| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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East Uvea
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PN.MAQI
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Mai/te, mai/ne
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(obs.) Gardez-vous de, ne faites pas, cessez
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Hawaiian
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PN.MAQI
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Mai
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Preverbal particle of negative command: don't
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Tongan
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XW.MATI.2
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Mesi/masi
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Neither green nor dry; partially dry (of wood, bark, leaves)
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Tongan
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XW.MATI.2
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Masi
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Partially dry (= mesimasi), but applied only to paper-mulberry bark (*tutu*).
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East Uvea
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XW.MATI.2
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Masi/masi (obs.)
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Vieux, fané, flétri; (coco) cueilli depuis longtemps
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East Futuna
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XW.MATI.2
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Mati
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Laisser à jaunir (feuilles de tabac ou semences de taro)
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Samoan
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XW.MATI.2
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Mati
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Stale, as water that has been left for some time, or coconuts picked some days before; also of *'ava*
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Nukuoro
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XW.MATI.2
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Madi
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To add organic material to the taro bog
Problematic
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Tongan
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XW.MATINI
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Mesini
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Offrande du kava aux Dieux
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East Uvea
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PN.MA-LEPE
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Malepe
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Tomber en quantité, tomber en déconfiture
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East Uvea
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PN.MOLOKAU.A
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Molokau
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Centipède
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East Uvea
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MP.MALUU.A
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Maaluu
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Etre adouci, rendu tendre, doux, mou
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East Uvea
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PN.MOMI
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Gutu momi
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Qui n'a pas de dents
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East Futuna
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MP.MANUU
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Manuu, monuu
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Heureusement que...
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East Futuna
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PN.MANUU-QIA
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Manuʔia
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Être comblé, être heureux; bonheur, chance; à votre santé!
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East Uvea
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OC.MANUKA.1
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Manuka(nuka) (obs.)
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Maladie, plaie; périr, mourir, détruire, être détruit (terme respectueux, en parlant du Roi, de sa maison, d'une église)
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Tongan
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MP.MURI.1A
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Mui/a
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To follow up, follow after, pursue; to remember (a promise)
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East Futuna
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PN.NAO
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Nao/nao
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Sorte de pêche improvisée à la main effectuée par les femmes
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East Uvea
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PN.QARO.B
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ʔAo/ʔao
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Surface intérieur; revêtement interne.
Borrowed
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East Uvea
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PN.QARO.B
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ʔAo/ʔao ʔi gutu
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Le palais de la bouche
Borrowed
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East Futuna
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AN.QARO.A
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ʔAlo/ʔalo
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Versant de la montagne côté mer (locatif); élévation (montagne ou colline) juste après le coin cuisine
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East Uvea
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FJ.ROO.1
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ʔOlo
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Pl. de *'alu* (aller)
Phonologically Irregular
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East Futuna
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PN.QOPO
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ʔOpo/ʔopo
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Garder, rassembler; rassemblement
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East Uvea
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PN.QOPO
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ʔOpo(ʔopo)
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Etre plein, compact, gras, serré, plaqué, doublé, joint
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East Uvea
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PN.QOPO
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ʔOpo/taga (obs.)
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Paquet, tas, pile de choses minces et superposées
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East Uvea
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PN.QOPO
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ʔOopo/si
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Joindre, unir, serrer, plaquer, doubler
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Tongan
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PN.QOPO
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ʔOpo/tanga
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Several layers of beaten paper-mulberry bark (*tutu*) laid together for further beating (in the process of making tapa cloth).
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East Uvea
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FJ.OLO.1
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ʔOlo/ʔolo (obs.)
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Pente, descente sur le bord de la mer
Phonologically Irregular
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East Futuna
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FJ.OLO.1
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Olo/olo
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Espace au delà du mur à cochons et après le coin-cuisine
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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East Futuna
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MP.REFU.1
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Lefu
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Mettre des cendres chaudes sur les souches d'arbre des champs débroussés pour qu'elles ne repoussent pas
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Nukuoro
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PN.NEFU.2A
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Nehu
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Clear (in focus)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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New Zealand Maori
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AN.EFU.1
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Whaka/ehu
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Appear dimly
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Fijian
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XW.LAFU.3
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Dravu/dravu/a
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Covered with ashes; grey in colour; poor, poverty
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Tongan
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XW.LAFU.3
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Nafu/nafu/a
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(Of the skin) rough and cracked as the result of over-indulgence in kava
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East Uvea
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PN.FAAGOGO.B
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Pagogo (obs.)
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Nourrir, élever
Phonologically Irregular
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East Futuna
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SO.POI.B
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Po/poi
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Gêner qn., gêner la vue de qn.
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tongan
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XW.SAI
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Sai
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Good, good enough....suitable...well (in good health)...a good thing.
Borrowed
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East Uvea
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XW.SAI
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Kua sai
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C'est bien
Borrowed
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East Futuna
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XW.SAI
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Sai/a
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En avoir assez
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Samoan
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XW.SAI
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Sai
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To be good looking (as a man, house, canoe &c)
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Tongan
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XW.SEPO.B
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Sepo
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K. stew, like thin porridge, made from pawpaw, pumpkin, or *kivi*. Soupe d'*olesi* (pawpaw) (Btn)..
Borrowed
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East Uvea
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XW.SEPO.B
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Sepo
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Mets à base de papaye et d'amidon
Borrowed
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East Futuna
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XW.SEPO.B
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Sepo
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Mets futunien à base de papayes mûres cuite dans du lait de coco
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East Uvea
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FJ.SOSAQA
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Hoha
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Inquiétude; être inquiet, troublé, en peine
Phonologically Irregular
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East Uvea
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FJ.SOSAQA
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Hohaʔa/si
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Inquiéter, tourmenter
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East Uvea
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FJ.SOSAQA
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Soosaʔa
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Etre emmerdant
Borrowed
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East Futuna
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FJ.SOSAQA
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Sosa
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Etre inquiet, être troublé
Phonologically Irregular
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Fijian
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FJ.HIFO.C
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Sivo
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Debased, put down, out of office
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Samoan
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FJ.HIFO.C
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Ifo
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To bow down, as do those conquered in war. Give in, surrender; make a formal apology (Mnr).
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East Uvea
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FJ.HIFO.C
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Hifo/ga (obs.)
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Excuse à un chef; soumission
Borrowed
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