee
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Particle of continuous action, sentence initial
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Rarotongan
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CE.TEE.3
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Tee
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Preverbal marker, isochronic aspect. Always accompanied by nei, -na, ra after the verb
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Ra'ivavae
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NP.FAANAU.B
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Haanau
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Bear a child, give birth; be born
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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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Ra'ivavae
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OC.SAQO
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Hao
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Encircle, surround; enclose, contain; draw a net around anything...
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Ra'ivavae
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NP.SAPA
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Hapa
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To be in the wrong
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Ra'ivavae
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EP.SAPE.B
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Hape
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Wrong, mistaken, badly performed; to diverge, wander from the path; to make a mistake
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Ra'ivavae
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OC.SAPE.A
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Hape
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Crooked, twisted (as of a foot)
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.FAAPUKU
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Haapuʔu
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A variety of deep-sea fish of the Grouper species; ? the sea-bass
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Ra'ivavae
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AN.SALA.1
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Hara
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To commit an offense; wrong, sinful; (mod.) an offense; (frly) a sin
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.FALALA.A
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Harara
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Leaning over, off the perpendicular
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.FALALA.B
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Harara
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To come on to blow, spring up (of the wind)
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East Futuna
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PN.KAU.2C
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Kau
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Préfixe des dizaines (dans la numération): kauagafulu 'dix', kaulua 'vingt'
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East Futuna
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PN.KAU.2C
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Kau
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S'emploie aussi pour compter les ignames, les cocos: kau ufi 'dix ignames'; kau niu 'cent cocos'
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Mangaia
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NP.KO-NAA
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Kona
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There, where the person is standing or pointed to
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Niue
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NP.KO-NAA
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Kunaa
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Demonstrative local noun. That place. there
Phonologically Irregular
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Tuvalu
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NP.KO-NAA
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Konaa
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Demonstrative pronoun, those near you. Location marker over there
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Rennellese
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NP.KO-NAA
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Konaa
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Demonstrative. Those, like those, there (near addressee, of pl. objects)
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