| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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MP.MALU.A
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Malu
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Shelter, cove; be safe, take shelter (under a tree or house etc.)
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Samoan
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MP.MALU.A
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Malu
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Shelter, take shelter; watertight, proof against rain ; grow dark; shaded
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Samoan
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PN.MAMAE.2
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Mamae
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Take great care of, make much of
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Takuu
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AN.MAANAWA.1
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Maanava
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Breathe; take a rest, get relief...
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East Futuna
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PN.MAA-PUNA
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Mapuna
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Emerge (after being submerged), surface; spurt out (as blood or water); start up from sleep; take off (of a plane); explode, fly into pieces
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Easter Island
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NP.TAKE.1
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Ta/take
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Strife, quarrel
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tikopia
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PN.MA-TAKA
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Mataka
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Prise out, off; take off (cover); shell (nut) [NB Firth's examples show only intransitive use]
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Rarotongan
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CE.MATA-KAINAGA
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Matakeinanga
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A settlement, inhabitants of a district or neighbourhood
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Tuamotu
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CE.MATA-KAINAGA
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Matakeinaŋa
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Division of an army; a lands division; a sub-clan
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.MAQU-A
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Mau-ria (ki)
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Take up, lay hold of v.t.
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Moriori
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PN.MAQU-A
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Mau/a
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Take
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Moriori
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PN.MAQU-A
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Mau/rii, mau/ria
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Take
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.MAA-UNU
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Maunu
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Come out, be loosened; taken off (of clothes)
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Tuamotu
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PN.MAA-UNU
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Maunu
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Withdraw, slip out (e.g. crustacean shedding skin); take off clothes
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Easter Island
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EO.MILO.1
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Miro
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Board, rod, stake, stick; tree; timber, wood; club, staff. Ship (archaic) (Wbr).
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Samoan
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NP.MOI.2
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Moi/moi
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The name of a large fish; small fish left in net after the big ones have been taken out
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Nukuoro
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CP.MOKO.2
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Haga/mogo/mogo
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Take special care of, cherish
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Samoan
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PN.MORI.A
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Moli
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Take, send
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Easter Island
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CE.MONO.B
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Mono
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To exchange, trade; to take revenge; successor
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Rarotongan
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CE.MONO.B
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Mono
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Replacement, take place of
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Tuamotu
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CE.MONO.B
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Mono
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Take place of, substitute for
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Niue
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PN.MULU.1
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Mulu
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Rub, massage; take off a cover or sheath
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Niue
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PN.MULU.2
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Mulu
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To be puzzled over a task ; to fiddle, to take too long (of work)
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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EO.MU-MUNI
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Muni
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Hide (vi), secretly . Hide, take shelter
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Tikopia
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MP.MUTU.2
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Mutu
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Small, striped, edible fish taken on reef in hand-net (Pomacentidae cf. Abudefduf spp.)
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Rennellese
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PN.POO-GIA
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Pongia
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To be overtaken by night; to become night
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Easter Island
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PN.NAO
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Na/nao
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To take something out of a bag, a net, a basket (e.g. fish)
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Tikopia
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PN.OO.1
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Oo
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(1) Spotted rabbitfish (Siganus sp.); (2) tiny reef fish (prob. anchovy) taken in quantity in net
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Easter Island
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PN.OKO.1
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Oko
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To carry off all, take all; to collect eggs
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Tikopia
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PN.QONO.3
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Ono
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See, behold, look, stare, look about; take care of, have charge of
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Rennellese
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PN.QOSO
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ʔOso-hia
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Touch, take hold of, reach for, grab; to kill
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.PAKEWA.1
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Pakewa
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Make a mistake in speaking; wander
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Rarotongan
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TA.PA-KIKO.1
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Pakiko
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Grazed, scraped, scratched, having skin or surface layer taken off; a scratch, abrasion; bald
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Tongan
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PN.SIKO.B
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Hiko
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Pick up, gather up (esp. rubbish); clear up, clear (area) of rubbish; take (food) of the fire; draw in and coil (rope etc.)...
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Easter Island
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EP.PA-RARE
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Parare
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Err, make a mistake
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Tahitian
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NP.PALE-TAI
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Paretai
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A place of refuge in the sea; to take refuge at sea
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Rennellese
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SO.PAQASI
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Paʔasi
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Side, part, piece, page, take sides
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Rarotongan
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CE.PAA-TIA
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Paatia-ʔia
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Stab, inject, nail, pierce; stake (a plant)
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Rarotongan
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TA.PAA-TITI
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Paatiti-a, -ʔia
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Drive in (a nail, stake, peg)
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Fijian
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EP.PAU.1D
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Bau
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Taken away
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Tuamotu
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CE.PEKE.1B
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Peke
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Ascend, as a kite; fly up, as a garment lifted by the wind; take wing, as a bird; flow, spread, diffuse
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.PENA.1B
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Bene/bene
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Keep, care for, take care of
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.PENA.1B
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Pena(pena)
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Take care of, tend, husband, preserve knowledge
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Nukuoro
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PN.PENA.1B
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Pena
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Take precautions
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Tuamotu
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PN.PENA.1B
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Pe/pena
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To be tended, taken care of
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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MP.PIKI.1A
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Piki/a
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Hold, carry, arrange, catch; take care of
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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MP.PIKI.1A
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Phiki
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Hold, pick [exx. shake hands, fold hands, hold, be rich]; take place
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Tongan
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MP.PIKI.1A
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Piki
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Hold on, cling to, take hold of
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East Futuna
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PN.PISI.3
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Pisi
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Take hold of something
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.POO-GIA
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Poongia
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Overtaken by night
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