| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Marquesas
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AN.TUTU.3
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Tútu
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To beat (in making cloth)
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Rapa
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AN.TUTU.3
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Ike tutu
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Tapa mallet for finishing
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Tahitian
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AN.TUTU.3
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Tutu
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To beat the layers of bark with the cloth-mallet, as the women do in cloth-making; to strike or beat; to express the juice from the mati berries, in order to die a scarlet colour
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Tongan
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AN.TUTU.3
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Tutu
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Inner bark of the paper mulberry after the outer layer has been removed; to beat this in making tapa cloth
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Tuamotu
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AN.TUTU.3
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Tutu
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Beat (as when making bark-cloth)
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East Uvea
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PN.TU-TUQU
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Tutuʔu
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Nom du marsouin (Delphinus phocena)
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Niue
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PN.TUUTUU
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Tuutuu
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Red-spotted crab (Carpilius maculatus)
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Tahitian
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PN.TUTU-A
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Tutua
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The beam on which the women beat the bark for cloth-making
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East Futuna
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PN.-U
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ʔA/u, ʔo/u
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Second person singular possessive form after /ma/ /mo/ and /io/ 'for (A and O forms)' 'at'
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Niuafo'ou
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PN.-U
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ʔA/u, ʔo/u
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Second person singular type II pronoun, occurring after the prepositions 'o, 'a, mo'o and ma'a
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Tongan
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PN.FAKA-QILO
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Fakaʔilo
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To make known, to report, esp. a death to relatives or close friends
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Tongan
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PN.QUU.A
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ʔUu
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Bundle of things bound together, as a faggot or sheaf plural marker (general for inanimate things)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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NP.QUU.B
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U
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A reed . Reed plant, used for making arrows; shaft of arrow (made from reed)
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Anuta
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PN.UA.2
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Ue/i
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To lift up a sheet or mat; to open a jar (may be equivalent to removing a sheet or mat from a more traditional type of parcel)
Problematic
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Hawaiian
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PN.UA.2
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U(w)a/i
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To move (as an object), push aside; move from place to place (as a tethered animal), sliding (as a door); opening and shutting
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Marquesas
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PN.UA.2
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Ua/ʔi. ʔUa/i (Lch).
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Launch or recover a canoe; uncover an oven. Tirer une pirogue à sec; la porter à la mer; défourner, retirer le pain du four, retirer le ma du silo (Lch).
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East Uvea
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OC.UQA.1A
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Uʔa
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Gosier, cou; gourmand
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Takuu
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OC.UQA.1A
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Ua
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Neck (of a person, animal, bottle, etc.)
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Rennellese
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PN.UQA.1B
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Uʔa magoo
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Crave fish or fat meat. Lit dry throat
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Anuta
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AN.MATA.2A
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Mata
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Raw, undone. Unripe (Yen).
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Tikopia
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SO.KAILE.2
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Niu mata kaere
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Young nut, soft shell, flesh inside (endosperm) barely formed
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East Uvea
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MP.UE.A
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Ue-ʔi, -si
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Remuer; secouer; agiter; Commande usité dans les danses traditionelles pour donner l'ordre de danser
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Fijian
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MP.UE.A
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Ue
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Make noise or move about; to move in a confused or tumultuous manner
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Nukuoro
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MP.UE.A
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Ue
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Move something from one place to another; to cause to move (as in starting a machine)
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East Futuna
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NP.QUFA.1
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ʔUfa
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Female of animals
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.QUFA.1
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U(w)ha
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Female, generally of animals
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Marquesas
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NP.QUFA.1
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Uha
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Femelle des animaux
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Rarotongan
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NP.QUFA.1
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Uʔa
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Female of animal/bird
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Samoan
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NP.QUFA.1
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Ufa/ufa-ma-toa
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Crowing hen that does not breed
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Tahitian
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NP.QUFA.1
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Ufa
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Femelle, une femelle (animaux sauf insectes et crustacées)
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Tuamotu
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NP.QUFA.1
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Ufa
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Female of animals
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Marquesas
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AN.QUFI.1
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Pua/uhi
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Igname, manioc. Igname (dioscorea batatas) (1904).
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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AN.QUMAGA
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Manga/a
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Place (n)
Problematic
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Anuta
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PN.QUFI-LEI
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Upurei
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A kind of yam (of the *Taumako* variety)
Phonologically Irregular
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Sikaiana
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SO.UFU.1
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Uhe
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Masturbate (of males)
Phonologically Irregular
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East Futuna
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SO.UFU.1
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Ufu
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Se masturber
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Rennellese
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PN.QUFU
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ʔUhu
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Small stage of parrotfish or parrotfish spp.
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Tikopia
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PN.QUFU
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Ufu
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Parrotfish, small and young
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Hawaiian
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PN.UGA
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Hoʔo/una
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Send, transmit, send on an errand, command, put to work
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Marquesas
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PN.UGA
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Uka, una (MQS)
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Mander, presser de, commander; envoyer. Forcer, obliger, presser de faire, mander, commander, envoyer
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.UGA
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Uga/a
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Send for by messenger, fetch, command, order
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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AN.QUGA
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Unga
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Sandcrab (small type); hermit crab (Ray); hermit crab, snail (Hvn)
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Penrhyn
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PN.QUGA-KOA
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Ungakoa, ungakoo
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Wormshell, marine worm staying in a tubular shell (not a Penrhynese word)
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Tongan
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PN.QUGA-KOA
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ʔUngakoo
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Small inedible shellfish
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Tuamotu
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PN.QUGA-KOA
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Uŋakoo
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Medium growth stage of edible marine worm
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Tahitian
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EP.UHI
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Uhi
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An instrument used in marking the skin
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Marquesas
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PN.QUHI.1
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Ui
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Question, interrogation, demande; questionner. Interroger, demander (Lch).
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Mangareva
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PN.QUHI.1
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Ui
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Demander. S'informer de quelqu'un (Rch).
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Tahitian
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PN.QUHI.1
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Ui
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Questionner, poser des questions, demander (des renseignements), interroger
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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OC.PUAKA
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Puaka
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Animal
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