"fetū" meaning in All languages combined

See fetū on Wiktionary

Noun [Niuean]

Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *fetuqu, from Proto-Central Pacific *vetuqu, from Proto-Oceanic *pituqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən, from Proto-Austronesian *bituqən. Etymology templates: {{inh|niu|poz-pol-pro|*fetuqu}} Proto-Polynesian *fetuqu, {{inh|niu|poz-oce-pro|*pituqun}} Proto-Oceanic *pituqun, {{inh|niu|poz-pro|*bituqən}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən, {{inh|niu|map-pro|*bituqən}} Proto-Austronesian *bituqən Head templates: {{head|niu|noun}} fetū
  1. star
    Sense id: en-fetū-niu-noun-Ul7KHVCJ Categories (other): Niuean entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 48 48 1 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 48 1 3

Noun [Samoan]

Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *fetuqu, from Proto-Central Pacific *vetuqu, from Proto-Oceanic *pituqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən, from Proto-Austronesian *bituqən. Etymology templates: {{inh|sm|poz-pol-pro|*fetuqu}} Proto-Polynesian *fetuqu, {{inh|sm|poz-oce-pro|*pituqun}} Proto-Oceanic *pituqun, {{inh|sm|poz-pro|*bituqən}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən, {{inh|sm|map-pro|*bituqən}} Proto-Austronesian *bituqən Head templates: {{head|sm|noun}} fetū
  1. star Derived forms: fetūao, fetūlele
    Sense id: en-fetū-sm-noun-Ul7KHVCJ Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Samoan entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 48 48 1 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 48 1 3

Noun [Tahitian]

Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *fetuqu (cognate with Hawaiian hōkū and Māori whetū), from Proto-Oceanic *pituqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən, from Proto-Austronesian *bituqən (cognate with Tagalog bituin). Astronomical sense displaced later by fetiʻa due to tapu by association with names of certain royalty. Etymology templates: {{inh|ty|poz-pol-pro|*fetuqu}} Proto-Polynesian *fetuqu, {{cog|haw|hōkū}} Hawaiian hōkū, {{cog|mi|whetū}} Māori whetū, {{inh|ty|poz-oce-pro|*pituqun}} Proto-Oceanic *pituqun, {{inh|ty|poz-pro|*bituqən}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən, {{inh|ty|map-pro|*bituqən}} Proto-Austronesian *bituqən, {{cog|tl|bituin}} Tagalog bituin Head templates: {{head|ty|noun}} fetū
  1. (archaic, obsolete) star Tags: archaic, obsolete Synonyms: fetiʻa
    Sense id: en-fetū-ty-noun-Ul7KHVCJ
  2. starfish, sea star
    Sense id: en-fetū-ty-noun-jXg-Kx7i Categories (other): Tahitian entries with incorrect language header, Echinoderms Disambiguation of Tahitian entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Echinoderms: 7 93
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "niu",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*fetuqu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *fetuqu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "niu",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*pituqun"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *pituqun",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "niu",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*bituqən"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "niu",
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        "3": "*bituqən"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *bituqən",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *fetuqu, from Proto-Central Pacific *vetuqu, from Proto-Oceanic *pituqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən, from Proto-Austronesian *bituqən.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "niu",
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      },
      "expansion": "fetū",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Niuean",
  "lang_code": "niu",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        {
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          "name": "Niuean entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 48 1 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 48 1 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "star"
      ],
      "id": "en-fetū-niu-noun-Ul7KHVCJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "star",
          "star"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fetū"
}

