Vocabulary for a lesson

1. a — [a name follows] | Not translatable into an English word; nominal particle, used before names and pronouns: a Mere, a kōrua, a ia.

2. aha — what

3. ahakoa — although

4. ahatia — what happened to (pass of aha)

5. ahau — I, me

6. ahi — fire

7. ahiahi — early evening, afternoon

8. ai — Not translatable into an English word; verbal particle; used in various subordinate structures, for example relative clauses, adverbials, ...ai

9. ake — up, upwards (Various uses and meanings, eg upwards, as in: piki ake, titiro ake; comparative as in: nui ake; own, as in: tōku whānau ake)

10. ake, ake, ake — for ever and ever

11. ako — to learn, to teach

12. aku — my, mine (plural form of taku, neutral for possession category)

13. ana — indeed, when, if

14. anake — only, just, alone

15. anei — here, by me

16. anō — again, also (Various meanings, eg again; also, too; self [reflexive] as in: ki a ia anō)

17. ao — world, dawn, cloud

18. Aotearoa — New Zealand

19. ara — to rise (v); path (n)

20. ariki — chief, leader

21. aroha — love, sympathy, compassion

22. arā — over there, away from us both; that is, namely

23. ata — morning, shadow

24. atu — away from current orientation (often not translatable by a separate English word)

25. atua — god

26. au — I, me

27. aua — those (previously mentioned, plural of taua)

28. auau — to bark, howl

29. auē — alas! (an expression of woe, sadness)

30. awa — river, stream

31. e — by; of course; a term of address follows; [in the future]; particle used in a negation

32. ehara — exclamation: sure enough, without a doubt; not

33. eke — to embark, get onto; riding

34. engari — but

35. haere — go, come

36. haerenga — journey (n); travel (v)

37. haka — to perform traditional dance; haka, a traditional dance, war dance

38. hanga — to build, erect, make (v); construction, practice (n)

39. hapa — mistake; supper, dinner

40. hapū — subtribe; to be pregnant

41. hararei — holiday

42. hari — to feel happy; to take or carry

43. haria — to be carried (hari + passive suffix -a)

44. harikoa — happy, joyful, euphoric

45. hau — wind, air, breath

46. haunga — smelly, stinky

47. he — a, some; in the category of

48. hea — where?

49. hei — at, in, with, for, to, as a; hay; necklace (Various meanings, eg future preposition)

50. heihei — chicken

51. heke — rafter (n); to descend, get off (v)

52. heoi — however; and so

53. here — to tie, to bind (v0: dog lead (n)

54. hia — how many?

55. hiahia — to want

56. hiainu — thirst, thirsty

57. hiakai — hungry

58. hiamoe — sleepy

59. hine — term of address for a girl: E hine!

60. hinga — to fall from an upright position; to fall (and not be able to get up again)

61. hipi — sheep

62. hoa — friend; partner; spouse

63. hoatu — to give (away from speaker)

64. hoe — to paddle, row (v); oar (n)

65. hoki — to go back, return; also, indeed

66. hoko — to buy, sell, purchase

67. hokomaha — supermarket

68. hokona — sold (hoko + passive suffix -na)

69. homai — give (to the speaker)

70. hone — to plunder, acquire wrongfully (v); ocean swell (n)

71. hopu — to catch

72. horoi — to wash, to clean

73. horoia — washed (pass of horoi)

74. hou — new, modern; feather

75. hua — product, fruit

76. huarahi — street, path, road

77. hui — meeting; gathered

78. huka — sugar

79. huna — to hide

80. hāora — hour; oxygen

81. hāte — shirt

82. hē — wrong; error, mistake

83. hēki — egg

84. hī — to catch fish with a line

85. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

86. hōhā — annoyed, bored (adj), a nuisance (n)

87. hōiho — horse

88. hōu — new, modern; fresh

89. hū — shoe

90. i — object of the sentence, from; concerning; in; in the past; on; → | Several uses; not always translatable with a specific English word. Past tense verb particle: I haere ia ... She went Past time marker: I tērā wiki ... Last week Direct object marker: Ka kai ia i te āporo. Source marker (from): Kua hoki mai au i te kura.

