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Folio 56/93-117 XII 2F, 17 Balgomain (m.) Of Gullewa, Murchison Magisterial District Baialja Bialja people |
| Aunt | Munganoo |
| Baby | Joobo |
| Blackfellow | Maajee |
| Blackwoman | Moornee, moonee |
| Boy | Jooba |
| Brother | Koorda |
| Brother-in-law | Ngabbaree |
| Father | Mamma |
| Father-in-law | Kangoo |
| Grandfather | Kammee |
| Grandmother | Kundharree |
| Husband | Mardoongoo |
| Man | Maajee |
| Mother | Beebee |
| Mother-in-law | Munganoo |
| Nephew | Maieroo |
| Niece | Maieroo |
| Orphan | Beebee goordoo |
| Sister | Eegoo |
| Sister-in-law | Mardoong |
| Son-in-law | Maieroo |
| Uncle | Kangoo |
| Virgin | Mardung goordoo |
| White man, woman | "Welfellow" |
| Widow | Mardung noordoo |
| Widower | Mardung noordoo |
| Wife | Mardung |
| Woman | Moornee |
| Ankle | Eega |
| Arm (left) | Jeelee thamboo |
| Arm (lower) | Jeelee |
| Arm (right) | Jeelee woorgoo |
| Back | Wattoo, waddoo |
| Back-bone | Weelga |
| Beard | Ngangoor |
| Blood | Yarlgoo |
| Breast, breasts | Meemee |
| Breath, breathe, to | Ngaain |
| Calf of Leg | Mallaja |
| Cheek | Ngangoo |
| Chest | Meeboodoo, meeboordoo |
| Cry, to | Woola |
| Drink, to | Gabbee ngagoo |
| Ear | Koolga |
| Eat, to | Ngalgoo |
| Elbow | Nyooranoo |
| Eyebrow | Koordaalee |
| Eyelash | Kooroo nanba |
| Eye | Kooroo |
| Fat | Kaanoo |
| Finger | Marra |
| Finger nail | Bilboo |
| Foot | Jinna |
| Forehead | Ngalla |
| Hair | Mungalya |
| Hand | Marra |
| Heart | Koordoordoo |
| Heel | Yanda |
| Hip bone | Yangola |
| Jaw | Ngangoo |
| Kidney | Barnda |
| Knee | Jarda |
| Leg | Mamboo |
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| Liver | Marreeree |
| Lung | Tharroo |
| Moustache | Ngangoo wungoo |
| Mouth | Yeera |
| Nape of the neck; neck | Nuanga |
| Nose | Moolya |
| Perspiration | Nyootee |
| Perspire | Nyootee |
| Rib | Beembil |
| Seeing | Naggoo |
| Shoulder | Mallee |
| Sinew | Beedin |
| Skin | Yajja |
| Sleep | Goobulyarra |
| Smell, to | Barndilgoo |
| Sneeze, to | Gin yow gulo |
| Speak, to | Wongo goo |
| Spit, to | Weegee warningoo |
| Stomach | Warree biljar |
| Tears | Balgun |
| Teeth | Weelga |
| Thigh | Joonda |
| Thirsty | Moorda |
| Throat | Wardoo |
| Thumb | Mammur-durra |
| Toe | Mammur-durra |
| Tongue | Tallin |
| Vein | Marboo |
| Walk, to | Yangoo |
| Wink, to | Kooroo gurdin yoongoo |
| Animal (generic) | Thooroo |
| Ant-eater (Marsupial) | Jee, jee mudda |
| Bat | Meelainyoo |
| Cat, native | Marroowa |
| Dingo | Ngoobaanoo |
| Kangaroo | Maaloo (male), joodawa (female) |
| Kangaroo, Rock | Beegoorda |
| Kangaroo, young, in pouch | Kooloyn |
| Mouse | Minneeya |
| Opossum | Waioorda |
| Wallaby | Weearra, woora |
| Bald coot, red bill | Than'nger'wa |
| Bell-bird | Boggooboggoo |
| Bird (generic) | Jeedamin |
| Bird's egg | Ngow |
| Bustard, Wild Turkey | Bardoora |
| Cockatoo, Black, red tail | Deerandee |
| Cockatoo, Galah, grey and pink | Beeagoo |
| Cockatoo, Leadbeater's Pink | Beeagoo |
| Cockatoo, white, Northern variety | Ngannoowa |
