| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tokelau
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PN.TUULOU
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Tulou
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An archaic expression of great reverence addressed addressed to the traditional stone god; expression to show respect and courtesy before addressing a formal gathering; expression of deference used when one has to do something that is contrary to tradition or good manners, such as walking in front of someone
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Tongan
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PN.TUQU-GA.2
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Toonga
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A pile, or heap; a row of plantain or banana trees; a sign of the plural number of animated beings
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Tokelau
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OC.TUSI
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Tuhi
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Write, scribble; register, enter in a book; draw, paint, sketch
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Tokelau
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PN.QUME-LEI
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Umelei
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Smooth-headed Unicornfish (Naso lituratus)
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Tokelau
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CP.QUMITI
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Umiti
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Crave for a particular food, particularly fish
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Tokelau
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OC.USU.1
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Uhu
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(of a man) Pay one's court, woo, solicit in love; start (a fight or quarrel)
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Tokelau
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XW.VAVAE.*
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Vavae
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Kapok tree (Ceiba sp.)...; cotton wool; wick, mantle, fuse
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.TINO.C
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Dina
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Resemble, look like
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Pukapuka
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PN.FAKA-QETEQETE
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Wakaete
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To get out of the way to make room
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Pukapuka
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SO.GAA-TAI
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Piipii/ngaatai
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Water's edge on (lagoon) beach
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Pukapuka
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PN.KOO.2C
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Koo
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Hollow guttural sound, e.g. when a wrestler is thrown down
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Tokelau
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PN.LAKU.3
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Laku/oofaga
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(of birds) Build a nest
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Sikaiana
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PN.MILI
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Mili/a
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To be spoiled through constant touching, as when a child plays too roughly with a kitten
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Pukapuka
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PN.LAULAU
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Laulau
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Food platter of coconut leaf
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Pukapuka
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NP.LEMO.2
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Lemo/yi
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Delicious, good tasting
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Pukapuka
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PN.LOTO.C
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Looto/a
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Deeply in love
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Pukapuka
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PN.MAALIE.A
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Malie
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Good, pleasant
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Pukapuka
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MP.POA.1
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Po/poa
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Food
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Nukuoro
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PN.PUUPUU.3
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Buu
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Bladder, balloon...any other round, hollow, inflatable object
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Pukapuka
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EO.SAQALO
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Yalu
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Scrape pandanus leaves with shell to make them smooth
Phonologically Irregular
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Pukapuka
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PN.SINU-SINU
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Yiyinu
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Polished, shiny, smooth, without spots or roughness. Even, straight, with uniform tension (of plaiting) (Bge).
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Pukapuka
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PN.TAFA-TAFA
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Tawatawa
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Part of the reef that separates the deep from the shallow lagoon
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Pukapuka
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PN.QARO-FI-WAQE
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Aloga a vae
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Sole of foot
Phonologically Irregular
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Rarotongan
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FJ.QAOGA
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ʔOonga/a
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Extra, surplus; additional, excess
Problematic
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Samoan
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XW.WILI-GIA
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Viligia
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To dry in the wind; to air; to cool in the wind
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Nukumanu
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MP.POA.1
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Mee p/poa
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Sea-food
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Pukapuka
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EC.LE-LEA.1
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Waka/lea/lea
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A high-pitched call to a god following the lupe and followed next by wakatatoo, rapid movements
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Waya
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CP.LIALIA
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Lialia
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Foolish, stupid; mad, insane
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Rapa
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EO.SONI.A
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ʔOni
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To peel cooked taro
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Rapa
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AN.AKA.A
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E/aka
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Roots of taro plant
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Rapa
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CP.POQOI
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Po/poi
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A stiff paste of pounded cooked taro...
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Rapa
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EO.TAQO.1
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Tao
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To place food in oven, Cook (in umu) (Grn).
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Pukapuka
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PN.PAKUU.A
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Pakuu
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Boom of wave breaking
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Pukapuka
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PN.TOQO.1
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Too
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Choose, select, take
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Nukumanu
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PN.TUQU-RUA-POO
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Tuapoo
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Midnight
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Nukumanu
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PN.LOLO.1A
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Lloo manoni
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Perfume
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Lau
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OC.QATU.1
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H/au
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Mackerel-like fish (tuna, skipjack, marlin, wahoo)
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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CE.MOO-TORO.*
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Mata matoro
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Googoo eyes
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.SAA-MOLE
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Haamore/more
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Bare of branches, smooth-barrelled, of a tree
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Mangareva
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CE.RARE.A
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Rare
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Changer de parole, d'avis; parler très difficilement. Change one word for another in speaking; speak with difficulty, without being easily understood (Tgr).
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Mangareva
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PN.MAALOO.A
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Maaroo
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Etre obstiné, entêté; insister
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Mangareva
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EP.MATA-POO
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Matapoo
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Etre aveugle; au fig., qui manque de pénétration, qui a le jugement faux par suite de passion, de préjugés
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Mangareva
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NP.NATI
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Naati
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Serrer simplement, avec un noeud coulant. To tie into the form of a running noose (Tgr).
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Mangareva
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NP.TOTI.1
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Tooti
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Marcher difficilement, comme un homme qui craint de s'appuyer sur ses pieds, comme un goutteux
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Mangareva
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PN.TALA.1
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Tara
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A spine, a thorn; a horn, a bird's crest; a fish-bone; crests or peaks of mountains; sprouts or shoots of trees; a chip or shaving of wood
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Rapa
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PN.TUQU-RUA-POO
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Turu a po
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Eclipse of the moon
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Rapa
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PN.LOTO.B
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Roto
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Lake, lagoon
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Rapa
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CE.AWATEA.*
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K/avatea
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Noon
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Tahitian
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CP.KAWE-KAWE-HAA
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ʔOoʔoovea
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Coucou migrateur (Eudynamis taitensis)
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Rapa
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AN.WAQE
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Vae
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Foot
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