91. ia — he, she, him, her

92. iho — downwards

93. ihu — nose

94. ika — fish

95. ina — if, when

96. inanahi — yesterday

97. inapō — last night

98. ingoa — name

99. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

100. inumia — [the liquid was] drunk (inu + mia; pass)

101. ināianei — now

102. irāmutu — niece, nephew

103. iti — small, little

104. iwa — nine

105. iwi — tribe

106. ka — will happen | Verbal particle with a range of meanings; not directly translated with an English word

107. kaha — strong, able

108. kahurangi — dark blue; woman of high status or rank

109. kai — eat (v); food (n)

110. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

111. kaikōrero — speaker, orator (kai- + kōrero)

112. kaimahi — worker, employee (kai- + mahi)

113. kainga — (pass) be eaten

114. kaiwhakaako — teacher

115. kanikani — dance, to dance

116. kapa — group, row of people, as in: kapa haka

117. kapu — cup

118. karaka — orange (colour)

119. karakia — prayer, to pray

120. karanga — to call

121. karangatia — (pass) be called; be welcomed

122. kararehe — animal

123. karu — eye

124. kata — to laugh

125. kato — pluck

126. katoa — all

127. kau — swim; cow

128. kaua — negative word, do not, eg: Kaua e tangi

129. kauhoe — to swim

130. kaukau — to bathe

131. kaumātua — elder; elderly

132. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

133. kawa — sour, yuck

134. kawe — to carry, convey

135. kawea — brought (kawe + passive suffix -a)

136. kawhe — coffee

137. kei — Various uses, meanings, eg: preposition, present time and place location; at the moment; it might be that...

138. kei te — at the moment; now

139. keke — cake

140. kete — basket, kit

141. ki — to, at, →; | Has various uses and meanings

142. kia — may you be; may we be; let it be that; | Various uses, meanings. Often not translatable by an English word.

143. kimi — to look for, seek

144. kimihia — sought; look for! (kimi + passive suffix -hia)

145. kino — bad

146. kiore — rat

147. kiri — skin

148. kiriata — movie, film

149. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

150. kite — to see

151. kitea — seen (kite + passive suffix -a)

152. ko — is, are (Various uses; not usually translatable with an English word), [equals], [topic marker]

153. koa — happy

154. koe — you, one person

155. koha — gift

156. kohi — to collect, gather together

157. koi — sharp

158. koia — it is, so

159. konei — here, by speaker

160. konā — there, by listener

161. kore — zero, nothing

162. koretake — useless

163. koro — term of address for an elderly man, grandfather (E koro)

164. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

165. korā — over there

166. kotahi — one

167. koti — coat, jacket

168. koutou — you, three or more people

169. kua — then; have; has; had | Verbal particle; indicating completed action or movement into a state

170. kuhu — to enter, to go or come in

171. kui — Term of address for an elderly woman (eg 'E kui'.)

172. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

173. kupu — word

174. kura — school; treasured item

175. kuri — Kuri, n. 1. Dog. Ka rongo te kuri ra i…

176. kurī — dog

177. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

178. kāinga — home

179. kākahu — clothing, garment

180. kākāriki — green

181. kānga — corn

182. kāo — no!

183. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

184. kāpata — cupboard

185. kāretu — Kāretu, n. Hierochloe antarctica, a sweetscented grass. Homai ki au…

186. kātahi — then

187. kāti — stop! (as in: kāti te tangi)

188. kē — already; different; other; differently; rather; strange; actually

189. kēkē — armpit

190. kēmu — game

191. kī — to be full

192. kīhai — Negative word

193. kīhini — kitchen

194. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

195. kōhatu — stone

196. kōrero — to talk, speak

197. kōrerotia — spoken (kōrero + passive suffix -tia)

