| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Pukapuka
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PN.QASA-GA.A
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Aayanga
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Name for the unbroken stretch of built-up reef on eastern (windward) side of atoll, stretching between motu (islets)
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Tongan
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PN.HALA-MATUQA
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Hala motua
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Grande route, chemin battu
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Tahitian
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NP.FENUQU.A*
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Fenû motu
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Broken strand or twisted cord
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Tahitian
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NP.FENUA.*A
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Fenua
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Pays, terre (opposée à la mer, ou à l’espace); terrain, sol; île haute (opposée à motu, île basse, atoll)
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Tongan
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PN.FINE-MATUQA.A
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Finemotuʔa
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Elderly woman
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New Zealand Maori
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TA.KAI-FAKA-RUAKI
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Kai-whakaruaki
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A taniwha at Motuweka district (Best 1982.498)
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Tahitian
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TA.KAI-FAKA-RUAKI
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ʔAi-faʔa-ruaʔi
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A monster at Motue`a on Taha`a island
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Niue
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EO.KALAE
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Kulee
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Porphurio (Motu)
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Rarotongan
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CE.KOO-MOTU
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Koomotu
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Stub of firewood, ember
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Tahitian
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CE.KOO-MOTU
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Omotu
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A burning coal
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Nuguria
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XO.QILAAMOTU.*
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Ku/ila-motu
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Daughter-in-law
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Nukumanu
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XO.QILAAMOTU.*
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Hai lamotu
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Mother's brother-sister's child relationship
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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XO.QILAAMOTU.*
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Ilamotu
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Nephew
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Takuu
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XO.QILAAMOTU.*
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Ilaamotu
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Reciprocal kinship term: classificatory mother's brother (maternal uncle), sister's child (nephew, niece)
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West Uvea
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XO.QILAAMOTU.*
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Ilamotu
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Neveu/nièce
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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XO.QILAAMOTU.*
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Ilamotu
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Sister's son (man speaking)
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Niue
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AN.RIKI
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Liki/liki
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Small (Motu dialect)
Borrowed
Phonologically Irregular
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Niue
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PN.MA-QINE-QINE
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Maine (Motu dialect), maini (Tafiti dialect)
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Enjoyable, thrilling
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Easter Island
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PN.MAQOLI
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Maʔori
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Name of the native land of Hotu Matu`a and of his people who migrated, following a cataclysm on the continent of Hioa, to the island; expert, wise, intelligent; tangata maori rongorongo, literate person (who knows how to read the inscriptions of the kohau motu); maori-ika, surgeon [dead body-expert]; maori-hare, house-builder (Egt). (Of manual training) dexterity, handy, industry, artisan; (Of mental training), erudite, finesse, cleverness; (the resultant) memorable, renowned, of good reputation; tagata maori, carpenter; rima maori, left (sic) hand; tae maori incompetent; maori ke, judicious, sly; maori ke avai, adroit (Chl). Skilled, old (Fts)
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Tongan
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OC.MATUQU.A
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Motuʔu
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Quite ripe (of coconut)
Borrowed
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Niue
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AN.MATUQA.A
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Motua
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Mature; old age
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Tongan
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AN.MATUQA.A
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Motuʔa
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Old (of people); old person
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Tongan
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PN.HUI-MATUQA
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Hui-motuʔa
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Backbone
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Niue
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PN.HUI-MATUQA
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Hui-motua
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Bones of the living
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Tongan
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PN.MATUQA.B
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Motuʔa-nima
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Thumb
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Tongan
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PN.MATUQA.B
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Motuʔa-vaʔe
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Big toe
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Tongan
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PN.MATUQA.B
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Motuʔa-tohi
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Original book or document (as opp. to copies or translations)
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Marquesas
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AN.MATUQA.C
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Motua
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Father. Père (Lch). Papa, dad (Atl).
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Mangareva
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AN.MATUQA.C
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Motua
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Father. Père; prêtre réligieux; le dieu chrétien; fils d'un roi déifié
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Tongan
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AN.MATUQA.C
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Motuʔa
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Parent
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Tikopia
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CP.MATUQA-ULAU
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Motuurau
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Small Goatfish
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East Uvea
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PN.MATUKU.A
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Motuku
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Reef Heron (Egretta sacra)
Problematic
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Niue
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PN.MATUKU.A
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Motuku
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Reef Heron (Egretta sacra). Curlew (McE).
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Tikopia
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PN.MATUKU.A
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Motuku
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Reef Heron (Demigretta sacra)
Problematic
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Tongan
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PN.MATUKU.A
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Motuku
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Reef Heron (Egretta sacra)
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Rarotongan
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TA.MATUKU.B
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Motu-taʔotaʔo
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A place where Rata slays Te Va`ine-`uarei and recovers his mother's eyeballs
Problematic
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Emae
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??.MO-MOTU
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Ka/motumotu
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Firebrand. burnt stick
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New Zealand Maori
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??.MO-MOTU
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Moomotu
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Firebrand
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Moriori
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??.MO-MOTU
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Momotu
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Embers
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Anuta
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OC.MOTU.A
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Motu
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Cut, break. To split, to part (Fbg).
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Easter Island
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OC.MOTU.A
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Motu
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To cut a rope or string
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East Futuna
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OC.MOTU.A
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Motu
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Severed
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East Uvea
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OC.MOTU.A
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Motu(motu)
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Etre cassé, rompu, détaché, déchiré
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Kapingamarangi
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OC.MOTU.A
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Motu
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Break, sever
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Emae
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OC.MOTU.A
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Motu
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Be severed, broken
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New Zealand Maori
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OC.MOTU.A
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Motu
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Severed
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New Zealand Maori
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OC.MOTU.A
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Momotu
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sever, separate
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New Zealand Maori
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OC.MOTU.A
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Motu-hia
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Severed, separated, broken off, cut (as a rope), gashed, wounded
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Ifira-Mele
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OC.MOTU.A
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Motu
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Be severed, cut off, broken
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Moriori
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OC.MOTU.A
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Motu
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Cut off, (string) break
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