| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Easter Island
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PN.UKU
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Akui
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Anoint, to oil
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.QUMU.1B
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Umu/tuupaapaku
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Halo around the moon
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East Uvea
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PN.WAAKULE
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Vakule (fut.)
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Chercher, fureter
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Ifira-Mele
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PN.WAAKULE
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Vaakure
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Search head for lice
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Ifira-Mele
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PN.WAAKULE
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Vakure/a
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Search head for lice
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.WAAKULE
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Vakule/a
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Delouse
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Pukapuka
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PN.WAAKULE
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Vaakule
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Search for lice
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Sikaiana
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PN.WAAKULE
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Vaakule
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Search for lice
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Tongan
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PN.WAAKULE
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Vaakule
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Rummage about in
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Easter Island
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EP.WERE-WERE.A*
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Verevere
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Hairy, shaggy; tow, oakum
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Tahitian
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EP.WERE-WERE.A*
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Vere
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Oakum to caulk a vessel with
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Nukumanu
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PN.TUQU.3A
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Takuu tuu/tuu
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Severing adze
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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MP.SAKU-LAA
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Hakura
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Sawfish
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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AN.MATAKU
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Mataku (pl. matataku)
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Fear
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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PN.TE-QA-KU
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Taku
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Possessive
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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EP.TUUPAAPAKU
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Vai o te tupapaku
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Fluids of decomposition
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Mangareva
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EP.PAKU-SIWI.*
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Pakuivi
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Epaules; soulever un fardeau; poignée de la rame
Phonologically Irregular
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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SO.PAKUU.B
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Paku/ia
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To reach
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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SO.PAKUU.B
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Paku/mai
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Reach (mainly used about sounds or noise that one hears)
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Niuafo'ou
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MP.PAKU.A
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Paku/paku
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Dry, hard
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Niuafo'ou
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PN.TE-QA-KU
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Taku
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My
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Pukapuka
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OC.TAKUA.1
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Takuo
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Fish that is noosed (in chants)
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Tokelau
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OC.TAKUA.1
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Takuo
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Very large yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)
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Tongan
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OC.TAKUA.1
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Takuoo
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Fish sp.
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Tuamotu
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OC.TAKUA.1
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Taakuo
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Fish sp.
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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OC.TAKUA.1
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Takuo
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Skipjack tuna
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Easter Island
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PN.TAU.3
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Ta/taku
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Count, calculate
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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NP.QAFA-TEA
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Ahatea
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A type of hano [Guettarda speciosa] tree that drifts to Takuu, though a few specimens grow locally
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Takuu
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OC.HAKAU
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Akau
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The coral reef, exposed at low tide, which encircles Takuu...; isolated coral head in lagoon
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Takuu
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NP.AWAAWA
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Avaava
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Shallow channel through the reef exposed at low tide; areas separating Takuu's individual islands
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Takuu
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PN.FUKAFUKA
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Hukahuka
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Tree with soft white wood that drifts to Takuu
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Takuu
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AN.FUTI.2
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Huti
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Type of banana (Musa sp.), apparently a late 19th century introduction to Takuu
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Takuu
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PN.KAU-QULI
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Kaukau uri
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Tree sp. having black wood that drifts to Takuu and is used for carving canoes
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Luangiua
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PN.KAPA.1
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Apa/ʔaku
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Reach out in encouragement
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Takuu
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SO.KIVA
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Kiva
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Mythical 'diamond' with which the spirit ancestor Rapi created the well on Takuu island named after him
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Takuu
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AN.RAKU
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L/laku, raku
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Touch someone once, then flick one's finger back across their skin or clothing, to gain their attention
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Takuu
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PN.MATA-FENUA
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Mata(a)henua
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Peninsula, point of land (the narrow points at each end of the lagoon side of Takuu's islands)
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Takuu
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EP.PAE-GA.B
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Paena
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Border areas of the community's garden on Takuu Island where men grow giant taro in individually prepared holes
Problematic
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Takuu
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MP.PAKU.B
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(P)paku
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Burnt; dried out from overcooking
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Takuu
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MP.PAKU.D
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Paku
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Burnt, hard part of a food (e.g. rice); outer part of the core of a tree where the wood is dry and hard
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Takuu
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NP.PAKU.C
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P/paku
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Indelible stain from the blood of a fish, turtle or human
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Takuu
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PN.PAKUU.A
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Pakuu
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Strike against something creating a banging sound; run aground; arrive at a destination; rhythmic striking of paddles against a canoe hull to attract a shark
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Sikaiana
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PN.RAFO
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Laho
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Root of pandanus {paku} tree, sliced and then left to dry, used as house walling slats
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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.TALA.4
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Tara moana
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Sooty or Bridled Tern (Sterna sp.) (not usually seen close to Takuu)
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Takuu
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PN.TOAFA
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Toaha
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An area of Takuu Island’s gardens adjacent to Te Ara Ttoro in the centre of Takuu Island where taro is still grown in laumea plots
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