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Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Ra'ivavae
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AN.SUU.1
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Huu/huu
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Very watery (said of certain varieties of taro...)
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Ra'ivavae
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NP.FUE.1B
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Hue
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The gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris)...a container made of a gourd
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Ra'ivavae
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MP.SIKU.A
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Huʔu
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The tail of animals, fish, birds (excepting the tropic bird and the cock); the tip or tip-end of leaves
Phonologically Irregular
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Ra'ivavae
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CE.ISO.*
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Iho
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The inner bark of certain trees; the umbilicus; the self, the core, heart, essence of a thing
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Ra'ivavae
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OC.HINAGA
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Inaŋa
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A variety of very small fish or fry that swarm at certain seasons (now said only of maemae, the fry of the morava)
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Marquesas
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CE.IKU.2
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Iku
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Lime de peau de certains poissons et par extension à tout ce qui sert à limer
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Hawaiian
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MP.POLA.1
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Pola
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Flap, as of a loincloth or sarong; tail of a kite; platform or high seat between the canoes of a double canoe
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Nuguria
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FJ.TULI.2
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Te/turi/a
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Grey-tailed tattler
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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PN.TAWAKE
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Tavake/toto
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Red-tailed tropicbird
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Nukumanu
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EC.LII-TAI
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Litai, tiritai
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Shearwater (Puffinus sp.)
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Nukumanu
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PN.TAWAKE
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Tavake
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White-tailed tropicbird
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Nukumanu
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PN.TAWAKE
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Tavake/toto
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Red-tailed tropicbird
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Nukumanu
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EC.KAPO.2
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Te/kapo
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A very small migratory wader sp., perhaps a sandpiper or stint. Grey-tailed tattler.
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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NP.FUE.1B
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Hue potoe
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Small spherical gourd grown on Tuleki...used as lime container...
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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EC.TAAIKI
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Tai iki
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Trap for wild fowl (also dogs, formerly also pigs)
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Takuu
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PN.KALISI.1B
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Karisi/ttai
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Water Strider (Gerridae spp.)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.MO-QI
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Mei/taine
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Girl
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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NP.GA-TASI
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Tau/ngatai
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(Of men) become an adult, be old enough; be sufficient; be the same; necessary; worthy
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Ifira-Mele
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XO.SUKU
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Suku
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Tail (of fish or eel), narrowest part of body of fish
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Nuguria
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XO.SUKU
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Huku(huku)
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Top (of a tree), extremity, tail (of coconut leaves, paunu etc.)
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Nuguria
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XO.SUKU
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Moi/huku
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Tail (of fish, whale, dog, rat, etc.)
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Tikopia
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XO.SUKU
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Suku(suku)
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Tail, end
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Takuu
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PN.FAKA-FULA
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Haka/f/fura
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Puff out one's abdomen; (of certain fish) inflate themselves
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Takuu
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PN.FAKA-TOO.B
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Haka/t/too
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Decline or slope, drop off at an angle; mountainside, hillside, slope
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Tongan
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PN.FAKA-RIKI
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Fakaiki/iki
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To cut or break into small pieces; to examine or explain in detail
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West Futuna
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PN.PENA.2
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Pen/tai
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Noeud coulante pour attraper oiseaux
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Ifira-Mele
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XO.FAI-.6
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Fei
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A prefix which forms nouns denoting groups of people having a certain kin relation
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West Futuna
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NO.TAA.6
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Ta, tah/ta
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To nod (head), wag (tail); to flip-flop
Problematic
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West Futuna
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PN.TATAU.3
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Tau/ia
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To strain (coconut milk through coconut cloth into a leaf container)
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West Futuna
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XO.VELO
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Vero ururu
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(Variola louti) [Yellow-edged Lyretail]
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West Futuna
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EO.TAA.1A
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H/taia
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Tué lui-même
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Tuamotu
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PN.FAKA-TUPU.C
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Hakatupu
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Pile, heap up (as waves)...to give an entertainment, a feast
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Tuamotu
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PN.TAU-PILI
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Taupiri
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The tail of a kite (FAG,ANA)
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.TAU-PILI
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Taupiri
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Clinging close, maintaining attachment, intimate
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Nuguria
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EO.TAPA.1C
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Tapa/taiao
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Morning
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tongan
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PN.ALA
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Ala(fi)
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To gather or catch with the hands (certain kinds of shellfish and small crabs)
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Tahitian
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PN.QAMO-GA
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Amoa
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The name of a certain feast, when prayers were made, and certain ceremonies used, for the purpose of removing various restrictions in regard to the children of the chiefs and others, who before the performance of the amoa were reckoned sacred
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Hawaiian
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PN.WAO-MATUQA
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Wao akua
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A distant mountain region, believed inhabited only by spirits; desert, wilderness
Problematic
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Samoan
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PN.TAAKELO
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Le Taʔelo
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The planet Mercury (Stair 1898)
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Tikopia
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NP.MANU.1B
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Manu
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Name of large constellation containing Rigel, Betelgeuse and prob. Canopus...
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Hawaiian
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PN.SUMU.3
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Humu
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The star Altair, in Aquila, said to have been used for navigation from Hawai'i to Tahiti
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Samoan
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PN.TAKULUA
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Tau-lua-alofi, Taulua-tua-fanua
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A pair of stars in Ursa Major (Stair 1898)
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Tongan
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PN.POLATA
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Bolata
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The stem either of the banana or the plantain tree
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Tongan
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PN.PUI.B
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Booi booi
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A curtain; a screen
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Tongan
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PN.KAPE.1
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Cabe
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A certain plant
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Tongan
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PN.NAQA.2
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Ca/nái/fý́
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To be sure! certainly!
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Tongan
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EO.KOKA
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Coca
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A brownish red juice, from the bark of a tree also called coca...used to stain or dye gnatoo with
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Raga
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MP.QILO-A
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Ilaw. Iloa. Eloa.
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To ascertain, to see. To perceive, to detect, to understand. Having the knowledge of; being acquainted with.
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Tongan
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OC.KAFIKA
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Fekkika
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A certain kind of tree
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Tongan
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PN.FAKA-FETAQI
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Fetai
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Thanks
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