| Crane, Blue | Boggara |
| Crow | Kaala |
| Cuckoo | Meeoowa |
| Duck (generic) | Boonjoo goordoo |
| Duck, Mountain | Karboo goa |
| Eagle Hawk | Warrida |
| Emu | Yalleebee |
| Flycatcher (Wagtail) | Jeedee jeedee, jeerdee jeerdee |
| Hawk, Fish (Osprey) | Geegoorda |
| Hawk, Sparrow | Yoondara |
| Ibis, straw-necked | Moolya wangoo |
| Lark | Beerding |
| Magpie | Koorbaardoo |
| Mopoke | Meeoowa (curlew = weeloo) |
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| Parrot | Beelbalo |
| Parrot, Rosella | Kurdeelee kurdalee |
| Pelican | Wardoo malloo |
| Pheasant (Gnou) | Wabbal |
| Pigeon | Manbee |
| Swan | Kooriloo |
| Wattle Bird | Nyingarree |
| Fish (generic) | Winilya |
| Frog, edible | Wangoora, ngarran |
| Frog (generic) | Eeleeweelga |
| Frog, large green | Woorun |
| Iguana, long-tailed | Wardabee, barnga, bungarra |
| Iguana, stump-tailed | Beejooroo, nyoondarnoo |
| Lizard (generic) | Weeree weeree |
| Lizard, Horned (York Devil) | Minjin |
| Scorpion | Boordoobee |
| Snake | Daabirdee, koolyarree, meeloora, nyeedoo, ngowara |
| Turtle | Kundara |
| Ant | Minga |
| Ant (white) | Manjooroo |
| Ant, (black) | Boolyung, boolyung |
| Bardie (a grub) | Bardee |
| Blowfly | Boordoo bee |
| Butterfly | Beedee beedee |
| Centipede | Jealo |
| Flea | Boota, booda |
| Fly (generic) | Warrai |
| Grasshopper | Joonda joondardee |
| Mosquito | Nyeerigoo |
| Moth | Wallarda |
| Spider | Kangarga, kanbagga |
| Afternoon | Marra murroo |
| Blackboy (tree) | Baaroo |
| Cave | Yeeleeree, eeleeree |
| Clay | Yaala |
| Clay, red | Dhoornainyoo |
| Clay, white | Beelooin |
| Cloud | Munderda |
| Cloudy | Munderda |
| Cold | Moordee |
| Country (burnt) | Wajjandoo battawee narrangoo |
| Country (hilly) | Marda |
| Country (swampy) | Nyoongirangoo |
| Creek | Waan |
| Dark | Marroo |
| Darkness | Marroo |
| Dew | Kowwarn |
| Earth, the | Barna |
| Feather | Wommooloo (birds' down) |
| Fire | Wajjan |
| Fog | Kowwarn |
| Frost | Malga |
| Grass | Kallee |
| Gum | Beemba, bimba (edible) |
| Gum tree | Thooda, koo ljar |
| Heat | Bowl bowl |
| Hill | Marda |
| Hillock | Marda |
| Hole | Thaa |
| Lake | Ngabbaroo |
| Leaf (shrub or tree) | Beebeea |
| Lightning | Walleejee yoogarree |
| Manna | Meenungarra |
| Moon | Ngalloongoo |
| Moon, waning | Maggoo moolage |
| Moon, waxing | Beeree |
| Morning | Marroong gooboon |
| Mountainous Country | Marda |
| Mud | Bilgee |
| Muddy | Bilgee |
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| Mulga | Baggoorda |
| Mushroom | Weeleega |
| Paper-bark tree | Eedinoo |
| Peach, native | Marroon |
| Pleiades | Eegoo moolga |
| Pool | Gabbee yaggoo waan |
| Pool in River | Gabbee yaggoo waan |
| Rain | Gabbee waiangoor |
| Rainbow | Goordan yarrung |
| Resin (blackboy) | Baaroo |
| River | Waan |
| Road | Barreea |
| Rock | Marda |
| Running water | Gabbee ja munna beea |
| Sand | Weereea |
| Sandalwood tree | Wallarda |
| Sandhill | Woorurdoo |
| Sea | Gabbee yaggoo |
| Seeds, of plants | Baggoorda |
| Shade | Meenda |
| Sheoak | Koolee |
| Sky | Meerndee |
