| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tahitian
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PN.MAI.D
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Mai
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Indicates point of departure
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Samoan
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PN.MAI.D
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Mai
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Pre-basic particle. From
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Takuu
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PN.MAI.D
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Ma
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From
Phonologically Irregular
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Hawaiian
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PN.MAI.D
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Mai
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From
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Rennellese
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PN.MAI.D
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Mai
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From
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Niue
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PN.MAI.D
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Mai
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From
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Anuta
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PN.MAI.D
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Mai
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From
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Easter Island
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PN.MAI.D
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Mai
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From
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.MAI.D
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Mai
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From
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.FIFI-MATA
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Hihimata
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Eyelashes
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Ra'ivavae
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MP.SISI.2
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Hihi
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A variety of small univalve mollusk...
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.FIINAKI
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Hiinaʔi
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A kind of wicker-work basket-trap used to catch small fish, octopus, eels, and to keep shrimp alive
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.SINU-SINU
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Hinuhinu
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Oily, greasy; shiny; bright, lustrous; splendid, magnificent
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Mangareva
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MP.KUMU.2
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Ku/kumu
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Fermer la bouche avec la main
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Ra'ivavae
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NP.FIO
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Hio
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To whistle, make a thin, high, penetrating sound
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Ra'ivavae
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CE.HIRI.1
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Hiri
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A bright purplish red dye, made from a mixture of the juices of the innter bark of the candlenut (parai) and of the casuarina tree
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Ra'ivavae
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EO.FILO
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Hiro
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To make or lay cord by affixing strands end to end and twisting; to twist strands together with the fingers...
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Ra'ivavae
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MP.FITI.1A
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Hiti
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To start, make a sudden movement
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Hawaiian
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PN.TUQA-.2B
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Kuakahi
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Once, singly; first; single, unwedded, unmarried. Three generations removed, 2 generations removed
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Ra'ivavae
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CE.SOO-.1
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Hoo/mai
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To give; to suggest a course of action
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.FAKA-SOA
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Haʔahooa
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To make friends with, become a comrade of
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Ra'ivavae
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EC.FOO.3
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Ho/hoo
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To make a fishing sweep smaller by doubling up the leaf-drag
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Rarotongan
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PN.PEE-HENI
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Peenei
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Perhaps, possibly, maybe, in case
Problematic
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Mangaia
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PN.PEE-HENI
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Peenei
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Possibility (adv.) Possibility, likely, maybe, could-be, etc, also peneiake
Problematic
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Tongan
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PN.MO-QI
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Meʔi
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Small quantity of; piece or bit of
Phonologically Irregular
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Ra'ivavae
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AN.FOLA
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Ho/hora
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To lay, spread out (as a covering or mat); to lay down lengthwise (as a log)
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.MA-FOLA
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Mahora
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To be spread or opened out, unfurled, unrolled; loose or undone, as hair
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.MA-FOLE.1
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Mahore
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To be peeling or scaling off
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Tahitian
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EP.KA-.1
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ʔA
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Before a numeral indicates how many (persons, objects, times etc.) there are now
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Easter Island
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EP.KA-.1
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Ka
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Partícula de imperativo afirmativo, de los numerales cardinales y ordinales independientes
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Ra'ivavae
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NP.SOKO.2
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Hoʔo
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To exchange, barter; (mod.) to sell, buy (with atu,mai)...
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Ra'ivavae
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EC.FUA.3B
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Hua
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The scrotum; (frly) private parts, genital organs (usually male)
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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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EC.FUGA.2
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Huŋa
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Particle, small, minute object; small, minute
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Ra'ivavae
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AN.FUFU.1
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Huhu
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A variety of small black bee-like woodboring insect
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Ra'ivavae
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EP.FUNAOGA.*
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Hunoŋa
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An in-law, one related by marriage [son- or daughter-in-law]
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.MA-FUTI
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Mahuti
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To be uprooted, pulled or drawn up or out; to uproot (as a wind or natural force)
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Ra'ivavae
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AN.FUTU
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Hutu
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The fruit of the Barringtonia tree;...the spongy, fibrous pericarp of the fruit of the Barringtonia, used as caulking material
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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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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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Ra'ivavae
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EC.FAKA-IPO-IPO
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Haʔaipoipo
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To marry
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Ra'ivavae
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AN.IPU
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Ipu
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A calabash bowl; a ti-leaf food wrapper ('ama'a) upon which a cupped fire-sofftened banana-leaf, filled with arrowroot or other semi-liquid food, has been placed
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.HILA
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Ira
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A general term for a number of inflamatory diseases; a general term for a number of diseases characterized by convulsions and shivering sweats; erysipelas
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Ra'ivavae
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AN.QILO
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Iro
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A maggot
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Ra'ivavae
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AN.QITI
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Iti
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Small; a little; dear, darling (in affection)
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Ra'ivavae
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MP.IKE
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Iʔe
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A mallet or beater for making bark cloth
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Tuamotu
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CE.IKU.2
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Iku
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To file, rasp; a file or rasp made from the skin of the potaka [sp. of stingray]
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West Futuna
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PN.GATALA
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Gatara (h)kosi
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Small, brown, dotted fish. (Epinephelus merra [Honeycomb Grouper]) (Fkm). (Tandya maculata [Speckied Pug]) (Rve).
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West Futuna
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PN.TUKUKU
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Takuku
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(Dascyllus trimaculatus [Domino Damselfish])
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West Futuna
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NP.MALALI
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Marari/hsega
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Carangid fish sp. Poisson (Rve).
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