| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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West Futuna
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PN.MOTO.2A
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Moto
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Green, bitter, unripe
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.MOO-TORO.*
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Mootoro/toro
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Proceed stealthily and secretly
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Mangareva
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CE.MOO-TORO.*
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Motoro/toro
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One who glides in or steals in at night; a shameful crime. Crime honteux; voleur qui se faufile dans une maison pendant la nuit
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Rarotongan
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CE.MOO-TORO.*
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Motoro
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Go out after women; entice for licentious purposes; seduce
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Tuamotu
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CE.MOO-TORO.*
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Motoro
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Secretly seek out the bed of a woman to win consent to sexual intercourse
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Hawaiian
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OC.MOTU.A
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Moku
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Be cut, severed, amputated etc.
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Kapingamarangi
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OC.MOTU.A
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Modu
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Ended; separated (e.g. a string)
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New Zealand Maori
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OC.MOTU.A
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Momotu
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sever, separate
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New Zealand Maori
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OC.MOTU.A
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Motu-hia
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Severed, separated, broken off, cut (as a rope), gashed, wounded
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Marquesas
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OC.MOTU.A
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Motu
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Cassé rompu, coupé, déchiré. Couper, rompre, déchirer, casser, interrompre (Lch).
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Mangareva
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OC.MOTU.A
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Motu
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Be severed. Couper (ficelles); couper un morceau de viande assez très gros (ne se dit pas pour couper un petit morceau); paquet de nourriture qu'on partage; petit espace de terre non travaillée
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Niue
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OC.MOTU.A
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Motu-hia
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Cut off, terminated, stopped . Stop producing (of fruit trees, etc)
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Luangiua
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OC.MOTU.A
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Moku/moku
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Snap, separate
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Rarotongan
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OC.MOTU.A
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Mootua
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Alternative form of momotuhia
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Takuu
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OC.MOTU.A
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Motu
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(of cord) Severed, cut short, cut off, broken; (of rain, wind, storm) die down, abate
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Tongan
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OC.MOTU.A
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Motu
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To be severed, become separated
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Emae
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OC.MOTU.B
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Motu
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Shoal, isolated reef
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Marquesas
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OC.MOTU.B
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Motu
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Île, terre. Îlot, islet (Atl).
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Mangareva
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OC.MOTU.B
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Mootu
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Rock protruding from the sea. Petite île; rocher au-dessus de la mer.
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Pukapuka
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OC.MOTU.B
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Motu
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Islet on atoll; food reserve separated from the village
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West Futuna
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OC.MOTU.B
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Motu
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Island; bunch, cluster, group; crowd, multitude. Petit ile habitée (Rve).
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Easter Island
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NP.MUU.3
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Mu/muu
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Taciturn, quiet, mute
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.MUU.3
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Muu
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Murmur, show discontent; be silent, dumb
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Nukuoro
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NP.MUU.3
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Muu
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Utter, reply
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Nuguria
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NO.MUSU.2
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Muhu/muhu te tai
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Insects of the sea
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West Futuna
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NP.MUU.3
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H/mu
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To buzz or hum; low steady noise as of outboard motor in distance. Gronder, gros bruit (Rve).
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East Futuna
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OC.MUQA.A
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Muʔa
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Before, in front; past time (future in certain contexts)
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New Zealand Maori
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OC.MUQA.A
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Mua
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Space or place in front; earlier period; restricted or tapu part of marae, i.e. in front of meeting-house
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Mangareva
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OC.MUQA.A
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Mua
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Before, front. Devant, avant; premier; extrémité, pointe
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Tahitian
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OC.MUQA.A
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Mua
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Nom locatif: devant, avant (dans le temps ou l'espace)
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West Uvea
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OC.MUQA.A
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Moa [mwa]
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Adverbe marquant une priorité temporelle ou spatiale: avant, auparavant, d'abord, devant (se place avant ou après le verbe qu'il modifie); être devant (v)
Phonologically Irregular
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Emae
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PN.MUQA.B
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Mua
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Particle making a command or proposal more polite
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.MUQA.B
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Mua
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Please (postnuclear softening word, mostly used in direct speech in questions and requests, and after (e) ai 'exist')
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Tuamotu
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PN.MUQA-KI
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Muaakia
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Thoroughly chewed, masticated (as food pre-chewed for feeding to small children)
Borrowed
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Hawaiian
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NP.MUU-FEKE
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Muuheʔe
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Cuttlefish, (Sepioteuthus artipinnis)
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Mangaia
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NP.MUU-FEKE
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Muʔeke
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Squid (Teuthoid sp.)
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Marquesas
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NP.MUU-FEKE
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Muheke
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Espece de poisson. Petite poulpe (Lch).
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Kapingamarangi
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NP.MUI
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M/mui
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To congregate
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Marquesas
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NP.MUI
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Mui. Muʔi (Lch).
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Foisonner, s'assembler, se réunir. Affluer à la suite de... (Lch).
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Takuu
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NP.MUI
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Sa/mui/mui
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(of several objects) Clustered
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Mangareva
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PN.MUKA.1A
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Muko
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Tip, point, highest shoot of a plant. Extrémité des objets qui vont en diminuant (plante, bout du nez)
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Niue
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PN.MUKA.1A
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Muka
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Stalk or growing tip used for replanting (mainly of taro); monetary interest, profit
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Rennellese
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PN.MUKA.1A
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Muko
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Shoots (of coconut palm, taro, pandanus etc.); base of coconut frond; watery interior of young banana stalk
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Samoan
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PN.MUKA.1A
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Muʔa
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(of new growth) Tender, young, green
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Sikaiana
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PN.MUKA.1A
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Muko
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Shoot growing from sprouted coconut {kamatuu}
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Kapingamarangi
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NP.MUKA.1B
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Muga/muga
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Soft part near stem of young coconut
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Pukapuka
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NP.MUKA.1B
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Muko/muko
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Nearly mature coconut; tender shoot of coconut palm
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Pukapuka
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PN.MUKA.2
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Mu/muka/
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Pure white
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Tuamotu
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PN.MUKA.2
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Muko
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White heart, pith of the coconut tree; a white variety of pearlshell
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New Zealand Maori
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TA.MURA
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Mu/mura/
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Glow ; be sexually excited ?
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