| Spinifex | Jeebe |
| Star | Banderoo, bunderoo |
| Stone | Marda |
| Sun | Garrongoo |
| Sunrise | Garrong garra gulda |
| Sunset | Garrong warrong |
| Thunder | Goomarda |
| Thunderstorm | Goomarda |
| To-day | Kallanda |
| To-morrow | Marroongoo boonoo |
| Tree | Winda |
| Tree, Bark of | Meeree |
| Tree, Gum of | Bimba (edible), bimba thadda (non-edible) |
| Vegetable food | Yajjoonga |
| Water | Gabbee |
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| Water (deep) | Goomuloordoo |
| Water (fresh) | Barndee gabbee |
| Water (salt) | Thatta gabbee |
| Waterfall | Gabbee walla yoongo |
| Whirlwind | Boordarra |
| Willy willy | Boordarra |
| Wind (East) | Weendhoo |
| Wind (West) | Weendhoo weeloo |
| Yesterday | Warboo garrongoo |
| Marginal Notes by Balgomain (m) Original Vocabulary | |
| Balgomain is Ngarrilya Ngalloongoo a species of tree growing in the Geraldton & Gullewa area. | |
| No teeth were Knocked out at Boggalee time | |
| Vessel | Koolgoo Wooden |
| Summer | Walba |
| E.S.E | Kagara & Peedung |
| West | Weeloonga |
| North | Yabbaroo |
| South | Meenungoo |
| S.E. | Wanmala |
| N.E. | Wardal |
| My friend | Ngannuna Yajjaloo |
| Dry sandalwood for fire in a king | Moorda wallarda |
| Go & find | Wadhalla |
| What are you two doing there | Naan nobaju yarrangoo |
| Circumcision practised also subincision, no teeth knocked out, blood drunk sometimes | |
| Grave | Mardee |
| Flint-Knife | Kandee |
| Abduct, to | Boogaindun |
| Abscond, to | Jemmana bulloo |
| Adultery | Ooba dhatta |
| Afraid | Wain-ya-bee |
| Aged | Jooja |
| Alarm | Wain-ya-bee |
| Alive | Wanga |
| Amuse, to | Kanga bulloo |
| Anger; to be angry | Bajja boolgoo |
| Another | Warrba |
| Arise, to | Kattulgoo |
| Ashes | Joonma |
| Ask, to | Wonga nooa |
| Assault, to | Boongoo |
| Go astray, to | Woorgoo yarra |
| Autumn | Boornor |
| Back, to go | Goolow yarra |
| Back, to bring | Goolow mai yanna |
| Bad | Thatta |
| Bag | None |
| Bald | Mugga yalla |
| Bandy legged | Narrangoo |
| Barb of a spear | Angara |
| Bare | Murral |
| Battle | Bajjangoo boonga jarra |
| Before | Mallagurdee |
| Belt | Karda jootilgoo |
| Big | Yaagoo |
| Bite, to | Bajjalgoo |
| Black | Mowerdoo |
| Bleed, to | Yalgoo |
| Blind | Goomuroo |
| Blow with the mouth, to | Booil yalgoo |
| Blunt | Nangarra |
| Board, for throwing spear | Meeroo |
| Bony | Weelgoordoo |
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| Boomerang | Wallanoo; 3 kinds made of different wood = kooraara (needlewood), mungarda (jamwood), billeea |
| Both of us | Ngalleeja |
| Break, to | Kardowelgoo |
| Bring me | Kangoo annoo |
| Bring, to | Kangoo annoo |
| Bundle | Yaagoo |
| Burn | Thaa boolgoo |
| Bury, to | Ngardee balgoo |
| By and by | Wardinya |
| Camp, native | Maajee waggoo |
| Camp, white man's | "wetfellow" waggoo |
| Cannibal | Jangarra |
| Carry, to, on the shoulders | Thallee mulgoo |
| Change, to | Nyoonda barrowa yooa |
| Charcoal | Yeergarroo |
| Charm, to (by a spell) | Mobburn |
| Cheat, to | Jooba yoongooa |
| Choke, to | Yang ngalgoo |
