| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Samoan
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SO.TELE.3A
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Te/tele, tele/ʔaʔi
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Walk briskly or quickly, hurry
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Ifira-Mele
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PN.TERE.A
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Tere
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Describes motion of many things that move smoothly without limbs: sail boats, cars...fish swimming, snakes crawling...
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Ifira-Mele
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PN.TERE.A
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Tet/tere ake
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(Tide) begin to come in
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Tongan
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PN.TERE.A
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Tee/kina
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To drift, drift about
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Niue
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PN.TERE.A
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Tele/tele
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To glide along on tiptoe; to slide, to move smoothly. To shuffle (gait); to dribble (with a ball) (Sph).
Phonologically Irregular
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Tongan
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EO.QAFU.2
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ʔAfu/ngi
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Engrossed, preoccupied...
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Fijian
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EO.QAFU.2
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Yavu/ca
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A temporary shelter, camp; really only boughs leaning against a rock or ridge-pole...
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tokelau
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PN.FELA
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Fela
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Colloquial usage for 'eye'; (of eyelids) be turned inside out, exposing the red inner surface
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Tongan
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PN.AFI.2
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Afi/ʔi
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To stretch open, or to open more widely, esp. a person's eye (one's own or another's) by pulling the lower lid down or the upper lid up (or both); a rather impolite word.
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Tongan
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PN.AFI.2
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Afi/mata
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To pull one's lower eyelid down (in contempt or impudence, etc.)
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Tongan
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PN.AFI.2
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Ma/afi
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(of a female) To spread her legs; (in indecent or vulgar speech) to go or come quickly, to walk fast or run
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East Uvea
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PN.AFI.2
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*Afi/ʔi
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Ouvrir (terme trivial)
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East Futuna
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PN.AFI.2
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Afi
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Yeux flamboyants (de colere)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tokelau
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PN.AFI.2
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Afi
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Colloquial for eyes
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Fijian
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PN.AFI.2
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Yavi-a
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To haul or pull up, as a net or anchor; charge a gun, cock the trigger
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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East Uvea
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PN.ALA-FIA
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*Ala/fia
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Demeurer chez les parents de la personne à laquelle on est marié
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East Futuna
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PN.ALA-FIA
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Ala/fia
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Emprunter (un chemin) sans permission
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East Futuna
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PN.ALA-FIA
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Se alafia
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Ne pas être praticable (chemin)
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Samoan
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PN.ALA-FIA
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Alafia
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To be able to head for (of canoe or boat sailing); to be able to get at (a tree, to cut it down)...
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Nukuoro
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PN.ALA-FIA
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Ala/ange
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Allowed to, permissible
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Takuu
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PN.ALA-FIA
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Ara
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Be able to sail more or less directly to a point...
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Tongan
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PN.LEA
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A/lea
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To confer, have a discussion or conference; to have a talk and agree to do something
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Tongan
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MP.QALOGO
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Longo
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Shark that has come alongside a boat of shark-catchers
Problematic
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Tongan
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MP.TIRO
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Sio/fi
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To keep one's eyes fixed on, to look at steadily
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Tongan
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MP.TIRO
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Sio/ʔi
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To peer at, to look at in a critical or offensive way
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East Futuna
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MP.TIRO
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Tio/ʔi
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Observer, examiner; voir (transitif)
Borrowed
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East Futuna
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MP.TIRO
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Tio/tio
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Observer; copier (sur quelqu'un)
Borrowed
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Mangareva
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NP.FAA-TILO
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A/ti/tio
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Comparer, faire des paraboles
Problematic
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Mangareva
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MP.TIRO
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Ti/tiro
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Regarder
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Nukuoro
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MP.TIRO
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Diiloo
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Look after, look at attentively
Phonologically Irregular
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Tikopia
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MP.TIRO
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Tiro
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Look in pool as mirror, for reflection
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Hawaiian
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MP.TIRO
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Kilo/hi
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To glance, gaze, as into a mirror
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Anuta
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NP.FAA-TILO
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Paatio, pakatio
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To look (in a direction)
Borrowed
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Niue
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NP.FAA-TILO
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Fakatio
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Glance backwards; look out of the corners of the eyes
Problematic
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Tokelau
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NP.FAA-TILO
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Faatio
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Look (at something over the top or side of something), crane the neck
Borrowed
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Hawaiian
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NP.FAA-TILO
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Haakilo
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To observe closely, spy on, reconnoiter, snoop, eavesdrop
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Easter Island
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EP.FEGO
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Eŋo-eŋo
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Ligeramente sucio; slightly dirty
Phonologically Irregular
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Mangaia
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TA.TAA-RERE
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Taarere
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Let something fly in the air (exx. dart, kite)
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Tuamotu
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TA.TAA-RERE
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Taarere
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To swing a person off his feet; to swing freely, off the ground...to float unsupported, as a cloud...a swing.
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Tahitian
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TA.TAA-RERE
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Tarere
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A swing used by children and others
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Rarotongan
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PN.WALE.2
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Vare/vare
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Very young and still quite helpless [of baby]
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Easter Island
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PN.MAROO
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Haka/maróo
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To keep something that has been borrowed, avoiding to give it back, unless requested
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Easter Island
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EP.TUQU.3B
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Túu/túu
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To hit a target several times
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Marquesas
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EC.TEE.2*
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Te!
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Marque le refus, le mépris, l'aversion, le mécontentement
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Hawaiian
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EC.TEE.2*
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Kee
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Protest, complaint, criticism; to criticize...oppose...refuse
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Hawaiian
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EC.TEE.2*
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Ke/kee
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Admonition to a female to sit propertly; indecent exposure by a woman or girl
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Hawaiian
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EP.KORO.3
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ʔOlo
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Double chin, sagging skin, jowls...to sag, hang down
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Marquesas
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EP.KORO.3
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E koʔo!
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Mon vieux! mon ami! (terme de tendresse pour les hommes seulement)
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Hawaiian
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PN.PALA.1A
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Pala
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Ripe, mellow; yellow, as leaves
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Tahitian
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NP.SANI.1
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Tau/hani
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To fondle, caress, as different sexes; applied to both man and beast. Caresser (s'applique aux humains et aux animaux; il s'agit de caresses érotiques) (Aca).
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