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- ↑ Tsuchida, Shigeru (1995). Comparative Austronesian Dictionary: An Introduction to Austronesian Studies. Walter de Gruyter. p. 163. ISBN 978-3-11-012729-4 . Retrieved 1 January 2013.
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