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-afafáu

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v wear a hat, cover (something)

-akurira

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v 1. follow, come behind; 2. do something afterwards

-apatig

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v grasp, keep, retain, hold onto (as property), be faithful to (as a person)

-arpikou

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v intr twitch, jerk about (as a dying fish), slither (as a snake), flop about

-asasás

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v intr fall, drop (numerous objects)

-asoria

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v carry by hanging on an elongated object, carry on a pole, carry on a finger

-asɨri

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v succeed, win, better act or interact such that one comes out ahead (implying another loses), belittle another, be lucky

-ápuhur

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v 1. trade, exchange (goods, blows); 2. fight with clubs)

-árihi

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v whip, strike with a rope or stick

ahavi

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v. plant modifier word used with yam ("nuk")

api

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v. to stick with a knife or spear

ia-kamawengin

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v I eat

ia-kanmi nikawa

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I drink kava

ia-kasipao ia kurimatao me

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v I watch the cows

iaku-iaku

Portulaca oleracea
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[jaku jaku] n. kind of herb (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3165)

iaran

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day

iawira ~ iavira

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n. crab

ik neihi seim kuri

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for your dog

(Bislama) fakem dog blo yu

iérupwun

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caterpillar, millipede

kafete

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n. sleeping mat made of pandanus

kakeakei

Used as a medicine to treat children who cannot walk. Rub smashed leaves on the knee of a child, "he will walk." For a child about 1 year old, rub the leaves on the knee and underside of the foot. This will make the child walk "easily and quickly." and will make the leg "lighter."
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n. terrestrial fern growing in weedy patch with other herbs at edge of open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. Leaves dimorphic. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3253)

Example: Used as a medicine to treat children who cannot walk. Rub smashed leaves on the knee of a child, "he will walk." For a child about 1 year old, rub the leaves on the knee and underside of the foot. This will make the child walk "easily and quickly." and will make the leg "lighter."

kamarwerew

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n my ass (buttocks)

kapa

Photo by John E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0
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Blackspot snapper

Example: Photo by John E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0

kasitu

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n house component (vertical poles supporting thatching)

kauyei

Kyphosus bigibbus http://fishbase.org/summary/Kyphosus-bigibbus.html
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Brown Chub, Grey Sea Chub, Grey Drummer

Example: Photo by John Turnbull, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

kijiramak ~ katou

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his sister, my sister

kipori

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n beche-de-mer, sea slug

kiri

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bat (flying fox)

konianaker

Epinephelus miliaris http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-miliaris.html
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Netfin grouper (deep sea)

Example: Photo by Molly Varghese / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

konuwak sarariman

Plectorhinchus albovittatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-albovittatus.html
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Two-striped sweetlips, giant sweetlips (male)

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

kutpor ia nirak

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n my testicle

kwanare

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egg

kwani kumɨn

Used to paint face for kastom ceremony before other colors were available from store--original color.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5149)

Example: Used to paint face for kastom ceremony before other colors were available from store--original color.

kwankupwé

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n. inalienable small side tubers off a main root tuber; small yam tubers

kwanpapa

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n. fruit of the niemis tree

kwanpir tanna

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n.

kwanuvekɨr

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n. Barringtonia edulis (Cut Nut Tree)

kwatapatu

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n house component (ridge pole)

kwatarimakwa

kwatarimakwa
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part of sea shell, (snail operculum), Pacific cat’s eye

kásuke

kásuke
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n. swing, rope swing

lata

lata
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ladder (Bislama)

(Bislama) lata

mainɨnhupwi

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n. kind of fern (var. of nƗnhupwi)

manhewao sarariman

Caranx melampygus http://fishbase.org/summary/Caranx-melampygus.html
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Bluefin trevally (male) (reef fish)

Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

marao

Myripristis amaena http://fishbase.org/summary/Myripristis-amaena.html
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Brick soldierfish

Example: Photo by J. E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via FishBase

marao

Sargocentron tiereoides http://fishbase.org/summary/Sargocentron-tiereoides.html
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Pink squirrelfish

Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

matangi

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[mataga] wind

nage

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n. almond, Canarium indicum

nahnen

The stems of this plant are one of the best firewoods; use the embers to light a person’s tobacco pipe. People know that when this plant has ripe fruit, it is time to hunt the flying fox near this tree.
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[na̤:nɨn] n. well branched tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3086)

Example: The stems of this plant are one of the best firewoods; use the embers to light a person’s tobacco pipe. People know that when this plant has ripe fruit, it is time to hunt the flying fox near this tree.

