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"piha",
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],
[
"piha",
"piha#Tuamotuan"
],
[
"*pusa",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/pusa"
],
[
"puha",
"puha#Tuamotuan"
],
[
"pusa",
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],
[
"pusa",
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],
[
"bus",
"bus#Dutch"
]
],
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"name": "inh"
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"2": "piha"
},
"expansion": "Tahitian piha",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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},
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{
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"etymology_text": "From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *piha (compare with Tahitian piha “chamber or room, chest”, Tuamotuan piha “room”) from Proto-Polynesian *pusa (compare with Tuamotuan puha “water barrel, box”, Samoan pusa, Tongan pusa); proposed as a borrowing of Dutch bus from Tongan contact with Jacob Le Maire's and Willem Schouten's ships during exploration for the Dutch East India Company in April 1616.",
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{
"_dis": "42 48 10",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "46 31 23",
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}
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],
[
"container",
"container"
]
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],
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],
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"compartment"
]
]
},
{
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{
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{
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"kind": "other",
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}
],
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],
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]
]
}
],
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"Jacob Le Maire",
"Willem Schouten"
],
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"Rarotongan nouns",
"Rarotongan terms derived from Proto-Eastern Polynesian",
"Rarotongan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
"Rarotongan terms inherited from Proto-Eastern Polynesian",
"Rarotongan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian"
],
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"piha",
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],
[
"*pusa",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/pusa"
],
[
"puha",
"puha#Tuamotuan"
],
[
"pusa",
"pusa#Samoan"
],
[
"pusa",
"pusa#Tongan"
],
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"bus",
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]
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"2": "poz-pep-pro",
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"name": "inh"
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"1": "ty",
"2": "piha"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
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"1": "pmt",
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},
"expansion": "Tuamotuan piha",
"name": "cog"
},
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},
{
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},
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},
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"name": "cog"
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{
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"1": "to",
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},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "nl",
"2": "bus"
},
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}
],
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"2": "noun"
},
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"name": "head"
}
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"pos": "noun",
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],
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[
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],
[
"container",
"container"
]
]
},
{
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"compartment"
],
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"compartment",
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]
},
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],
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[
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]
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"Jacob Le Maire",
"Willem Schouten"
],
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}
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