| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tuamotu
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CE.TAATUU.
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Taatika
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Fish sp., about a yard in length, ...similar to maraaia.
Borrowed
Phonologically Irregular
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.TAU.2
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Dau
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To hang up (as mats as wind-screens)
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Anuta
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MP.TAU.5
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Tau/ranga
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Formal friendship relationship between an Anutan and a Tikopian; individual or group involved in such
Problematic
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East Futuna
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MP.TAU.5
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Tau
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Arrive, come to anchor. Accoster, être amarré; atteindre son but (Mfr).
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Tongan
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MP.TAU.5
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Tau
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Be or remain at anchor; arrive (esp. by sea or air); (of road) reach or extend to
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Tokelau
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EO.TAU-TAHI
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Tautai
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Master fisherman, skipper, or captain of a boat; to steer, direct
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New Zealand Maori
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FJ.TAU-.7A
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Tau
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Prefix marking reciprocal, antagonistic action e.g. tauwehe "separate" v.t.
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Rarotongan
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FJ.TAU-.7A
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Tau-
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Prefix marking reciprocal action
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Emae
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PN.TAU-.7B
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Tau-
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Collective prefix with kin terms. Tau-matua les deux époux; tau tinana mère et enfant
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Nukuoro
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PN.TAU-.7B
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Dau soa
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Couple (not married); boyfriend, girlfriend
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Tongan
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PN.TAU-.7B
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Tau/tehina
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Two or more persons related to one another as brothers (or males cousins), or as sisters (or female cousins)
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West Uvea
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PN.TAU-.7B
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Tau/maa
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Les beaux-frères
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Tokelau
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OC.TAQU.1
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Tau
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Season, weather, climate
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Marquesas
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FJ.TAQU.2A
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Tau
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Plural marker before nouns. Marque du pluriel pour un grand nombre (Lch). Number marker: plural (Mtu).
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Niue
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FJ.TAQU.2A
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Tau
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Plural marker of both definite and indefinite noun phrases
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Rennellese
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FJ.TAQU.2A
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Taʔu
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Indicator of a mass or group
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Tongan
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FJ.TAQU.2A
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Toʔu
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Preposed to certain human nouns to mean "class of, group of"
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West Uvea
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FJ.TAQU.2A
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Tau-
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Indefinite pluraliser marking human groups
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Hawaiian
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PN.TAU-QA
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Kaua
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War, battle, army; make war
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Rennellese
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PN.TAU-QA
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Tauʔa
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Warparty; war, make war, fight; warrior
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Sikaiana
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AN.TAQUFUFU
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Tauhhu
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Main ridgepole of house, central roof beam
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Marquesas
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PN.TEU.1
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Táiu/táiu
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[see pekkeyo 'a male attendant...']
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Nuguria
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PN.TAAU-GA.B
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Tauna
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Plattform unter dem Dache zum Aufbewahren von Matten und Geräthen
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Penrhyn
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PN.TAAU-GA.B
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Taunga
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Storage basket (Rasmussen) [also mentioned by ...as a small basket for cooked food, according to ...my student] kind of basket for containing pieces of cooked fish
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Takuu
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PN.TAAU-GA.B
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Tauna
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Suspended basket for keeping food; hooked stick suspended from the ceiling on which a basket of food may be hung
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Pukapuka
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CE.TAUIRA
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Tauila
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Small fish driven into lagoon and to the beach shallows by electrical storms
Problematic
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Rarotongan
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CE.TAUIRA
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Tauira
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Pupil, student, student priest ; small fry (very young fish still swimming about in shoals
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Niue
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PN.TAURA
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Toua
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Rope; Mauritius hemp (Furcraea foetida)
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Niue
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PN.TAAULA-QATUA
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Taula/atua
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Witch doctor, shaman. Shaman or priest of heathen times (McE).
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.TAAULA-QATUA
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Taula/itu
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Seer, prophet, shaman
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East Futuna
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PN.TAU-LEKALEKA.A
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Tauleleka
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Jeune homme déjà marié (jusque vers 40 ans)
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East Uvea
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PN.TAU-LEKALEKA.A
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Taulekaleka
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Young man
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Niue
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PN.TAU-LEKALEKA.A
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Taulekaleka
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Young man, youth (refers to the young man at the prime of his time)
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East Uvea
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PN.TAU-LEKALEKA.B
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Taulekaleka
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Beau, magnifique, superbe
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Samoan
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PN.TAU-LEKALEKA.A
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Tauleʔaleʔa (pl. tauleleʔa)
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Young man, youth; untitled man (as opposed to matai)
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Tokelau
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PN.TAU-LEKALEKA.A
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Taulealea (pl. taaulelea)
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Married man, mature man (NB These men make up the aaumaaga or the group of able-bodied men of the village)
Borrowed
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Hawaiian
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NP.TAU-MAFA.*
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Kaumaha
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Heavy; weight
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Emae
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NP.TAU-MAFA.*
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Taumafa/ina
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Intimidate, overawe
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.TAU-MAFA.*
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Taumaha
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Heavy; weight
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Moriori
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NP.TAU-MAFA.*
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Taumaha
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Heavy
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Tahitian
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NP.TAU-MAFA.*
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Aumaha
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Sultry, close, warm
Problematic
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East Futuna
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PN.TAUMAFA
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Taumafa
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Remerciement, action de grace
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East Uvea
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PN.TAUMAFA
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Taumafa
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To eat and drink (when speaking of the king, Christ)
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Hawaiian
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PN.TAUMAFA
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Kaumaha
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Offering, sacrifice
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Hawaiian
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PN.TAUMAFA
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Kaumaha/ʔai
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Food offering to gods
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.TAUMAFA
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Daumaha
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Church, to worship (e.g. God)
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.TAUMAFA
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Taumaha
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Spell recited when food offered to gods
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Moriori
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PN.TAUMAFA
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Taumaha
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Perform ritual
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Niue
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PN.TAUMAFA
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Taumafa
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Eat, have a meal (traditionally honorific term). To eat (used only in respectful language, as when addressing important visitors) (McE).
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Nukuoro
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PN.TAUMAFA
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Daumaha
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Religion, church service
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