nakogár

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n. kind of tree

narɨp

narɨp
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knot made of vine and holding together posts of cyclone house

nasuaiou

Ficus
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[naswajoʊ] n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3108)

natatau

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tattoo

nauaua

1. Flying foxes are attracted to the flowers. 2. The bole is used to make end posts of western style houses known as nimah itoga. 3. Wood is used to make axe handles.
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n. large, well branched tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4226)

Example: 1. Flying foxes are attracted to the flowers. 2. The bole is used to make end posts of western style houses known as nimah itoga. 3. Wood is used to make axe handles.

nauiri fum

Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Construction: The timber of this plant is used to createany part of a house. It is considered a strong wood. Medicine: This plant is used to treat muscle soreness. It can be prepared in tow ways. One way is to boil and branch of leaves and then bathe (“swim”) with the resulting water. Another way is to heat a branch over a fire and rub on sore area for approximately 1 minute, after showering. Note: This plant is recognized as similar to M. latifolia. However, the medicinal action of this plant is regarded as inferior to the former.
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n. sparsely branched tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3005)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Construction: The timber of this plant is used to createany part of a house. It is considered a strong wood. Medicine: This plant is used to treat muscle soreness. It can be prepared in tow ways. One way is to boil and branch of leaves and then bathe (“swim”) with the resulting water. Another way is to heat a branch over a fire and rub on sore area for approximately 1 minute, after showering. Note: This plant is recognized as similar to M. latifolia. However, the medicinal action of this plant is regarded as inferior to the former.

Nawasu

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tribe name

nawes

When the fruit is ripe, it is put in a pot with water. Fill half of a large bag (2 liters) with fruit, add this to 2 liters of water and macerate the fruit in the water. Drink 2 cups/day of this extract, morning and afternoon, for one week to make skin oily when it is too dry. This is necessary, for example, when a person drinks too much kava and thir skin dries out. Eat young fruits as a protection from someone who wants to do you harm. It is said that the fruit has 10 eyes, and can watch after you. Cover fish with leaves to cook in a fire. Crush and boil pieces of the stem and leaves and dri
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5091)

Example: When the fruit is ripe, it is put in a pot with water. Fill half of a large bag (2 liters) with fruit, add this to 2 liters of water and macerate the fruit in the water. Drink 2 cups/day of this extract, morning and afternoon, for one week to make skin oily when it is too dry. This is necessary, for example, when a person drinks too much kava and thir skin dries out. Eat young fruits as a protection from someone who wants to do you harm. It is said that the fruit has 10 eyes, and can watch after you. Cover fish with leaves to cook in a fire. Crush and boil pieces of the stem and leaves and dri

nefrei yassuk

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n. creeping herb with white flowers and red-orange fleshy fruit. (collection: Laurence Ramon #333)

nei apsan

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kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5063)

nerer

Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Fish Poison: To help catch fish, a bundle of leaves are squeezed and placed in a stream. After some time, the fish appear stunned and are caught.
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[narɨr] n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2972)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Fish Poison: To help catch fish, a bundle of leaves are squeezed and placed in a stream. After some time, the fish appear stunned and are caught.

ngarehma

This plant is known as "fishbone leaf" as the edge of the leaf tears away and the remaining part is serrated. It is a powerful medicine that is secret.
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[nɨŋgare̤me] n. shrub, 4-6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3090)

Example: This plant is known as "fishbone leaf" as the edge of the leaf tears away and the remaining part is serrated. It is a powerful medicine that is secret.

niar

Wood is strong and good to make houses with, particuarly house posts. Also good for firewood.
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n. tree to 30 m, dbh 2 m (collection: Michael J. Balick #4738)

Example: Wood is strong and good to make houses with, particuarly house posts. Also good for firewood.

nikouirum

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n. coconut spathe

nimasiur

1. Flying foxes, pidgeons and rats consume the fruits. 2. The wood is used as a commercial timber.
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n. large, well branched tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4220)

Example: 1. Flying foxes, pidgeons and rats consume the fruits. 2. The wood is used as a commercial timber.

ninikiri

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kind of taro, has dark red flesh. It might be a different genus

Example: Used to make lap-lap

nipar

Wood is very hard and good for making canoe. Wood is good to build house (house posts). Takes seeds from dried fruit, break them open,  boil in water and collect oil that rises to the top. This oil used as massage oil. Rub oil from dried seeds in hair to kill lice.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5082)

