| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Sikaiana
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SO.LAQALAQA-TEA
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Laalaa tea
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Midday
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Nukuoro
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XO.SURU.B
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Sulu de laa
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The setting of the sun
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Takuu
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FJ.RAU.3
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Naa rau
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Thatch panels on a roof
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Sikaiana
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PN.LAWE-A
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Laavea
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To catch an illness; to be drunk, intoxicated
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Nuguria
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NP.LELE.B
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Rere naa aitu
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Possessed (prophesying)
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Nuguria
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AN.RIKI
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Punaa/riki/riki (pl. puna/r/riki)
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Little, small
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Sikaiana
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PN.SOPO.C
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Sopo te laa
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Last part of dawn sequence when the sun rises above horizon
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Sikaiana
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AN.TAA.1B
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Taa/taa
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To cut wood with an adze, as in shaping a canoe
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Takuu
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PN.TAFE-GA
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Taahena
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Mouth of a channel between islands
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Sikaiana
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PN.TAFE-GA
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Taahena
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A flood or overflow of water, a flow of water
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Tokelau
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PN.TAFE-GA
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Taafega
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The strong flow of sea on the reef during a rough sea, flooding
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Samoan
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PN.TAFE-GA
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Taafega
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A freshet; to flow in a river
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Tokelau
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PN.TAFETA.A
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Taafeta
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Pool of rain water which collects in a hole on a rock
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Rennellese
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PN.TAFETA.A
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Taaheta
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Salt-water pool, coastal pool; to be shallow or slightly full of liquid
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Nuguria
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XO.TAFETA.B
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Taheta
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Container for kaauna [turmeric powder], with a lid, made of pandanus or kanokano [swamp taro] leaves; kind of small basket, handbag
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Hawaiian
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PN.TAFETA.A
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Kaaheka
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Pool, especially a rock basin where the sea washes in through an opening and salt forms; salt pan
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Takuu
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PN.TA-ILI
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Taairi
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Fan (vt) (e.g. a fire)
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Penrhyn
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NP.ME.1B
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Mei (te meaa ra)
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As if
Problematic
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Ra'ivavae
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EC.AA.1
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Aa
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Particle of specific location, used before locatives, as aa muri = te muri
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Ra'ivavae
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TA.AISE
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Aaiha
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Rubbish, debris, flotsam
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.QAMIO
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A/amio/mio
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To move gently back and forth; as the strands of the cat's cradle in the figure called 'Utaami
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Tahitian
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CE.ANEI
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Aanei
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Particule interrogative qui se place après le prédicat sur lequel porte l'interrogation: 'est-ce que?"
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Tuamotu
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CE.ANEI
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Aanei
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Particle of interrogation, phrase terminal
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.AALAI
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Aarai
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To ward off, keep or push back from, prevent the approach of; to screen off, interpose and obstruction...protect, shield; to mediate
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.KAU-FANA
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Aaufaŋa
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An archery bow
Phonologically Irregular
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Ra'ivavae
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CP.FAQELU
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Haaeru
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To wipe the rectum
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Tahitian
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EP.TA-FAGA.B
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Tafaa
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Lazily, inertly
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Ra'ivavae
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OC.FAANAKO
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Faanaʔo
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To be lucky, have good fortune
Borrowed
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Ra'ivavae
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EO.GAA.1
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ŋaa
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To breathe, take breath...draw in a deep breath...suck...assuage passion or desire by sucking
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.GAQESE
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Gaaehe/ehe
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To make a soft rustling or rattling sound
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Ra'ivavae
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CK.KAAKAA.1B
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ŋaaŋaia
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The fairy tern
Phonologically Irregular
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Ra'ivavae
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EP.GA-FAQA.*
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ŋahaa
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To split apart, split open...a crack, fissure
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Ra'ivavae
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NP.GAA-LAFU
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ŋaarahu
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Charcoal
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Ra'ivavae
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NP.LEKA.1
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ŋaa/rea/rea
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To have a gay, noisy time; a good time, enjoyable racket
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.GAAKAU
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ŋaaʔau
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The bowels, entrails, vitals, viscera
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Ra'ivavae
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EP.SAA.1
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Haa
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To breathe; breath
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Ra'ivavae
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EP.SAA.1
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Haa/haa
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Gasp, pant, breathe with difficulty
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Ra'ivavae
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AN.FAA.1
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Haa
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Four
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Ra'ivavae
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MP.SAQA.1
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Haa
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Sacred
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Ra'ivavae
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AN.FAQA.1
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Haa
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The leaf of a monocotyledonous plant which has a sheath-formed base (e.g. taro, coconut); the sheathe-formed end of the petiole; (frly) a leaf-stalk, petiole...
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Ra'ivavae
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OC.SAE.1
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Haa/hae
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To tear, strip off, as leaves
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Ra'ivavae
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NP.FAAGAI.A
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Haaŋai
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To feed, nourish
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.FAA-FAA
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Haahaa
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To feel, grope about
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Ra'ivavae
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NP.FAAILU.*
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Haairu
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To wipe off excrement
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Ra'ivavae
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NP.FAA-QITA.*
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Haaita
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To make a grimace by twisting the jaw and drawing back the lips
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Ra'ivavae
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CC.SAAMAMA
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Haamama
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To open the mouth wide; yawn, gape, open wide
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.FANAA
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Hanaa
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The yard of a sea-going ship
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Sikaiana
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PN.KAU.2C
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Kau-
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Prefix for cardinal numbers - the prefixed number times ten for counting pudding (kaatalo), mats (pola, kapanni, tapakau) and years
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Penrhyn
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PN.QA
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Aa, a
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Preposition marking dominant possession, of, by.
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Rarotongan
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PN.QA
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Aa, a
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Marks alienable, active, or controlling possession
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