198. kōrua — you, two people

199. kōtiro — girl

200. kōwhai — yellow; a native tree

201. kūaha — door

202. kūmara — kūmara, sweet potato

203. ma — Ma (i), conj. And. Used: 1. To connect numerals. E…

204. mahana — to be warm, warm

205. mahara — thought, memory

206. mahi — to do, work, make

207. mahia — worked (mahi + passive suffix -a)

208. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

209. mai — towards the speaker in space or in orientation; to here

210. makariri — cold

211. makawe — hair of the head (human, used in plural: ngā makawe)

212. mamae — hurt, sore, pain

213. mana — prestige, authority

214. Mane — Monday

215. mano — thousand

216. manu — bird

217. manuhiri — guest

218. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

219. marama — month, moon

220. maranga — to arise; to get up

221. mataku — scared, afraid

222. matapihi — window

223. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

224. matekai — hungry, starving

225. matua — parent, father

226. mau — to wear clothes

227. maumahara — to remember, remember

228. maunga — mountain

229. mauria — to be carried (mau + passive suffix -ria)

230. mauī — left (direction)

231. me — and, should, with (various meanings, uses, eg with, like, should)

232. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

233. mehemea — if (presuming not; cf. ki te, if, expressing simple uncertainty)

234. mere — bush, shrub

235. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

236. miraka — milk

237. mo — Mo, prep. 1. For, on account of. Ka kawe nei…

238. moana — sea

239. moe — sleep; to marry

240. moenga — bed

241. mokemoke — lonely

242. mokopuna — grandchild

243. momo — type, kind

244. moni — money

245. motokā — car, motorcar

246. motu — island (n); cut (v), cut off (adj)

247. motukā — car

248. mua — front, before

249. muri — behind, after

250. mutu — be ended, finished (but not necessarily completed)

251. mutunga — end (mutu + noun ending -nga)

252. mā — clean, white, and others

253. māharahara — worry (n); anxious (adj)

254. māhita — teacher

255. māia — capable, brave, bold

256. māku — for me, by me

257. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

258. māmā — mother (n); easy, simple (adj)

259. māna — for him, her, by him, her

260. māngere — lazy

261. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

262. māra — garden

263. mārama — clear, understand

264. mātakitaki — to watch, to observe, examine, inspect

265. mātau — to know, understand

266. mātou — we, us (three or more people, excluding the person/ people addressed)

267. mātua — parents, fathers (plural form of matua)

268. mātāmua — eldest; first; main

269. māu — for you, by you; ā category possession

270. māua — we, us (two people, excluding addressee)

271. māui — on the left hand, left side

272. māuiui — sick

273. mīti — meat

274. mō — for, unrealised, ō category possession, about

275. mōhio — to know

276. mōkai — pet

277. mōku — for me, unrealised, o category possession

278. mōna — for him, her, unrealised, o category possession

279. mōu — for you

280. na — Na (i), pronominal suffix of the 3rd pers. sing., which…

281. nama — number

282. nei — here, by speaker

283. ngahere — forest, bush

284. ngaro — to be lost, missing, gone, hidden (trans)

285. ngenge — tired

286. ngeru — cat

287. ngā — the, plural

288. ngākau — heart, as in seat of the affections and feelings

289. Ngāti — tribal name prefix (as in: Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu)

290. niho — tooth

291. no — No. 1. prep. From, of, belonging to. (a) As part…

292. noa — free from tapu; only, just, merely

293. noho — to live; sit

294. nui — big, great, many

295. nā — Various meanings, eg by, belonging to (ā category), by way of

296. nāku — mine, realised possession, it was done by me (ā category)

297. nāna — by him, her, belonging to him, her

298. nāu — you (past tense); yours (singular)

299. nē — tag question, translated variously depending on the English structure; eh?