Example: Wood is very hard and good for making canoe. Wood is good to build house (house posts). Takes seeds from dried fruit, break them open, boil in water and collect oil that rises to the top. This oil used as massage oil. Rub oil from dried seeds in hair to kill lice.

nisei

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. shrub, 2.5-3 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

nɨfeg

Stem to make house posts. Put fruits in with sweet potato when planting to enable the sweet potato to yield a good crop.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5067)

Example: Stem to make house posts. Put fruits in with sweet potato when planting to enable the sweet potato to yield a good crop.

nɨferinfwemamas

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n. kind of Tahitian chestnut

nɨkafereng

Animal Feed: The whole plant is fed to pigs to keep them fat and healthy. It is referred to as “pig medecine” and is given once per week.
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[nɨkafereŋ] n. kind of shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2975)

Example: Animal Feed: The whole plant is fed to pigs to keep them fat and healthy. It is referred to as “pig medecine” and is given once per week.

nɨkakiser

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coconut fruit stalk

nɨkava auar

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n. ordinary kava

nɨkɨsi-

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n. inalienable small offshoot tubers

nɨmai nukwanem

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n. your hair

nɨmarɨ

nɨmarɨ
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n. kind of laplap made from bananas and coconut

nɨmɨri

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n. An orange tree (wood used for bows) See kwanɨmɨri

nɨperɨm

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n. kind of liana

nɨpɨk iaruaru

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n. kind of sweet potato

nɨserserien

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n. luminescent fungi or algae; something bright, sparkling like the lights of the city

nɨsɨmesɨme

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who? (plural)

nɨteipranmi

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n. kind of tree (used for hosue rafters)

pagaivii amramera sarariman

Cheilinus undulatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Cheilinus-undulatus.html
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Humphead wrasse (male)

Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

pawpawuk pitew

Hypolimnas bolina https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/70174-Hypolimnas-bolina
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Great Eggfly

Example: Photo by birdexplorers / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

pepheer pitew

Plectorhinchus albovittatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-albovittatus.html
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Two-striped sweetlips, giant sweetlips

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

pinerau

Ptilinopus greyii
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[pinerew] Red-Bellied Fruit Dove

Example: Sub-adult Red-bellied Fruit Dove. Photo by Papier K / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

prea-

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cousin (older mother’s sister’s child, older father’s brother’s child)

rakniaken

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[ʰrakniaken] footpath

remɨn

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n. lemon (Bislama?)

(Bislama) remƗn

rous

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women’s bark skirt

saprouwait

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. plant (to be identified)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

swatuk ~ swantuk

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n. pathway, footpath

tehmian

Children eat the ripe fruits of this plant. If a person has a sore, mash the leaves and put it on the sore to heal it. To ease delivery of a child, squeeze juice from many leaves into a 1.5 l bottle and drink all at once. This will facilitate delivery.
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n. shrub, 3-3.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3245)

Example: Children eat the ripe fruits of this plant. If a person has a sore, mash the leaves and put it on the sore to heal it. To ease delivery of a child, squeeze juice from many leaves into a 1.5 l bottle and drink all at once. This will facilitate delivery.

teki karari

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snail shell pointed

tera

Leaf used to cover boils on skin. Mash leaf slightly and cover bol. Leaf pulls out liquid from boil. Use this for 3 days, changing the leaf 2x daily. Young plants (branch) for toothache to reduce pain. Boil in water and wash painful area. Use as needed until pain subsides. Also can collect insects in dried stems and use these to feed chickens. (Hymenoptera).
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5152)

Example: Leaf used to cover boils on skin. Mash leaf slightly and cover bol. Leaf pulls out liquid from boil. Use this for 3 days, changing the leaf 2x daily. Young plants (branch) for toothache to reduce pain. Boil in water and wash painful area. Use as needed until pain subsides. Also can collect insects in dried stems and use these to feed chickens. (Hymenoptera).

tomu

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n. mangrove

touareka

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n. kind of yam

tɨsi-

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n. inalienable 1. classifier word for supporting aerial roots (as of a banyan, pandanus), 2. thorn

whailu

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n. kind of yam, edible, yellow or white color, from New Caledonia

wipin iariman

Carangoides chrysophrys http://fishbase.org/summary/Carangoides-chrysophrys.html
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Longnose trevally (male)

Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

yakakusarɨp

yakakusarɨp
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I am plaiting coconut leaves

yawhira

yawhira
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