| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Emae
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PN.LOO-LOO
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Ro/roo
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Wet
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Emae
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XO.TO-TOKA
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Totoka
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Door; area under eaves of house; room
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Emae
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PN.TUQA.1B
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Tua/vae
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Top of the foot
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Pukapuka
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NP.QASA-GA.B
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Aayanga/yanga
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Roomy, spacious
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Takuu
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PN.AFAGA
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Ahana
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Formerly the space between the lagoon foreshore and the first row of houses; front yard, where canoes are kept
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Takuu
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MP.AFE.1A
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Ahe
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Return; go/come back immediately; turn away from something (as a school of fish from a net)
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Takuu
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PN.QAFII
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Ahii
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Wrap a seafood parcel (prior to placing it in an earth oven)...
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Takuu
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AN.AFIAFI
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Ahiahi
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Late afternoon, evening, when the sun is half-set
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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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PN.-AGA.3
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-Ana
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Particle creating nominalisations referring to location of, occasion of, incident of, state of something identified in verb root
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Takuu
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PN.QALI.2
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Ari
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Shave off (e.g. one's whiskers); scrape up a substance with a long sweeping stroke; scoop up something with the finger; lick off (a substance)
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Takuu
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SO.QALOFI
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Arohi
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Sandy area of beach on lagoon side of each island
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Takuu
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AN.HAU
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A/au
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(Obs) Tattooing needle, set of tattooing combs
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Takuu
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PN.EQA.A
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Ea
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Shallow water inside the lagoon where the bottom is clearly visible
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Takuu
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PN.FAFAI
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Ffai
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Gut a fish; clean a fish prior to cooking or eating raw; remove contents of turtle's intestines...
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Takuu
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PN.FAFALI
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F/fari
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Scoop up faeces or vomit; wipe the bottom after defecating
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Takuu
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MP.FITI.1A
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Hiti (pl. ffiti)
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Race on foot through shallow water
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Takuu
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AN.FAFO
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Haho
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Exterior, outside, outdoors
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Takuu
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PN.FAA-ITE.A
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Haaite
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Horizontal bar used in setting up a backstrap loom
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Takuu
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PN.FAKA-ROGO
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Hakannoo
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Listen to, listen for, feel; show respect for, believe, obey; understand (what one hears)
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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MP.FAGA.1A
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Hana
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Free edge of a canoe sail, leech; remove, let loose a string when making string figures
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Takuu
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PN.FAALOO.B
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Haaroo
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(of arm or neck) Stretch, crane the neck, raise hand to reach something
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Takuu
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MP.FATA.1
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Hata
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Shelf, outdoor platform with holes in its base, wire rack for smoking fish
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Takuu
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NP.FATA.2
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Hatahata
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Uneven surface of two badly joined pieces of wood or the ground where a bed is spread
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Takuu
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NP.FENUQU.A*
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Henu/i
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A loose leaf inserted into material being plaited or woven...
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Takuu
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OC.FIGOTA
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Hiinota
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Various kinds of shellfish having edible contents, seafood gathered by women
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Takuu
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AN.FILI.1
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Hiri
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Choose, select
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Takuu
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PN.OO.1
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Oo
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Fish taxon, very small fry of unknown species
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Takuu
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FJ.FOO.1
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Hoo
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Kind of small silver fish caught in hand nets, commonly used as bait. Possibly Siganus fry or Caesio sp.
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Takuu
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PN.FOKI.2
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Hoki
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Again, also, too; indicates continuation of verb action
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Takuu
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AN.FOAKI
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Hookii
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Hand over, lend, give with expectation of return, pass something to someone
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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OC.TA-FOLA.1
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Taahora
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Very smooth or flat
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Takuu
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AN.FOQOU
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Hoou
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New
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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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MP.FULU-FULU
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Huruhuru
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Body hair, skin of a bird or pig, hide of an animal, fine rootlets covering a taro corm, downy feathers
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Takuu
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NP.LOA.2
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I/loo
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Postposed particle: intensifier, immediately
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Takuu
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EO.INO-QI
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Ino
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(of the sun, moon, etc.) Be past its vertical position in the sky; slant or slope downwards, tilt to the side
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Takuu
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EO.KUMETE
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Kamete, kumete
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Wooden food bowl; constellation: four stars within Delphinus...
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Takuu
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NP.KANOFI
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Pu/kanohi
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Animal flesh, meat; inner wood of a tree, cortex
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Takuu
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OC.KAPOA
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Kapoo
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Fish sp., Snake Mackerel (Promethichthys prometheus)
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Takuu
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CP.KAALEWA
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Kaareva
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Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)
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Hawaiian
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EP.KALU.D
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ʔAlu/ʔalu
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Loose, flabby; misshapen, as a premature baby; slack, as a rope; wrinkled, uneven, rough, lined; foetus
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Penrhyn
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EP.KALU.D
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Karu
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To loosen a rope
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Sikaiana
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PN.KALU.C
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K/kalu
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Thick, of coconut oil in cooking
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Tuamotu
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PN.KALU.A
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Karu
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Loose flesh; a fold of loose flesh; cheek, as of face or buttock; lips, as of the cunnus
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Tuamotu
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EP.KALU.D
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Karu/karu
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Wrinkled, baggy, hanging in folds (of skin); slack, loose (as rope)
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Takuu
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PN.KAU.4
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Kau
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Umbilical cord; loop of fishing line tied to the base of a tuna fishing pole to which the hooks of the several fishing lines are attached when not in use
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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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AN.AGO.1
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A/aŋo
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Kind of plant (ginger or turmeric), roots used for a soothing ointment
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Luangiua
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FJ.KALOLO
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Alolo/lo
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Bow; to shoot bow
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