| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tahitian
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PN.LAU.2B
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Rau
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Etre varié, être de toutes sortes. Many, indefinitely (Dvs).
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Tongan
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PN.LAU.2B
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Lau
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An indefinite number of
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Tuamotu
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PN.LAU.2B
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Rau
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Countless, indefinite number, innumerable
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New Zealand Maori
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EO.LAU.3
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Rau/roha
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Spread about, scattered, extended (of the arms)
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Niue
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EO.LAU.3
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Lau/tote
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Narrow
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Samoan
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EO.LAU.3
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Lau/tele
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Broad, wide (of surfaces such as mats, leaves etc.)
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Tikopia
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EO.LAU.3
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Rau
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Breadth, extent, expanse
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Nukuoro
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PN.RAU.1
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Ga/lau/na
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A big net for fishing, requiring several persons to manipulate
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Rapa
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PN.RAU.1
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Rau
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Leaf rope (old term)
Problematic
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Samoan
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PN.RAU.1
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Lau
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One unit (or several units) of a communald fishing device (lauloa) consisting of 18 to 24 ft. lengths of fau bast to which coconut-palm leaves are attached at intervals
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Tokelau
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PN.RAU.1
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Lau
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Line of beaters in a fish drive
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East Uvea
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PN.RAU.2
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Te/au/
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Hundred
Problematic
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Niue
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PN.RAU.2
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Te/au
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Hundred
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Tongan
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PN.TAU-MUQA
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Tow-mooa
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The stem of a vessel
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Tikopia
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PN.RAU.2
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Rau
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Ten or hundred according to items counted
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Tongan
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PN.RAU.2
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Te/au/
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Hundred
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East Uvea
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FJ.RAU.3
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Lau/afe
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Dernier rang de feuilles pliées les unes sur les autres sur le faîtes d'une maison
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East Uvea
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EO.LAQU.1
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Laʔu(si)
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Pince, pincette
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East Uvea
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NP.LAU-FALA
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Lau-fa
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Feuille de pandanus (Pandanus tectorius)
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Rarotongan
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NP.LAU-FALA
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Rauʔara
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A plant, a variety of pandanus, but with thinner and softer leaves than 'ara, used for floormats and baskets
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Niue
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CE.RAUKA
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Lauka
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A comparative, better etc.
Problematic
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East Uvea
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XW.LAUKAU
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Laukau
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Amoureux, galant, vaniteux, qui cherche à plaisir
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Hawaiian
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PN.LAULAU
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Laulau
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Wrapping, wrapped package; packages of ti leaves or banana leaves containing pork, beef, salted fish etc.; to wrap or carry in such bundles
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.LAULAU
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Laulau
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Nicely plaited basket with plaited patterns used for carrying food at weddings, when paying bride price etc.; plaited tray for serving food to a person at a party
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Rarotongan
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PN.LAULAU
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Raurau
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Small basket or platter plaited from coconut leaves used mostly to hold food, or as food trays
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Rennellese
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PN.LAULAU
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Gaugau
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Basket of cooked food, plate, dish; to place food in baskets for offerings
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Samoan
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PN.LAULAU
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Laulau
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Coconut leaf platter (used for serving food); table; kava bowl; to serve (food) out
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Rennellese
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SO.LAULAUFAU
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Gaugauhau
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Butterfly fish, when dominantly striped
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East Futuna
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PN.LAU-QULU
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Lau ulu
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Cheveux de la tete
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Moriori
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PN.LAU-QULU
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Rauru
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Placenta, afterbirth
Problematic
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Hawaiian
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CE.RAU-MATI
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Laumaki
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Recede, wilt, ebb (as the tide or floodwaters); wilt (as plants without water)
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West Uvea
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CE.RAU-MATI
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Laumati
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Lantern fish (Priacanthus hamrur)
Problematic
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Rarotongan
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TA.RAUPO
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Raupoo
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A large indigenous or introduced bulrush found on some of the outer islands (Scirpus subulatus)
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Ifira-Mele
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PN.LAA-TOU
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Raateu
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Third person plural independent pronoun
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Fijian
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PN.KI-LAA-UTOLU
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Iratou
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Cardinal pronoun, third person trial and limited plural
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Easter Island
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EO.LAWA.1A
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Raba, bara
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Mucho, muy. Prefix used adverbally or adjectively to indicate intensity (very, much) or frequency (raba-ta9i "weepy")
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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EO.LAWA.1A
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Th(a)e/lava(a)
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Tired, exhausted
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.TELE.3B
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Tere
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Flow, as water
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Nuguria
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NP.TELE.3B
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Tere
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Flow, run (of water)
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West Futuna
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EO.LAWA.1A
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Rava
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To finish, complete, be done
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.LAWA.1B
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Rawa
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A postposed verbal particle indicating intensity or immediacy
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Moriori
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NP.LAWA.1B
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Rawa, rao (etu)
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Exactly, completely
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Rarotongan
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NP.LAWA.1B
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Rawa
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Post-verbal particle. Certainly, definitely, wholly, quite, perfectly, completely
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Samoan
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NP.LAWA.1B
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Lava
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Particle; very, actually, really, quite, thoroughly, extremely
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Tokelau
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NP.LAWA.1B
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Lava
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Intensifying particle which follows the word
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West Uvea
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NP.LAWA.1B
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Lava
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Déterminatif verbal postposé, marquant l'affirmation, l'insistence; déterminatif nominal postposé, marquant l'identité
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Niue
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AN.LAWA.2
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Lava/hi
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To tie, wrap around (of loose clothes that need fastening)
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East Futuna
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PN.LAWA.3
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Lava
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Vetement, tout ce que sert a envelopper le corps
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East Uvea
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NP.LAAWAKI
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Laavaki
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Etre deserte, vide, abandonne
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Rennellese
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NP.LAAWAKI
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Gaabaki
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Uninhabited, empty, to desert
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