| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Hawaiian
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NP.TAFA-TOO
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Kahakoo
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Steep to, sheer
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.TAFA-TOO
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Tahatoo
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Steep to, shelving rapidly (of the shore)
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Rarotongan
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OC.TAFE
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Taʔe
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Leak, melt, ooze, trickle
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Rennellese
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OC.TAFE
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Laghe
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To float; to carry off, as by rain or sea; to flood, overflow
Problematic
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Rennellese
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OC.TAFE
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Lape/lape
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To be full of water, as a pool or a calabash
Problematic
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Hawaiian
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CE.TAA-FERO.
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ʔOohelo
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A small shrub (Vaccinium reticulatum) with small, rounded, toothed leaves and red or yellow berries
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.TAA-FERO.
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Taawhero
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A tree (Weinmannia racemosa), with smallish, toothed leaves, reddish when young. Timber reddish and of no use, not even for burning. Eastern dialect ;
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Emae
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EO.TAFI
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Tafi/tafi
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Sweep; broom
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Nuguria
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EO.TAFI
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Tahi/tahi
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Sweep (vt); broom
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Niue
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EO.TAFI
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Tafi
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To sweep; broom; razor. To shave (McE).
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Luangiua
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EO.TAFI
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Kae/kahi
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Broom
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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EO.TAFI
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T(h)ahi/-a
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Broom; sweep, massage
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Rennellese
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EO.TAFI
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Tahi/tahi
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Sweep, brush, broom
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Mangaia
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CK.TAA-FITI.B
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Taʔiti
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Scoop-netting
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Anuta
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PN.TAFITO.A
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Tapito
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Root, base. The base of an object; basis, source, reason; leader; beginning; to start (Fbg).
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Niue
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PN.TAFITO.A
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Tefito
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Tuberous ginger plant (tubers sometimes eaten during times of scarcity). Root of the yellow-flowered ginger (McE).
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Nukuoro
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PN.TAFITO.A
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Dahido
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Base, stump, foot of hill
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Takuu
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PN.TAFITO.A
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Tafito
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Foot or base of tree or pole; beginning of a story
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Samoan
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NP.TAFITO.C
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Tafito
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Root of penis . Prefix to male names in faagogo (Moyle, F"gogo p.21)
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West Futuna
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MQ.TAA-FOA
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Tafoia
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Break, crack, chip; open (as canned food, shellfish
Problematic
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Anuta
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FJ.TAFU.A
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Tapu
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To put wood on a fire so that it will burst into flame, for purpose of cooking etc.
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Hawaiian
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FJ.TAFU.A
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Kahu
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Tend oven, make cooking fire
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New Zealand Maori
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FJ.TAFU.A
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Tahu-na
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Cook, burn, set on fire
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Niue
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FJ.TAFU.A
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Tafu
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To set alight; to add firewood, replenish or refuel (a fire)
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Luangiua
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FJ.TAFU.A
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Kahu
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Light, tend (fire); pile wood on fire, make fire
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Penrhyn
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FJ.TAFU.A
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Tahu
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Burn, set on fire, firewood
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Rarotongan
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FJ.TAFU.A
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Taʔu
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Cook, burn, set on fire
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New Zealand Maori
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EP.TAFUQA
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Tahua
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Heap (esp. food); sandhills; courtyard
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Marquesas
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EP.TAFUQA
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Tohua
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Sol, place, terre, terrain, place publique. Terrain (de réunion), meeting place. Plancher, floor. Pont du bateau, deck (Atl).
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Penrhyn
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EP.TAFUQA
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Tahua
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Floor; covering of canoe, one on the stern, one on the bow
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Pukapuka
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EP.TAFUQA
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Taua
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Floor
Borrowed
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Rapa
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EP.TAFUQA
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Taʔua
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House floor
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Rarotongan
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EP.TAFUQA
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Taʔua
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Floor, storey, platform, stage, deck
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Tahitian
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EP.TAFUQA
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Tahua
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Plancher (tahua fare), étage, pont de bateau (tahua pahii); champ (de bataille), terrain (de football, d'aviation)
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Mangareva
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EC.TAAFUFU.*
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Toʔuʔu. Tooʔuʔu (I).
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Ridgepole (I). Poutre en bois qui va d'un pignon à l'autre et est supporté par le chevronnage
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Rarotongan
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EC.TAAFUFU.*
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Taaʔuuʔuu
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Main or lower ridge pole, or ridge of roof
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Nukuoro
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SO.TAGA.3
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Tanga
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Loose, not tight
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Rennellese
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SO.TAGA.3
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Tanga
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To end, as a taboo; free of taboo
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Sikaiana
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SO.TAGA.3
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Tana
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Unrestricted, free from sanctity or taboos
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Pukapuka
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PN.-TAGA.4
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-tanga
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As in monotanga: island-wide feast; nootanga: group of people; wonotanga: ankle, joint
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Samoan
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PN.TAAGAKI
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Taagaʔi
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To look out for, as for rocks ahead ; see, look, look at, behold (po.)
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Tongan
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PN.TAAGAKI
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Taangaki
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(Of royalty) to look, look up, or pay attention
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New Zealand Maori
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CE.TAGAROA
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Tangaroa
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A night of the moon
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Tuamotu
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CE.TAGAROA
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Tangaroa
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A series of nights of the waning moon (24-26 or 25-27)
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Mangareva
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CE.TAGAROA
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Tagaroa-vei (otane)
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Twenty-seventh night of the moon (Laval)
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Rarotongan
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CE.TAGAROA
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Tangaroa
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Series of moon nights, 22nd to 24th
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Tahitian
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CE.TAGAROA
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Taʔaroa-tahi
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Twenty-fourth night of the moon
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Easter Island
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PN.TAGA-TAGA
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Taŋataŋa
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Limp, slack, loose (of a tooth); to loosen
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.TAGA-TAGA
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Tangatanga
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Free of pain; loose, easy, comfortable
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.TAGA-TAGA
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Maa/tangatanga/
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Loose, not firmly secured
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