| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Takuu
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PN.POO-GIA
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Poonia
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Continue past dark, be overcome unexpectedly by darkness
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Tokelau
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PN.POO-GIA
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Poogia
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Be benighted, be late
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Sikaiana
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PN.POO-GIA
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Poonia
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To be caught at sea when it is night, under unusual or unpleasant circumstances; not to reach a destination by nightfall
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Nukuoro
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PN.POO-GIA
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Boongia
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Be caught by darkness unexpectedly
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West Futuna
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PN.POO-GIA
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Pongia
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Abortive, unsuccessful
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West Futuna
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PN.POO-GIA
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Pong/pongia
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Blackened with damp or wet, as leaves or bananas
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tahitian
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PN.POO-GIA
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Pooia
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Dark as the sky
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Samoan
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PN.POO-GIA
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Pogia
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Be benighted
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East Futuna
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PN.POO-GIA
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Poogia
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Etre pris par la nuit
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East Uvea
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PN.POGI-A
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(Po)pogia
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Défaillance; défaillir, s'évanouir
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Takuu
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PN.PORO-QAKI
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Poro
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Advise, give advice [from Nukuria]
Borrowed
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Sikaiana
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SO.SANO
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Sano/sano (pass. sano/ia)
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To suspect
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Takuu
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SO.SEE.3
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See
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Asphyxiated, suffocated
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Takuu
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NO.SUA-KOLOKOLO
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Suakorokoro, siakorokoro
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Squid or cuttlefish when large
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Takuu
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EC.TUU-TAQE.*
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Tuutae
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Ink of an octopus or cuttlefish, sepia
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Sikaiana
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OC.TEFE
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T/taha
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To circumcise (not practised on Sikaiana)
Phonologically Irregular
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Tikopia
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XO.TAFETA.B
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Tafeta
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Bag or small basket, of closely plaited leaf material and string handle, for stowing small objects
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Hawaiian
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PN.TAFETA.A
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Kaaheka
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Pool, especially a rock basin where the sea washes in through an opening and salt forms; salt pan
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Takuu
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OC.TAAIWA
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Taiava
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Fish sp., similar in shap to tono [Plectropomus]...
Problematic
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Fijian
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PN.KI-MAA-UTOLU
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Keitou
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Cardinal pronoun, 1st person trial exclusive
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Fijian
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PN.KI-TAA-UTOLU
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Kedatou
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Cardinal pronoun, 1st person trial inclusive
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Ra'ivavae
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AN.AFIAFI
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Ahiahi
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Evening; the period of time commencing about an hour before sunset and lasting for an hour afterwards
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Mangaia
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CE.ANEI
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Anei
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Adverbial particle marking a question
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Ra'ivavae
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TA.AA-NIWA
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Ania/nia
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Dizzy; (freq.) unconsciously
Phonologically Irregular
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.AALAI
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Aarai
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To ward off, keep or push back from, prevent the approach of; to screen off, interpose and obstruction...protect, shield; to mediate
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Ra'ivavae
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CE.AUTE
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Aute
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A variety of paper-mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)...with reddish inner bark...
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Ra'ivavae
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CK.KAAKAA.1B
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ŋaaŋaia
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The fairy tern
Phonologically Irregular
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Ra'ivavae
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CE.GERE
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ŋere
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To be deprived; to be not, not to be; to sequestrate ceremonially (as young maidens of the hare-nunu); to take prisoner, imprison, shut into
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Ra'ivavae
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NP.FAAFAA-LUA
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Haharua
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A variety of giant ray: the manta
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Tongan
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PN.KO-IA
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Ko ia
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That's it, that being so (therefore), etc.
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Tongan
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PN.KO-IA
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Ko ia ai
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That being so, therefore
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East Futuna
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PN.KO-IA
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Ko ia
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C'est pour cela, c'est ainsi (+ai)
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East Futuna
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PN.KO-IA
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Koia ai
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Ainsi, donc, alors, c'est pourquoi
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Ifira-Mele
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PN.KO-IA
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Koia
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However
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West Futuna
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PN.KO-IA
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Kaia (ANI kaie)
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But
Problematic
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Samoan
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PN.KAU.2C
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ʔAu-
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Prefix used especially with bases referring to sets or clusters of things
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Samoan
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PN.KAU.2C
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ʔAu-
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Classifying prefix used especially with bases referring to long (and sometimes narrow) things
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Takuu
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PN.O
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O
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Poetic variant of 'a' particle, meaning 'of'...
Problematic
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Mangaia
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CE.TEE.3
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Tee
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Particle of continuous action, sentence initial
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Rarotongan
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PN.EE-NAA
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Eenaa
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Demonstrative pronoun. Those (by you or associated with you)
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Rarotongan
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NP.EE-LAA
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Eeraa
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Of tērā, q.v. Those there (not beside or associated with you or me)
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Tongan
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PN.TE.2
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Te
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(Immediately before a pronominal subj.) or ‘e (elsewhere), sign of future tense, or merely a predicative sign
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Samoan
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PN.TE.2
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Te
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Particle used in complementary distribution with 'e' never occurring initially, only after pre-basic pronouns
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Rennellese
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PN.I.2A
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I/ia/a/ia te
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Causative, instrumental, locative, ablative, and temporal preposition: because of, due to, by means of, acout, concerning, in, at, on
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Tongan
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PN.I.2A
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ʔI, ʔia, ʔiate
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Preposition locative: at, on, in, during, with, in the charge of, about, of/among, for (the space or period of)
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Ra'ivavae
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PN.FA-LIU
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Haariu
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To turn, veer round (or partially round)
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Ra'ivavae
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CE.FATU.4
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Hatu
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A lord, master; an owner, proprietor...; the guardian-god of a temple
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Ra'ivavae
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MP.FAU.A
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Hau
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The hibiscus tree (Hibiscus tiliaceus)
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East Futuna
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SO.TEQE-AI
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Leʔ/ikiai
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see.:Not yet
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West Futuna
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NP.LIKO.3
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Riko-fia
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To appear (of person, ghost, etc.)
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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