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English

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Etymology

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From Hawaiian maka . Doublet of mata-mata ("police officer"), from Malay mata-mata ("eyes").

Pronunciation

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Noun

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maka (plural makas )

  1. (chiefly Hawaii ) eye
    Getting my makas checked so I can actually SEE! Maybe life will be clear with a new set of "eyes".
    I felt the warm water, my makas looked into the sky. Thank you for my love of my islands.
    • 1989, Newspaper Guild Convention, Proceedings ... Annual Convention, page 177:
      He may be weak in his makas, his eyes, but he has been blessed by an excess in his mana'o, his mind.
    • 2000, Fred Wei-han Ho, Legacy to Liberation, →ISBN:
      da rain an da makas yeh, da eyes, da makas dat luk da mowntans an spak da new hi'way runnin tru da vallee da eyes dat see nottin' but one beeg town ...
    • 2007, Victor Rodger, Sons, →ISBN, page 77:
      Open your makas, man!

Anagrams

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

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Verb

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maka

  1. to give.

Gabadi

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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maka

  1. the eye (of someone); someone's eyeball
    maka'una ― my eye.
    makanada ― eyes.his.pl

Declension

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inflection of stem maka
singular plural
nominative
stem + -na/-da 		makana makada
locative + instrumental
stem + -nai/-dai 		makanai makadai
inalienable possessive forms
1st person singular possessive (my) maka’una —
2nd person singular possessive (your) makamuna —
3rd person singular possessive (his/her/its) makanana —
1st person plural inclusive possessive (our) makagana —
1st person plural exclusive possessive (our) makamaina —
2nd person plural possessive (your) makamuna —
3rd person plural possessive (their) makadada —

References

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  • Oa, Morea and Ma`oni Paul. (2013). Tentative Grammar Description for the Gabadi Language. SIL International.
    • p.10 (possessive suffix example maka'una, table)
    • p.19 (example 29, makanada 'eyes.his.pl')

Hawaiian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA (key): /ˈma.ka/, [ˈmɐ.kə]

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *mata . Cognates include Māori mata and Tahitian mata .

Noun

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maka

  1. (anatomy ) eye (organ)
  2. face
  3. bud
  4. beloved one
  5. mesh of a net
Derived terms
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Polynesian *mata . Cognates include Māori mata and Tokelauan mata .

Verb

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maka

  1. (stative ) raw (undercooked)

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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maka

  1. inflection of maki :
    1. indefinite accusative
    2. indefinite dative singular
    3. indefinite genitive

Noun

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maka

  1. indefinite genitive of mök

Indonesian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Malay maka , from Old Javanese maṅka ("thus, like that, likewise, such") or Old Malay [script needed] (maka, "therefore, hence, thus "). Compare Javanese and Sundanese mangka .

First attested in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, 900 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (makanya, "therefore, hence, thus "), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer [Term?].

    • 683, Laguna Copperplate Inscription line 8:
      ... wata [ba]rjadi sang pamegat medang dari bhaktinda di parhulun sang pamegat. Ya makanya sadanya anak ...
      ... representing the Chief of Mdang, due to his loyalty as a subject (slave?) of the Chief. (So?) Therefore all the descendants ...

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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maka

  1. so
  2. therefore

Usage notes

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The most often used phrase to mean "therefore" is "maka dari itu."

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Jamamadí

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Noun

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maka

  1. (Banawá) snake

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Japanese

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Romanization

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maka

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まか

Latvian

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Noun

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maka m

  1. genitive singular of maks

Lower Sorbian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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maka

  1. inflection of mak :
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative /accusative dual

Malay

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Etymology

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From either Old Javanese maṅka ("thus, like that, likewise, such") or Old Malay [script needed] (maka, "therefore, hence, thus "). Compare Javanese and Sundanese mangka .

First attested in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, 900 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (makanya, "therefore, hence, thus "), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer [Term?].

    • 683, Laguna Copperplate Inscription line 8:
      ... wata [ba]rjadi sang pamegat medang dari bhaktinda di parhulun sang pamegat. Ya makanya sadanya anak ...
      ... representing the Chief of Mdang, due to his loyalty as a subject (slave?) of the Chief. (So?) Therefore all the descendants ...