| Circle | Kattara |
| Circular | Kattara |
| Circumcision | Boggalee |
| Clasp, to | Jeejee |
| Climb, to | Katta woorndija |
| Close (near) | Koola |
| Club | Weerrba, weeardoo |
| Cold, to be | Moordee |
| Come in, to | Yool yan |
| Conceal, to | Yerda boojergoo |
| Concealed | Yerda boojergoo |
| Cook, to | Bowelgoo |
| Cooked meat | Moorda |
| Corroboree | Mamma gunnilgoo |
| Couple | Koodharra |
| Covered | Thammalgoo |
| Coward | Waian barndee |
| Crawl, to | Beedagoo yan |
| Creep, to | Beedagoo yan |
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| Dance, to | Gunnilgoo |
| Dead | Moola |
| Deaf | Koolga dhatta |
| Deceit | Jelyai wongaia |
| Deceive | Jelyai wongaia |
| Devil | Kanbong |
| Dig, to | Baialgoo |
| Direct (in a straight line) | Woorgoo yarra |
| Down (short hair) | Ngoonya |
| Dream, to | Yarragoo |
| Dried, parched ground | Barna moordabun |
| Drink | Gabbee ngalgoo |
| Drown, to | Gabbeenga nyinaran |
| Drunk | Wajjin gabbinga warrango |
| Dry, withered, applied to leaves | (Dry or dead wood = moorda) |
| Dying | Maagoo moola |
| Early | Marrangobun |
| East | Mardeea; E.S.E. = Koggara peedung |
| Enemy | Warrba |
| Enough | Walgagee |
| Erect | Woorrgoo |
| Evil spirit | Kanbong |
| Fall, to | Warrango |
| Family or tribe | Mamma goordija |
| Far away | Warda |
| Fasten, to | Boorain nyalgoo |
| Fillet for the head | Jootee |
| Fire-stick | Wajjanba winda |
| Flat | Woorgoo nagrreea |
| Flat, to lie | Woorgoo ngarreea |
| Flesh (of animals) | Thooroo |
| Food (forbidden) | Weegee wannee wa |
| Fresh (lately made) | Wardee nyin'yoo |
| Friend | Yajjaloo |
| Friendly | Yajjaloo |
| Frightened | Waien |
| Fur | Yindoo |
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| Game, a | Jooba min ngarda jarra |
| Game (animals) | Thooroo |
| Girdle of opossum hair | Jeegarree |
| Give, to | Yooa |
| Glutton | Eelain ngalgoo yaagoo |
| Go astray, to | Woorgoo yarra |
| Gold | Binma |
| Good | Boorain murdoo |
| Good, no | Thatta |
| Grave | Mardee |
| Grease, to | Kaggaja |
| Greyheaded | Jooja balloo |
| Gum, edible | Bimba |
| Half caste | Moolya binma |
| Hair stick | Kalga |
| Hair string (wound round head) | Jootee |
| Hammer (native) | Warngoo |
| Hang down | Ngardee yaggoodha |
| Hard | Mulga |
| He | Baanoo |
| Her | Baanoo |
| Here | Nunna |
| Him | Baanoo |
| Hold, to | Marra yoogai |
| Hop, to | Kooteea kooteea warragalongoo |
| House | Waggoo |
| Humpbacked | Wattoo ngurdara |
| Hungry | Kooljee |
| Hunt, to | Wadha yarra |
| Husband | Mardungoo |
| I | Ngadhoo |
| Ill (sick) | Kallaja |
| Jail | Binyalgoo |
| Jealous | Thoolgaabeea |
| Jealousy | Thoolgaabeea |
| Jump, to | Warra dhoolangooa |
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| Kick | Warra dhoolongoo |
| Kill, to | Moolan doolgoo |
| Kiss | Boonjalgoo |
| Kneel | Nyinna yangoo |
| Knife (sharpened flint) | Kandee |
| Laugh | Kanga longoo |
| Laughter | Kanga longoo |
| Lazy | Warril warril |
| Leave (to go away) | Yangoo |
| Lie (to lie down) | Ngarreegoo |
| Lie (to tell a lie) | Weerdee wangaia |