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      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *fetuqu",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *pituqun",
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        "3": "*bituqən"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *bituqən",
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *fetuqu, from Proto-Central Pacific *vetuqu, from Proto-Oceanic *pituqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən, from Proto-Austronesian *bituqən.",
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        "1": "sm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "fetū",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Samoan",
  "lang_code": "sm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Samoan entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 48 1 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "fetūao"
        },
        {
          "word": "fetūlele"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "star"
      ],
      "id": "en-fetū-sm-noun-Ul7KHVCJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "star",
          "star"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fetū"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "ty",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*fetuqu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *fetuqu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
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      },
      "expansion": "Hawaiian hōkū",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "whetū"
      },
      "expansion": "Māori whetū",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ty",
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        "3": "*pituqun"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *pituqun",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ty",
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        "3": "*bituqən"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ty",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*bituqən"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *bituqən",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "bituin"
      },
      "expansion": "Tagalog bituin",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *fetuqu (cognate with Hawaiian hōkū and Māori whetū), from Proto-Oceanic *pituqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən, from Proto-Austronesian *bituqən (cognate with Tagalog bituin). Astronomical sense displaced later by fetiʻa due to tapu by association with names of certain royalty.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ty",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "fetū",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tahitian",
  "lang_code": "ty",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "star"
      ],
      "id": "en-fetū-ty-noun-Ul7KHVCJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "star",
          "star"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, obsolete) star"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fetiʻa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tahitian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ty",
          "name": "Echinoderms",
          "orig": "ty:Echinoderms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "starfish, sea star"
      ],
      "id": "en-fetū-ty-noun-jXg-Kx7i",
      "links": [
        [
          "starfish",
          "starfish"
        ],
        [
          "sea star",
          "sea star"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fetū"
}
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    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ty:Echinoderms"
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "niu",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*fetuqu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *fetuqu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "niu",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *pituqun",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "niu",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*bituqən"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "niu",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*bituqən"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *bituqən",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *fetuqu, from Proto-Central Pacific *vetuqu, from Proto-Oceanic *pituqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən, from Proto-Austronesian *bituqən.",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "niu",
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      },
      "expansion": "fetū",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Niuean",
  "lang_code": "niu",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Niuean entries with incorrect language header",
        "Niuean lemmas",
        "Niuean nouns",
        "Niuean terms derived from Proto-Austronesian",
        "Niuean terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
        "Niuean terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
        "Niuean terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
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      "glosses": [
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        [
          "star",
          "star"
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fetū"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ty:Echinoderms"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "fetūao"
    },
    {
      "word": "fetūlele"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*bituqən"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*bituqən"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *bituqən",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *fetuqu, from Proto-Central Pacific *vetuqu, from Proto-Oceanic *pituqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən, from Proto-Austronesian *bituqən.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "fetū",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Samoan",
  "lang_code": "sm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Samoan entries with incorrect language header",
        "Samoan lemmas",
        "Samoan nouns",
        "Samoan terms derived from Proto-Austronesian",
        "Samoan terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
        "Samoan terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
        "Samoan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
        "Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
        "Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
        "Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
        "Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "star"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "star",
          "star"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fetū"
}

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    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Tahitian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tahitian lemmas",
    "Tahitian nouns",
    "Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
    "ty:Echinoderms"
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *fetuqu",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
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      },
      "expansion": "Hawaiian hōkū",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "whetū"
      },
      "expansion": "Māori whetū",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ty",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*pituqun"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *pituqun",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ty",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*bituqən"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ty",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*bituqən"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *bituqən",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "bituin"
      },
      "expansion": "Tagalog bituin",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *fetuqu (cognate with Hawaiian hōkū and Māori whetū), from Proto-Oceanic *pituqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən, from Proto-Austronesian *bituqən (cognate with Tagalog bituin). Astronomical sense displaced later by fetiʻa due to tapu by association with names of certain royalty.",
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "ty",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "fetū",
      "name": "head"
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  "lang_code": "ty",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Tahitian terms with archaic senses",
        "Tahitian terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "star"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "star",
          "star"
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        "(archaic, obsolete) star"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fetiʻa"
        }
      ],
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        "archaic",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "starfish, sea star"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "starfish",
          "starfish"
        ],
        [
          "sea star",
          "sea star"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fetū"
}

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