| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tahitian
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NP.TAATAI.1
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Tatai
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The covering or matting with which the ends of rafters in a Tahitian house are covered
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.TAI
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Tai/kuia
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Old woman; middle-aged woman (with some tribes)
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West Futuna
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PN.HOKO.1
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Faka/uku/tshia
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To join rope ends; adjoin, be close to
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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CP.LIALIA
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Haka/riaria
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Be in a bad or unpleasant state; (of an illness) worsen
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Takuu
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PN.FAKA-SOA
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Hakasoa
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Associated with, like friends or mates; be or act as a companion...
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Takuu
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NP.TAKA.1C
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Taka
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Assume lifelong responsibility for someone; guardian, sponsor
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Takuu
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NP.TAKA.1C
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Haka/taka-ria
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Adopted....
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Takuu
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NO.ISE.2
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Ise
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Shoo, chase, drive away (especially of chickens)
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Rennellese
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SO.KANO-KANO
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Kanokano
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Social wasps, Polistes sp.
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Sikaiana
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PN.KAPI.B
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Kapi
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The harnesses of the back‑strap loom {mea tau} used to hold the strands of material taut
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Sikaiana
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NO.KUNU
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Kunu
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A species of oyster, popular food on Sikaiana
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East Futuna
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EC.MA-FAGA
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Mafaga
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Petit morceau d'écorce de murier brute et tapée servant à compléter ;es deix couches principales du "siapo"
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Nuguria
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EC.NAI
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Punaa/nai
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A kind of shellfish, giant one, edible; it is farmed on the atoll
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Takuu
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NO.NAKOFU
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Nakohu
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Giant clam (Tridacna gigas)
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Takuu
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NO.NAKOFU
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Nakofu
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Shellfish sp.: giant clam
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Nukuoro
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EC.NAI
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Ngae
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Giant clam sp.
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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OC.NOFO
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Naa n/noho
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Wives in a plural marriage (in fables)
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Sikaiana
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CP.NOQA
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N/noo (pass. noo/tia)
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To tie a knot
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Nuguria
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CE.PAPA-ARIGA
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Paiaha
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Cheek
Phonologically Irregular
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Nuguria
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NP.PAKI-AKA
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Patiaka
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Surface root
Phonologically Irregular
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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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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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