| Lift up, to | Karrundulla |
| Light a fire, to | Wajjan binman dhoola |
| Listen, to | Go'an della |
| Little | Jooba |
| Living, alive | Wanga |
| Long (tall) | Wongooroo |
| Long hair | Mogga wongooroo |
| Look, to (to see) | Naggoo |
| Me | Ngadhoo |
| Meat | Thooroo |
| Medicine (native) | Mobburn |
| Melt, to | Walla yoongoa |
| Mend, to | Wallalla |
| Message sticks | Bambooroo |
| Mia (native hut) | Waggoo |
| Milk | Meemee |
| Mine (my own) | Nannongoo |
| Mix, to | Maa boorinyella |
| Monster (fabulous) | Ngowara |
| My | Ngannung |
| Naked | Marral |
| Name | Yinnee |
| Near | Koola |
| No | Weerdee |
| North | Yabbaroo; N.E. = wardal |
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| Nose-piercing | Moolyareedee |
| One | Kooteea |
| Open | Beejalgoo |
| Opening | Beejalgoo |
| Our | Ngallee jungoo |
| Paint, to | Kagga jerrigoo |
| Pair | Koodharra |
| Passion | Bajja |
| Path (track) | Jinna |
| Pearl-shell | Meendee |
| Peeled stick (hair ornament) | Kalga |
| Perhaps | Yoorda |
| Pick up, to | Marra |
| Pierce, to | Wallalgoo |
| Pinch, to | Pindalgoo |
| Pinion (wing) | Kaalee |
| Plenty | Yailba |
| Pluck out feathers, to | Ngalboo beejalloo |
| Plume, a | Ngalboo |
| Pound, to | Bootaa |
| Prickles | Jee |
| Quick | Jammun |
| Quickly | Jammun |
| Quiet | Nyanmee |
| Quietly | Nyanmee |
| Quiver, to | Nambee |
| Raw | Wanga |
| Red | Binma |
| Refuse, to | Weerdee |
| Relation, a | Nganmee |
| Rob, to | Boogai barndee |
| Robber | Boogai barndee |
| Rope | Jootee |
| Rub, to | Yooagajee |
| Run, to | Jammuna balloo |
| Scar | Woolbaga |
| Scrape, to | Baia berja |
| Scratch, to | Baia berja |
| See, to | Naago |
| Shadow | Meenda |
| Shake, to | Yooloo yooloo |
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| Sharp (edge or point) | Milgoo |
| Shavings | Kalga |
| Shield | Woonda |
| Short | Boorloo |
| Sinews of kangaroo's tail | Marboo |
| Sing, to | Maia galgoo |
| Sit down, to | Nyinnagoo |
| Sly | Wooring |
| Smoke, of fires | Joodoo |
| Soft | Milya |
| Song | Maia galgoo |
| Sorcery | Mobburn |
| Sorrow | Warree beea |
| South | Meemungoo, S.E. = wanmala |
| Spear (generic term) | Kajjee |
| Spear (hunting) | Muenda, goomberdoordoo, wannabindee, gooroo = different kinds |
| Spear, to throw a | Warningooa |
| Spear (war) | Kajjee |
| Spider's web | Kanbaga |
| Spill, to | Weelgarin |
| Spin, to (weave) | Yooalgoo |
| Split, to | Kalyaa goolgoo |
| Squeeze, to | Yeelaialoo |
| Stamping | Waa dhoolongoo |
| Step (footstep) | Jinna |
| Stick, woman's | Wanna |
| Stir, to | Weendee weendila |
| Stop! | Walgaagee |
| Straight | Woorrgoo |
| Stranger | Warrba |
| Strangle, to | Ngaain bindalla |
| String, of a bag | Jootee |
| Strong | Mulga |
| Sulky (cross) | Bajja |
| Summer | Bowel bowel, walba |
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| Swell, to | Boogilyoo |
| Tell me | Wongagee |
| Tell, to | Wongagee |
| That one | Bannana |
| There | Baardina |
| This one | Ninnanna |
| Thrash, to | Boongoo |
| Three | Marngoor |
| Throw, to | Warningoo |