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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maka (Jawi spelling مک )

  1. so; therefore
  2. that

Usage notes

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • > Indonesian: maka (inherited)

Preposition

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maka (Jawi spelling مک )

  1. (obsolete ) then

Further reading

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  • "maka" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
    (also see "maka" at PRPM first version)

Māori

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA (key): /ˈmaka/ [ˈmɐkɐ]

Etymology 1

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Verb

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maka

  1. throw, fling, cast, pass (with the hands)
  2. place, put, put in
    Makaia ai ngā purapura ki roto i te awa kia kuhu tahi me ngā wātakirihi, hei te wā e hauhakea ai he huaranga kau i ngā pūtake o ngā wātakirihi e kohia ana.
    Place the tubers in the stream to join with the watercress, and at the time of harvest, transplant the roots of the watercress you are collecting.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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maka

  1. fish hook
    Nā, ka mea kia tukua ngā aho o ngā tukana, ka motokia tōna ihu e Māui; taratīa ana te toto. Ka rere, ka taratī te karukaru, ka pōtaea ki runga ki tōna maka hei mounu.
    Now, when his older brothers let out their lines, Māui punched his nose and blood spurted out. The blood flowed, spurting out and he smeared it on his fish-hook as bait.

Etymology 3

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Borrowing from English mug .

Noun

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maka

  1. mug
    He maka e 2 kapa, e 4 kapa.
    Mugs, twopence or four pence.

Mwani

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Noun

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maka

  1. cat

Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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See maki ("match, partner")

Pronunciation

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Noun

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maka f (genitive mǫku )

  1. female mate
Declension
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Declension of maka (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative maka makan mǫkur mǫkurnar
accusative mǫku mǫkuna mǫkur mǫkurnar
dative mǫku mǫkunni mǫkum mǫkunum
genitive mǫku mǫkunnar makna maknanna
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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maka

  1. accusative /dative /genitive singular of maki

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), "maka", in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Pipil

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Nahuan *maka , from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *makaC . Compare Classical Nahuatl maca ("to give").

Pronunciation

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Verb

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-maka

  1. (transitive ) to give
    Musta nimetzmaka ne seuk tumin.
    Tomorrow I will give you the rest of the money.
  2. (transitive , informal ) to punish; to hit
    Kimakak ne tekwani wan kimimiluj.
    She/he hit the jaguar and knocked it down.
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  • (shortened) -ma

Etymology 2

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Particle

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maka

  1. Negative imperative marker
    Maka shimutalukan kalijtik
    Don't run inside (the house)
Alternative forms
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  • (shortened) mā

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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Compare Jamaican Creole macca , Jamaican Creole macka .

Noun

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maka

  1. thorn , barb , spine , spike

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Swahili

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

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    Verb

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    -maka (infinitive kumaka )

