| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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East Futuna
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PN.QARO-FI-LIMA
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Alofi lima
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Paume de la main
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East Futuna
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PN.GAA-GAA
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Gaagaa
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Branler; être mal fixé
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Tikopia
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PN.GA-UE
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Ngaua
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Spend time, energy (as in working hard for small reward)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Samoan
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PN.TUULOU
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Tulou
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An apologetic word used on entering the house of a god, or when about to make a sudden noise, as throwing down a log of wood, or on commencing a speech
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Rennellese
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SO.SEE.3
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See
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To be paralyzed, as fish poisoned by Derris (luba), a Mautikitiki expression
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Luangiua
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XO.FILIANI
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Huilaŋi
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Mast
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Nukumanu
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XO.FILIANI
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Hukilani
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Mast
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Sikaiana
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XO.FILIANI
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Heliani
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Rod running from bow of boat to top of mast {kautuu} in an outrigger canoe
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Takuu
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XO.FILIANI
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Hiriani
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Mast of a ship or canoe; radio antenna, aerial
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Nuguria
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XO.FILIANI
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Hiriani
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Mast
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Sikaiana
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XO.IKA-A-FATU
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Ika hatu
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Fish species, a large grouper (normally the fish that is caught in the deep sea fishing technique, hakasolo)
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Tikopia
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XO.IKA-A-FATU
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Ika a fatu
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Large fish from ocean depths (unid. poss. grouper), app. not fished for many years’
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Tongan
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PN.TA-PUKE
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Tapuke/puke
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(of ground) More or less covered with small mounds
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Luangiua
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NO.TUAA-TOLO
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Kuaakolo
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Creepers (make la'ei)
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Takuu
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NO.TUAA-TOLO
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Tuatoro
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Plant sp. (Triumfetta procumbens), a vine whose leaves are made into headbands’
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Luangiua
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NO.MAKAKA-TAU
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Makau
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Hard
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Takuu
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NO.MAKAKA-TAU
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Makattau, matakkau
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(of solid object) Hard, firm, rigid
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Sikaiana
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NO.MAKAKA-TAU
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Makkatau
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Very hard, very firm
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Nuguria
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NO.MAKAKA-TAU
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Maakaka-ttau
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Solid, hard
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Luangiua
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RO.MALAU.1
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Pu/malau
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Red bull's eye
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Takuu
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OC.SALALA
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Sara/tea
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Small white fish sp.
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Luangiua
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NO.SIMATA
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Simaka
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1000
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Takuu
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NO.SIMATA
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Simata
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Large number, one thousand
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Sikaiana
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NO.SIMATA
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Simata
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[cardinal number] One thousand (for roof mats, pudding and fish)
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Nuguria
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NO.SIMATA
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Himata
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Thousand (Takuu word?)
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Nukuoro
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NO.SIMATA
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Semada
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Tens of thousands
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Takuu
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NO.SIKI-SIKI
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Sikisiki/tau
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Bird sp., small finch-like bird, Island Monarch (Monarcha cinerascens)
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Tahitian
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Faa/a/a
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To kindle fire, to make it burn well; to cause food to be well cooked
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Rennellese
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NP.FAKA-KAA.2
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Hakakaa
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To light, as a match or lantern
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Sikaiana
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NO.KAAPITI.2
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Kaapiti
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A mat for flooring similar to a tapakau, but with only one side. (Shaped to cover a small area inside the house where a tapakau would not fit)
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Takuu
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XO.KATOKO
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Katoko
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Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra)
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Tikopia
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PN.SU-GALU
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Ungaru
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Driftwood; floating log, occ. used for small canoe or firewood
Phonologically Irregular
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Tikopia
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XO.UA-LOTO
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Uuaaroto
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Esoteric name for centre post supporting ridgepole in major temples
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East Uvea
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PN.UALOLO
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Ualolo
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S'attrouper, acourir en masse, venir en masse (obs.)
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Takuu
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PN.UALOLO
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Ualloo
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(of a large group of people, animals, etc.) Go or come quickly to or from a place
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Tongan
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PN.QULU-KAO
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ʔUlukau
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Small k. fish (like a sardine)
Problematic
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Samoan
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PN.QULU-KAO
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Uluʔao
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A pig or fish having a long head; a man with a long small head
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Anuta
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XO.KOKO.3
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Koko
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Flour made from pulp of sago palm or from turmeric root
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Tahitian
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CK.MAEA.2
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Maea
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The white or sappy part of trees; a worthless person
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Hawaiian
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CK.MAEA.2
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Maea
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Stinking, as of unwashed bodies; malodorous, as a swamp; offensive-smelling, as vomit
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Mangareva
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CK.MAEA.2
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Maea
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Laisser, mettre sa nourriture de coté pour manger celle des autres
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tahitian
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OC.FAQO.1C
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Fao
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To make holes with a fao [nail or chisel]
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Tahitian
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CE.FATU.4
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Fatu
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Lord, master, owner
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Tahitian
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MP.FIRI.1
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Firi
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To plait, as sinnet, human hair, &c.
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Tahitian
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FJ.FOLI.1
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Ho/hori
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To go about begging or demanding as the arioi
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Nukuoro
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PN.KOO.2B
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Goo
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A sound made to indicate one’s presence (in response to being called from afar)
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Rennellese
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PN.KOO.2B
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Koo
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Exclamation, Coo! (Said if one’s name is called, as “Here I am”)
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Samoan
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NP.OLI.2
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Oli
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To challenge to a club match by brandishing the club
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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TA.ORI
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Ori/ori
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Make a tour
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Tahitian
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EP.REPE
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Repe
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The comb of a fowl; the fin on the back of the shark; the projections that grow in a singular manner on the trunk of the tuscarpia edulis, or native chestnut tree; the piece on which the ends of the rafters rest in a native house; a sort of projection
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