| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Pukapuka
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TA.RIAKI
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Liaki
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Raise up, show (e.g. of a sail, mat)
Borrowed
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Pukapuka
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TA.RIAKI
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Liaki(na)
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To put up a sail. Raise up, show (Bge). Lift up, display, expose (Sby).
Borrowed
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Mangareva
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MQ.ROGOROGO
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Rogorogo
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Chants. Prêtres du culte polynésien, hommes influents, qui faisaient exécuter les danses et les chant aux fêtes et aux obsèques
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East Uvea
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CE.RUFI.2
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Lufi/lufi
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Etre saisi d'effroi
Problematic
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Marquesas
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EP.RUTU
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Utu
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Assaillir, attaquer par surprise
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Mangareva
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EP.MAA.4
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Ma/tu
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Let us go (especially said by one who proposes following others gone before)
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.MAAGALO.2
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Maangaro
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Tasty, said of well-matured sweet-potatoes
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Hawaiian
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MQ.MAHAE
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Mahae
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A fish, said to belong to the laa`ii pala group
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New Zealand Maori
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TA.MAHOI
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Te mahoi
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A weird being said to have dwelt underground...who appeared in human form and was a master of black magic (Best 1982:55)
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Mangareva
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OC.MALAQE
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Marae
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Offering, altar, sacrifice. Autel où les polynésiens faisaient des offrandes aux dieux; sacrifice, sacrifier
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Marquesas
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PN.MA-LAGA.1
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Meaka
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Tressaillir de joie, accourir
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Tongan
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PN.MA-LIU
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Maliu
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Change direction, sail with following wind
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East Uvea
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PN.MAQONI.*
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Faka/maʔoni/ʔoni
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Vertueux, sincere, saint
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Marquesas
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EO.MATA-LIKI.B
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Mataiki (MQN), mataiʔi (MQS)
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Les playades; la saison des playades. Constellation les Pléiades; ancien nom du mois de mai; deuxième récolte de fruits à pain (Lch).
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Marquesas
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PN.MAQU.1
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Mau
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Ferme, solide, attaché; encore, encore un peu; pris, saisi. Affermir, consolider, amarrer, agrafer, fixer, maintenir, tenir; fermement, encore un peu plus, encore davantage (Lch). Attraper par l'hameçon; to hook [a fish] (Atl).
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East Uvea
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PN.MAQU-A
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Maʔu
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Prendre, saisir, tenir, occuper, posséder, avoir....
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Mangareva
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PN.MAQU-A
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Mau
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Saisir, prendre, tenir
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Tahitian
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PN.MAQU-A
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Mau
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Saisir, tenir
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Marquesas
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CE.TEKO.1
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Mo/toʔo
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Saillant, proéminent
Phonologically Irregular
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Hawaiian
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NP.MELE.2
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Mele/mele
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Star name: Melemele and Polapola were said to be twin stars, the former male and the latter female
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Tuamotu
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NP.MELE.2
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Mere
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The name of a star; said to change color from red to yellow and white; ? Antares
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Tahitian
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CE.MESA-MESA
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Mehameha
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Effrayant, être effrayé, saisi de frayeur
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Mangareva
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PN.MIGO
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Migo/migo
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A fold, a wrinkle; to be wrinkled; stunted; not joined close, not smooth, equal, said of tissues and cloth
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East Uvea
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XW.MOGA
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Moga
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Os saillant du cou; pomme d'Adam
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Fijian
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MP.MOO-MONA
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Momona
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Fat (said of crabs well-filled with spawn)
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Tokelau
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PN.MUMU
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Mumu
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Said of flies covering the body
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Tuamotu
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NP.LANU.A
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Nanu
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To be at flow (said of the sea at high tide)
Phonologically Irregular
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Luangiua
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RO.NANUE
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ŋaŋue
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Topsail Drummer Fish
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Niue
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TO.NUE
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Nue
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A fish, highfin rudderfish or topsail drummer (Kyphosus cinerascens); or insular rudderfish (Kyphosus bigibbus)
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East Uvea
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OC.PAE.1A
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Pae
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Tas; rebord, ce qui saillit au-dessus d'une surface
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Tahitian
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CE.PAA-KOTI
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Paaʔoti
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Paire de ciseaux; couper avec des ciseaux, sectateurs, cisailles
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Rarotongan
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PN.PAANAKI
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Paananaki
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To patch (as clothes, canoe sail)
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Hawaiian
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NP.PANOKO
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Paanoʔo
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(Eleotridae) and (Gobiidae spp.), said to leap from pool to pool
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Tokelau
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PN.PAATA
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Gutu patapata
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Said of one who gossips a lot
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Fijian
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OC.PEAU
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Biau
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A wave (said to be borrowed from PN)
Problematic
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Mangareva
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PN.PEE-HENA
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Pena
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Ainsi, comme cela (se dit d'objets éloignés). So, like that (said of objects at some distance off) (Tgr).
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Mangareva
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CE.PIO
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Pio
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S'éteindre (feu, lumière, yeux d'un mourant). To put out, extinguish (said of fire, and the eyes) (Tgr).
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Mangareva
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EP.PI-PIRI
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Pipiri
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June. Saison froide ou la végétation se repose; correspond au mois de join) (Rch).
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Pukapuka
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NP.PII-WAI
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Piivai/elo
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Useless, good for nothing (said of persons)
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Marquesas
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PN.POKI.1
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Po/poki (MQN), po/poʔi (MQS) (Atl).
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Prendre avec la main, saisir. Attraper, maitriser (Lch). Empoigner, grab (Atl).
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Hawaiian
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CP.POSO
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Poho
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To belly out (as a sail)
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Kapingamarangi
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OC.POU.1
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Bou
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Mast (sail, ship); flag pole
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East Uvea
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PN.PUKE.3
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Puke
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Saisir, prendre
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.PUKE.3
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Kaipuke
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Ship, sailing vessel
Problematic
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Mangareva
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FJ.PULEWA
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Pureva
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Ecume jaune qui traîne sur la mer du 17 au 21 février et qui fait périr le poisson qui la mange; frai, oeufs de poisson; été, la plus chaude des saisons. Roe or eggs of fish; yellow scum floating on the sea from about the 17th to 21st of February, and this yellow substance is eaten by fish; summer (Tgr).
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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PN.PUSA.1
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Puiha
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Wooden box (said to have been imported)
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Luangiua
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PN.PUTO
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Puko
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Billowing, full of wind (of sail)
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East Futuna
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PN.PUTU.2
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Putu
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"Fêter" un mort (par un repas); être en deuil. Repas qui faisaient les Futuniens à la mort ou à la perte de quelqu'un des leurs, qui s'embarquait à la dérobée (Gzl).
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Luangiua
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NP.SAE.3
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Sai
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Appear
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
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MP.SAQI
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Sai ki luna
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Hang (vt)
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