    1. to exclaim surprise

    Conjugation

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    Conjugation of -maka
    Positive present -na maka
    Subjunctive -make
    Negative -maki
    Imperative singular maka
    Infinitives
    Positive kumaka
    Negative kutomaka
    Imperatives
    Singular maka
    Plural makeni
    Tensed forms
    Habitual humaka
    Positive past positive subject concord + -li maka
    Negative past negative subject concord + -ku maka
    Positive present (positive subject concord + -na maka)
    Singular Plural
    1st person ni namaka/na maka tu namaka
    2nd person u namaka m namaka
    3rd person m-wa(I/II) a namaka wa namaka
    other classes positive subject concord + -na maka
    Negative present (negative subject concord + -maki )
    Singular Plural
    1st person si maki hatu maki
    2nd person hu maki ham maki
    3rd person m-wa(I/II) ha maki hawa maki
    other classes negative subject concord + -maki
    Positive future positive subject concord + -ta maka
    Negative future negative subject concord + -ta maka
    Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -make )
    Singular Plural
    1st person ni make tu make
    2nd person u make m make
    3rd person m-wa(I/II) a make wa make
    other classes positive subject concord + -make
    Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -si make
    Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -nge maka
    Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singe maka
    Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngali maka
    Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singali maka
    Gnomic (positive subject concord + -a maka)
    Singular Plural
    1st person na maka twa maka
    2nd person wa maka mwa maka
    3rd person m-wa(I/II) a maka wa maka
    m-mi(III/IV) wa maka ya maka
    ji-ma(V/VI) la maka ya maka
    ki-vi(VII/VIII) cha maka vya maka
    n(IX/X) ya maka za maka
    u(XI) wa maka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
    ku(XV/XVII) kwa maka
    pa(XVI) pa maka
    mu(XVIII) mwa maka
    Perfect positive subject concord + -me maka
    "Already" positive subject concord + -mesha maka
    "Not yet" negative subject concord + -ja maka
    "If/When" positive subject concord + -ki maka
    "If not" positive subject concord + -sipo maka
    Consecutive kamaka / positive subject concord + -ka maka
    Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -ka make
    Object concord (indicative positive)
    Singular Plural
    1st person -ni maka -tu maka
    2nd person -ku maka -wa maka/-ku makeni/-wa makeni
    3rd person m-wa(I/II) -m maka -wa maka
    m-mi(III/IV) -u maka -i maka
    ji-ma(V/VI) -li maka -ya maka
    ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ki maka -vi maka
    n(IX/X) -i maka -zi maka
    u(XI) -u maka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
    ku(XV/XVII) -ku maka
    pa(XVI) -pa maka
    mu(XVIII) -mu maka
    Reflexive -ji maka
    Relative forms
    General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -maka- + relative marker)
    Singular Plural
    m-wa(I/II) -makaye -makao
    m-mi(III/IV) -makao -makayo
    ji-ma(V/VI) -makalo -makayo
    ki-vi(VII/VIII) -makacho -makavyo
    n(IX/X) -makayo -makazo
    u(XI) -makao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
    ku(XV/XVII) -makako
    pa(XVI) -makapo
    mu(XVIII) -makamo
    Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -maka)
    Singular Plural
    m-wa(I/II) -ye maka -o maka
    m-mi(III/IV) -o maka -yo maka
    ji-ma(V/VI) -lo maka -yo maka
    ki-vi(VII/VIII) -cho maka -vyo maka
    n(IX/X) -yo maka -zo maka
    u(XI) -o maka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
    ku(XV/XVII) -ko maka
    pa(XVI) -po maka
    mu(XVIII) -mo maka
    Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

    Swedish

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    Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia sv
    Swedish kinship terms

    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    From Old Swedish maka , oblique form of maki , from Old Norse maki , from Proto-Germanic *makô . Doublet of make . Because of the -a usually interpreted as feminine.

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    maka c

    1. (female) spouse; wife
      Synonyms: fru , hustru
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    Etymology 2

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    From Middle Low German maken , from Old Saxon makōn . Compare German machen .

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    maka (present makar , preterite makade , supine makat , imperative maka)

    1. To move (slightly) a big, heavy or otherwise difficult-to-move object.
    2. To move oneself slightly, for example to make room for someone in a sofa or allow someone to reach objects behind oneself
      Kan du maka (på) dig lite så att jag får plats?
      Could you move over a bit to make space for me?
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    Conjugation of maka (weak)
    active passive
    infinitive maka —
    supine makat —
    imperative maka —
    imper. plural1 maken —
    present past present past
    indicative makar makade — —
    ind. plural1 maka makade — —
    subjunctive2 make makade — —
    present participle makande
    past participle makad

    1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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    References

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    • "maka", in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
    • maka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

    Tongan

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    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    maka

    1. rock; stone.

    Wutunhua

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    Etymology

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    From Tibetan རྨ་ཁ (rma kha).

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    maka

    1. wound

    References

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    • Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008), Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN

    Yanomamö

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    Noun

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    maka

    1. stomach, belly

    References

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    • Lizot, Jacques (2004), Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ [Encyclopedic dictionary of the Yanomamö language]‎[1] (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN

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