| Throwing board | Meeroo |
| Tickle, to | Giddee-giddee |
| Ticklish | Giddee-giddee |
| Tired | Mungabeea |
| Track (footprint) | Jinna |
| Trackless | Jinna weerdee |
| Traveller | Warrba |
| Two | Koodhurra |
| Ugly | Dhatta |
| Uncooked meat | Wanga |
| Under | Ngardee arra |
| Underneath | Ngardee arra |
| Upside down | Waddoo ba |
| Vessels (bark, etc) | Mingarree; wooden = koolgoo |
| Wait, to | Majjala |
| West | Weelonga |
| What | Naa |
| Where | Wandee, wanjee |
| Which | Wandina, wandhina |
| Whistle | Wooinyella |
| White | Boongoo jerrigo |
| Who | Ngannaloo |
| Whose | Ngannaloo |
| Wicked | Dhatta |
| Wild native | Warrba |
| Witchcraft | Mobburn |
| Wood | Winda |
| Wrong | Warrbunda |
| Yam-stick | Wanna |
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| Yellow | Yoweree |
| Yes | Goa |
| You | Noondoo |
| Young (of animals) | Jooba |
| Your | Noonungoo |
| Yours | Noonungoo |
| 1. Various rites, ceremonies, circumcision, etc. in district? |
Circumcision practised, also subincision. No tooth knocked out, blood drunk sometimes. |
| 2. Native modes of burial in district? | Balgomain never saw a burial, but he thinks they are buried face downwards and that the limbs are broken and bent, bushes are placed round, and the meero is placed at the head. |
| 3. Hairdressing, various modes of? | Boorannajee kalgangoo make chignon corroboree time. |
| 4. Names of weapons, implements, and domestic utensils in district? |
Kajjee = spear, munda = big spear, goomberdoordoo = big black spear, wannabindee and gooroo = spears. Weerrba, weeardoo = 2 clubs Woonda = Shield Warngoo = hammer, no handle Wallanoo made of kooraara, mungarda and billeea = 3 kinds of boomerang. |
| 5. Game traps, other methods of capture? |
Barna baianoo = earth dug. Mardee - fence between waterholes. |
| 6. Carvings and paintings? | None. |
| 7. Native names of trees, shrubs, plants, etc. in district? | Gooraara, marroon = quandong, wallarda = sandalwood, kooljar, boggoorda, karreea = sweet gum - manna? - on this tree. |
| 8. Native names of tribes in district? | Baialja. |
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| 9. Do the tribes meet at any distant places for exchange or barter? | At Wooraarga, yalgoo (Boodail). |
| 10. Native foods in district? |
Ngalgoo, mooramoonga, both roots. Boorogoo - jamwood seed Kooraara, boggoorda, balbin, all seeds. |
| 11. Are any instances known of the natives boiling their food? | No. |
| 12.Is cannibalism known to exist in district? | A long time ago. |
| 13.What woods are used in making fire by friction? | Wallarda, sandalwood, marroon, quandong. |
| 14. Method of obtaining water from trees, roots, etc.? | Yoora - roots of mulga. |
| 15. Native belief in ghosts, or a future state?? | Yes. |
| 16. Is there a sorcerer among the tribes in district? | Yes, a sorcerer is in every district and tribe. |
| 17. Is there a gesture language amongst the natives in district? | Yes. |
| 18. Smoke signalling, etc.? | Simple signals. |
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