300. nō — from

301. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

302. nōna — belongs to him or her (Å catergory), his, hers

303. nōu — yours

304. o — of, belonging to | Has several uses

305. oho — to wake up

306. oma — to run, escape

307. one — beach, sand

308. ono — six

309. ope — group travelling together

310. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

311. oti — to be completed

312. pahi — bus

313. pai — good (adj); to like (v); good

314. pakaru — broken (applied to a thing not a body part) (trans)

315. pakeke — hard, stiff (adj); to grow up (v); age, adult, elder (n)

316. paki — to slap, to pat; to be fine; a fine day

317. paku — small

318. pango — black

319. pani — orphan (n); to be orphaned (v): to smear, spread out (v)

320. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

321. parakuihi — breakfast

322. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

323. parāoa — bread, flour

324. pata — butter

325. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

326. patua — hit/killed (patu + passive suffix -a)

327. pau — to be consumed, used up completely, all gone (trans)

328. pea — pair; pear

329. pene — pen

330. pepa — paper; pepper

331. pereti — plate

332. piki — to increase

333. pikitia — picture, film

334. pirihimana — police officer

335. poaka — pig

336. ponga — Ponga. 1. n. Cyathea dealbata, a tree-fern. 2. A method…

337. poto — short

338. pouaka — box

339. pounamu — greenstone

340. pukapuka — book, lungs

341. puku — stomach, belly

342. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

343. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

344. pune — spoon

345. pupuhi — to shoot

346. puta — to appear, to come out

347. putiputi — flower

348. pā — a fortified settlement (n); to touch (v)

349. Pākehā — New Zealander of European descent

350. pānui — to read; to publish, advertise; notice, advertisement

351. pāpā — father, uncle

352. pātai — question; to ask a question

353. pāua — abalone

354. pēhea — how?

355. pēke — bag

356. pēnei — like this, near speaker

357. pēnā — like that, near listener

358. pēpi — baby

359. pērā — like that, yonder

360. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

361. pīrangi — to want, desire

362. pō — night

363. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

364. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

365. pōtae — hat

366. pōtiki — child; youngest child

367. pōuri — sad, dark

368. pōwhiri — welcome

369. pū — to blow gently

370. pūhā — green spinach-like vegetable

371. pūkoro — Pūkoro, n. 1. Sheath, case, pocket. 2. Halo. Used also…

372. ra — Ra (i), ad. 1. There, yonder. “Keiwhea a Whakatau?” “Ra,…

373. rahi — large, numerous, great, big

374. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

375. rangi — sky, day

376. rapu — to look for

377. raranga — plait; weave

378. rare — lolly

379. raro — under, below; time

380. raruraru — trouble, problem; be in difficulty, in trouble

381. rata — friendly, at ease (adj); calm (n); to like (v)

382. rau — to put into; leaf

383. raumati — summer

384. rawa — Various meanings, eg too, quite, very; really

385. rawe — lovely, excellent

386. reira — there (previously mentioned)

387. reka — sweet

388. reo — language, voice

389. rere — to escape; to fly

390. reta — letter

391. rima — five

392. ringa — hand, arm

393. ringaringa — hand, arm

394. riri — anger, angry

395. riro — gone away; to be awarded: acquired, obtained

396. rite — to be ready, like, similar

397. roa — long

398. rohe — district, area, boundary, territory

399. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

400. rorohiko — computer

401. roto — in, inside, within; lake

402. rua — two; grave, hole, storage pit

403. runga — on

404. rā — day; the sun; over there

405. Rāhoroi — Saturday

406. rākau — tree; timber

407. rānei — or

408. Rātapu — Sunday

409. rātau — them; they (three or more people)

410. rātou — they, them, three or more people

411. rāua — them; they (two people)

412. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

413. rīwai — potato

414. rōpū — group

415. rūma — room

416. tae — to reach, arrive (v); colour (n)

417. taea — to be able, to be achieved (tae + passive suffix -a)

418. taenga — arrival (tae + nominal suffix -nga)

419. taha — to pass by; side

420. tahi — one, single

421. tahu — burn; cook; light (set on fire); husband, wife; lover

422. tai — tide; coast

423. taihoa — wait

424. taka — to come around in a cycle; to fall from a height

425. take — beginning, cause, origin

426. taki — to lead, to bring along

427. takoto — to lie down

428. taku — my (singular); edge

429. tama — son, nephew (term of address for a boy, son: tama)

