See feke on Wiktionary
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"english": "annoying, provoking to anger",
"translation": "annoying, provoking to anger",
"word": "aʻfek huga"
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"word": "aʻfeke"
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"translation": "to be sulky, to act as if angry, to pretend to be angry",
"word": "aʻfekfeke"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "to be angry because of",
"translation": "to be angry because of",
"word": "fekʻạki"
}
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"etymology_text": "Unknown. Possibly from Proto-Central Pacific *teŋge (“to reject, to refuse”), but the semantic shift from “reject/refuse” to “anger” is difficult to explain, and the limited attestation in other Central Pacific languages outside of Polynesian makes this reconstruction uncertain.\nCompare Proto-Polynesian *teke.",
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"english": "to scold, to reprimand, to reprove",
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"word": "fạri"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "to express anger by words",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "to be furious, to be enraged",
"translation": "to be furious, to be enraged",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "to be offended, to be resentful",
"translation": "to be offended, to be resentful",
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"english": "temper, passion",
"translation": "temper, passion",
"word": "roto"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "to be painful, to suffer, to grieve",
"translation": "to be painful, to suffer, to grieve",
"word": "rū"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "to annoy, to irritate, to tease",
"translation": "to annoy, to irritate, to tease",
"word": "suhi"
}
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"english": "S/he is angry about this matter.",
"text": "Ia fek se fā ta.",
"translation": "S/he is angry about this matter.",
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"english": "I don't object to the work.",
"text": "ʻEake gou fek se garue ta.",
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}
],
"word": "feke"
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"word": "heʻe"
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"word": "wheke"
},
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"word": "heke"
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"english": "annoying, provoking to anger",
"translation": "annoying, provoking to anger",
"word": "aʻfek huga"
},
{
"english": "to annoy, to make angry",
"translation": "to annoy, to make angry",
"word": "aʻfeke"
},
{
"english": "to be sulky, to act as if angry, to pretend to be angry",
"translation": "to be sulky, to act as if angry, to pretend to be angry",
"word": "aʻfekfeke"
},
{
"english": "to be angry because of",
"translation": "to be angry because of",
"word": "fekʻạki"
}
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"pos": "verb",
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"english": "to scold, to reprimand, to reprove",
"translation": "to scold, to reprimand, to reprove",
"word": "fạri"
},
{
"word": "fȧrʻạki"
},
{
"english": "to express anger by words",
"translation": "to express anger by words",
"word": "taʻo"
},
{
"english": "to be furious, to be enraged",
"translation": "to be furious, to be enraged",
"word": "kosi"
},
{
"english": "to be offended, to be resentful",
"translation": "to be offended, to be resentful",
"word": "meo"
},
{
"english": "temper, passion",
"translation": "temper, passion",
"word": "roto"
},
{
"english": "to be painful, to suffer, to grieve",
"translation": "to be painful, to suffer, to grieve",
"word": "rū"
},
{
"english": "to annoy, to irritate, to tease",
"translation": "to annoy, to irritate, to tease",
"word": "suhi"
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"english": "S/he is angry about this matter.",
"text": "Ia fek se fā ta.",
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"vexed",
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"english": "I don't object to the work.",
"text": "ʻEake gou fek se garue ta.",
"translation": "I don't object to the work.",
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