From: user5108@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   I've been trying to determine if Malay tarian (dance) is cognate with Tahitian   
   ori Tahiti (hula-like dance)   
   are cognate, and if they relate to Malay tarikh (pull, of the hands) regarding   
   the style of dancing recently seen in Malaysia during President Trump's visit   
   to Malaysia, or to the action of scrubbing, scraping with the hands.   
      
   I tried using Blust et al dictionary, but how to compare these words?   
      
   ACD - Austronesian Comparative Dictionary Online - https://share   
   google/TR4RCOq9NpEmSHL6i   
      
   Ai tells me ori and tarian aren't cognate, but I don't trust it.   
      
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