430. tamaiti — child

431. tamariki — children

432. tamāhine — daughter

433. tana — his/her (neutral category); ton

434. tangata — person

435. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

436. tango — to take hold of

437. tangohia — pick up! (command); taken away (tango + passive suffix -hia)

438. taniwha — monster, traditional guardian of bodies of water

439. taonga — property, possession

440. tapahi — to cut up, chop

441. tapahia — cut! to be cut (tapahi + passive suffix -a)

442. taputapu — gear, equipment

443. tara — point; spike; peak; wall; sea bird

444. taraiwa — to drive; driver

445. tarau — trousers

446. tari — government department; office

447. tata — near, close

448. tatari — to wait

449. tatau — to count

450. tau — to land, settle; be calm; to attack; lover; handsome; year; age; number

451. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

452. tauira — student; example

453. taumaha — difficult of spirit or health; to be heavy (s), weight (n)

454. taupō — Taupō, n. 1. A ferruginous earth or stone. 2. A…

455. taura — rope, cable

456. tautoko — to support

457. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

458. te — the, singular definite article

459. teina — younger sibling, same sex

460. tekau — ten

461. tere — to flow, float, move quickly; fast

462. tereina — to train

463. tia — to steer, adorned

464. tiaki — to look after, to care for

465. tika — to be right, correct, straight, in order

466. tikanga — reason, meaning, right way of doing things, custom (tika + nominal suffix -nga)

467. tiki — to fetch

468. tina — dinner, lunch

469. tinana — body, trunk, torso

470. tino — very

471. tipu — to grow (v); a plant, shoot

472. titiro — to look at

473. toa — shop; male animal; expert; to be strong

474. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

475. tohunga — expert, priest

476. tohutohu — to instruct; to guide, direct; instructions, directions

477. toki — adze, axe; champion

478. tokohia — how many people?

479. tokorua — two (of people)

480. tokotoru — three (people)

481. tomo — to enter, go into

482. tono — to apply for, to order (v): an application (n)

483. tonu — still

484. toro — to visit

485. toru — three

486. tua — beyond

487. tuahine — sister, of a male

488. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

489. tuarua — second

490. tuatahi — first

491. tuhi — to write; to indicate, point out

492. tuhinga — writing, text (tuhi + nominal suffix -nga)

493. tuhituhi — to write, draw

494. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

495. tukua — let go! to be released (tuku + passive suffix -a)

496. tukuna — submitted, submit! released, release! (tuku + passive suffix -na)

497. tuna — eel

498. tungāne — brother, of a female

499. tunu — to cook, roast

500. tunua — (pass) be roasted; be baked

501. tupu — to grow, develop; a plant, shoot (variant of tipu)

502. tuāhine — female cousins or sisters of a male

503. tuākana — older brothers of a male; older sisters of a female

504. tā — print, draw

505. tākaro — to play

506. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

507. tāmaki — omen, portent

508. tāna — his, her, ā category possession, singular

509. tāne — man, male

510. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

511. tāone — town

512. tāra — dollar

513. tāria — (pass) be waited for; be expected; after a time

514. tātahi — seaside, beach

515. tātau — we; us; everyone

516. tātou — we, us, inclusive, three or more people

517. tāu — your (singular + one item)

518. tāua — we, us, you and I, inclusive, dual

519. tāwāhi — overseas

520. tē — Tē (i), particle used with verbs to make an emphatic…

521. tēhea — which, singular

522. tēnei — this (by speaker); this is; this

523. tēnā — that, by the listener

524. tēpu — table

525. tēra — Tēra. 1. definitive pron. (pl. ēra), used epithetically or absolutely.…

526. tērā — that over there, that

527. tētahi — a, one specific thing

528. tētehi — a, one specific thing (variant of tētahi)

529. tī — cabbage tree; tea

530. tīkina — be fetched (tiki + passive suffix -na (note the first i is lengthened)

