See qaitu on Wiktionary
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"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Nuclear Polynesian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Eastern Polynesian:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Marquesic:"
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"args": {
"1": "mrq",
"2": "aitu"
},
"expansion": "North Marquesan: aitu",
"name": "desc"
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"text": "North Marquesan: aitu"
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"1": "mqm",
"2": "aitu"
},
"expansion": "South Marquesan: aitu",
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"text": "South Marquesan: aitu"
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"depth": 3,
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"text": "Tahitic:"
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"depth": 4,
"templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "aitu"
},
"expansion": "Maori: aitu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Maori: aitu"
},
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"depth": 4,
"templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "rar",
"2": "aitu"
},
"expansion": "Rarotongan: aitu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Rarotongan: aitu"
},
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"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ty",
"2": "aitu"
},
"expansion": "Tahitian: aitu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Tahitian: aitu"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Western Polynesian:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Ellicean–Outlier:"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nkr",
"2": "eidu",
"3": "itu"
},
"expansion": "Nukuoro: eidu, itu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Nukuoro: eidu, itu"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nho",
"2": "aitu"
},
"expansion": "Takuu: aitu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Takuu: aitu"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tvl",
"2": "aitu"
},
"expansion": "Tuvaluan: aitu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Tuvaluan: aitu"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Futunic:"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pkp",
"2": "aitu"
},
"expansion": "Pukapukan: aitu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Pukapukan: aitu"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fut",
"2": "fegaitua"
},
"expansion": "Futuna-Aniwa: fegaitua",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Futuna-Aniwa: fegaitua"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Samoic:"
},
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"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sm",
"2": "aitu"
},
"expansion": "Samoan: aitu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Samoan: aitu"
},
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"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tkl",
"2": "aitu"
},
"expansion": "Tokelauan: aitu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Tokelauan: aitu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Tongic:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "num",
"2": "aitu"
},
"expansion": "Niuafo'ou: aitu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Niuafo'ou: aitu"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "niu",
"2": "aitu"
},
"expansion": "Niuean: aitu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Niuean: aitu"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "to",
"2": "ʻeitumatupuʻa"
},
"expansion": "Tongan: ʻeitumatupuʻa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Tongan: ʻeitumatupuʻa"
}
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"2": "poz-oce-pro",
"3": "*qanitu",
"4": ""
},
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"name": "inh"
},
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"1": "poz-pol-pro",
"2": "poz-pro",
"3": "*qanitu"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu",
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},
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"args": {
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"2": "map-pro",
"3": "*qaNiCu",
"4": ""
},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Central-Pacific *qanitu, from Proto-Oceanic *qanitu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu.",
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"2": "noun"
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"lang_code": "poz-pol-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/qaitu",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Polynesian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"ghost (spirit of the dead)"
],
"id": "en-qaitu-poz-pol-pro-noun-zRs1B8az",
"links": [
[
"ghost",
"ghost"
]
],
"tags": [
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈʔaitu/"
}
],
"word": "qaitu"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Nuclear Polynesian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Eastern Polynesian:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Marquesic:"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mrq",
"2": "aitu"
},
"expansion": "North Marquesan: aitu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "North Marquesan: aitu"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mqm",
"2": "aitu"
},
"expansion": "South Marquesan: aitu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "South Marquesan: aitu"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Tahitic:"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "aitu"
},
"expansion": "Maori: aitu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Maori: aitu"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rar",
"2": "aitu"
},
"expansion": "Rarotongan: aitu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Rarotongan: aitu"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ty",
"2": "aitu"
},
"expansion": "Tahitian: aitu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Tahitian: aitu"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Western Polynesian:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Ellicean–Outlier:"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nkr",
"2": "eidu",
"3": "itu"
},
"expansion": "Nukuoro: eidu, itu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Nukuoro: eidu, itu"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nho",
"2": "aitu"
},
"expansion": "Takuu: aitu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Takuu: aitu"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tvl",
"2": "aitu"
},
"expansion": "Tuvaluan: aitu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Tuvaluan: aitu"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Futunic:"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pkp",
"2": "aitu"
},
"expansion": "Pukapukan: aitu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Pukapukan: aitu"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fut",
"2": "fegaitua"
},
"expansion": "Futuna-Aniwa: fegaitua",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Futuna-Aniwa: fegaitua"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Samoic:"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sm",
"2": "aitu"
},
"expansion": "Samoan: aitu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Samoan: aitu"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tkl",
"2": "aitu"
},
"expansion": "Tokelauan: aitu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Tokelauan: aitu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Tongic:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "num",
"2": "aitu"
},
"expansion": "Niuafo'ou: aitu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Niuafo'ou: aitu"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "niu",
"2": "aitu"
},
"expansion": "Niuean: aitu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Niuean: aitu"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "to",
"2": "ʻeitumatupuʻa"
},
"expansion": "Tongan: ʻeitumatupuʻa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Tongan: ʻeitumatupuʻa"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "poz-pol-pro",
"2": "poz-oce-pro",
"3": "*qanitu",
"4": ""
},
"expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *qanitu",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "poz-pol-pro",
"2": "poz-pro",
"3": "*qanitu"
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "poz-pol-pro",
"2": "map-pro",
"3": "*qaNiCu",
"4": ""
},
"expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Central-Pacific *qanitu, from Proto-Oceanic *qanitu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu.",
"head_templates": [
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"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "*qaitu",
"name": "head"
}
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"lang": "Proto-Polynesian",
"lang_code": "poz-pol-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/qaitu",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
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"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Proto-Polynesian entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-Polynesian lemmas",
"Proto-Polynesian nouns",
"Proto-Polynesian terms derived from Proto-Austronesian",
"Proto-Polynesian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Proto-Polynesian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
"Proto-Polynesian terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
"Proto-Polynesian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Proto-Polynesian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic"
],
"glosses": [
"ghost (spirit of the dead)"
],
"links": [
[
"ghost",
"ghost"
]
],
"tags": [
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈʔaitu/"
}
],
"word": "qaitu"
}
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