531. tīmata — to begin, to start

532. tītī — muttonbird

533. tō — your (singular); to drag

534. tōkena — stockings, socks

535. tōku — my (singular)

536. tōmuri — to be late

537. tōna — his, her

538. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

539. tū — stand; to be wounded; a wound

540. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

541. tūpuna — grandparents (plural form of tupuna; variant of tīpuna)

542. tūru — chair, seat, stool

543. tūtaki — to meet; to close up, to block (v); meeting (n)

544. ua — to rain; rain

545. uaua — difficult (adj); muscle, vein, artery (n)

546. umu — earth oven

547. uru — join; enter; participate, go in; west

548. uta — to load; shore; inland; the land; to load

549. utu — cost, price; to pay for

550. waea — wire; phone

551. waenganui — middle, centre, between

552. waewae — foot, leg

553. waha — load, burden; to carry on the back; mouth

554. wahine — woman, wife

555. waho — out, outside, the outside

556. wai — water; who

557. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

558. waiatatia — sung (pass. of waiata)

559. waiho — to remain, rest; to leave behind

560. wairua — spirit

561. waka — vehicle (land, air and sea)

562. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

563. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

564. wawata — to long for, yearn for; dream

565. wehe — to depart, leave; to separate, divide

566. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

567. whaea — mother, aunt

568. whai — to follow, to chase; to have, to acquire

569. whakaae — to agree

570. whakaahua — to take photos; photograph

571. whakaako — teach

572. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

573. whakaata — mirror

574. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

575. whakahokia — returned (whakahoki + passive suffix -a), returned

576. whakamaua — be fixed; put on (pass of whakamauto)

577. whakamā — to be embarrassed, ashamed

578. whakamārama — to explain, illuminate, explain, clarify

579. whakapai — to improve, to fix up, bless, cleaning

580. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

581. whakarongo — to listen

582. whakatika — to straighten, to correct, to fix

583. whakatā — to rest (v); relaxed (adj)

584. whakautu — to reply, to respond, answer

585. whara — to be injured

586. whare — house, building

587. wharepaku — toilet

588. whati — broken, snapped; break, snap; run away; turn

589. whea — where? (variant of hea)

590. whenua — land

591. whero — red

592. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

593. whitu — seven

594. whiwhi — to be in possession of; acquire, obtain, to get

595. whā — four

596. whāia — chased (pass of whai - note lengthening of first vowel)

597. whānau — family; to be born, be born

598. whāngai — to feed, to foster (v); fostered child (n)

599. wiki — week

600. wini — window

601. wā — time, times

602. wāhi — part, portion; place

603. wāhine — women, wives (plural form of wahine)

604. wānanga — study, analyze; seminar, a place of learning

605. ā — and; and then

606. āe — yes

607. āhea — Āhea = awhea, a hea, ad. interrogative, of future time.…

608. āhei — Āhei (i), pt. 1. Able. Mo te whai rawa ake…

609. āhua — shape, form, appearance

610. Ākarana — Auckland

611. ākonga — student

612. āku — my, mine (pl, for ā category items, plural form of tāku)

613. ākuanei — Ākuanei, ad. of time following. Presently, today. Akuanei u tonu…

614. āna — his, her, plural, for ā category items

615. ānō — as though; as if

616. āporo — apple

617. āpōpō — tomorrow

618. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

619. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

620. āu — your, ā category possession (plural form of tāu)

621. āwangawanga — worried

622. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

623. āwhina — to help

624. āwhinatia — helped (pass of āwhina)

625. ēnei — these, near me (plural of tēnei)

626. ēnā — those, near you (plural of tēnā)

627. ērā — those (over there)

628. ētahi — some, a few (plural of tētahi)

629. ētehi — some (plural of tētehi, variant of ētahi)

630. ō — your, one person, neutral category possession, plural

631. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

632. ōna — his, her, plural, ō category possession

633. ōu — yours, one person, ō category possession, plural

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