"tapahi" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Māori]

IPA: /taˈpahi/, [tɐˈpɐhi] Forms: tapahia [passive]
Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *tapasi (“to cut”), from Proto-Central Pacific *tavasi, from Proto-Oceanic *tapas-i, variant of *tapa(s) (“to cut into, to incise”), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tabas, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tabas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabas. Cognates include Rarotongan tapaʻi (“to chop down lengthwise, to cleave”), Tahitian tapahi (“to cut or split a fruit in two, to cut down a tree”), Samoan and Tongan tafa (“to cut open, to incise”), Malay tebas (“to slash or cut down grasses, small plants”) and Tagalog tabas (“to cut fabric, paper”). Doublet of tapa. Etymology templates: {{inh|mi|poz-pol-pro|*tapasi||to cut}} Proto-Polynesian *tapasi (“to cut”), {{inh|mi|poz-oce-pro|*tapas-i}} Proto-Oceanic *tapas-i, {{inh|mi|pqe-pro|*tabas}} Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tabas, {{inh|mi|poz-cet-pro|*tabas}} Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tabas, {{inh|mi|poz-pro|*tabas}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabas, {{cog|rar|tapaʻi||to chop down lengthwise, to cleave}} Rarotongan tapaʻi (“to chop down lengthwise, to cleave”), {{cog|ty|tapahi||to cut or split a fruit in two, to cut down a tree}} Tahitian tapahi (“to cut or split a fruit in two, to cut down a tree”), {{cog|sm,to|tafa||to cut open, to incise}} Samoan and Tongan tafa (“to cut open, to incise”), {{cog|ms|tebas||to slash or cut down grasses, small plants}} Malay tebas (“to slash or cut down grasses, small plants”), {{cog|tl|tabas||to cut fabric, paper}} Tagalog tabas (“to cut fabric, paper”), {{doublet|mi|tapa}} Doublet of tapa Head templates: {{head|mi|verb|passive|tapahia|||||||f1accel-form=passive|f2accel-form=passive|f3accel-form=passive|f4accel-form=passive|head=}} tapahi (passive tapahia), {{mi-verb|a}} tapahi (passive tapahia)
  1. to cut, to chop
    Sense id: en-tapahi-mi-verb-uDbYXfLS Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 36 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 33 36
  2. to reap, to harvest (of crops like wheat)
    Sense id: en-tapahi-mi-verb-sqlQmRDD Categories (other): Māori entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Māori entries with incorrect language header: 17 62 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 36 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 33 36
  3. to amputate limbs
    Sense id: en-tapahi-mi-verb-kIaUcRq1 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 36 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 33 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tapahanga (english: the cutting of something), tapatapahi
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "the cutting of something",
      "translation": "the cutting of something",
      "word": "tapahanga"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tapatapahi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*tapasi",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/tapasi"
    ],
    [
      "*tapas-i",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/tapas-i"
    ],
    [
      "*tapa(s)",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/tapa(s)"
    ],
    [
      "*tabas",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian/tabas"
    ],
    [
      "*tabas",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian/tabas"
    ],
    [
      "*tabas",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/tabas"
    ],
    [
      "tapaʻi",
      "tapaʻi#Rarotongan"
    ],
    [
      "tapahi",
      "tapahi#Tahitian"
    ],
    [
      "Samoan",
      "tafa#Samoan"
    ],
    [
      "tafa",
      "tafa#Tongan"
    ],
    [
      "tebas",
      "tebas#Malay"
    ],
    [
      "tabas",
      "tabas#Tagalog"
    ],
    [
      "tapa",
      "tapa#Māori"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*tapasi",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to cut"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *tapasi (“to cut”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*tapas-i"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *tapas-i",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "pqe-pro",
        "3": "*tabas"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tabas",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-cet-pro",
        "3": "*tabas"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tabas",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*tabas"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabas",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rar",
        "2": "tapaʻi",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to chop down lengthwise, to cleave"
      },
      "expansion": "Rarotongan tapaʻi (“to chop down lengthwise, to cleave”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ty",
        "2": "tapahi",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to cut or split a fruit in two, to cut down a tree"
      },
      "expansion": "Tahitian tapahi (“to cut or split a fruit in two, to cut down a tree”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm,to",
        "2": "tafa",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to cut open, to incise"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan and Tongan tafa (“to cut open, to incise”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "tebas",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to slash or cut down grasses, small plants"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay tebas (“to slash or cut down grasses, small plants”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "tabas",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to cut fabric, paper"
      },
      "expansion": "Tagalog tabas (“to cut fabric, paper”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "tapa"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of tapa",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *tapasi (“to cut”), from Proto-Central Pacific *tavasi, from Proto-Oceanic *tapas-i, variant of *tapa(s) (“to cut into, to incise”), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tabas, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tabas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabas.\nCognates include Rarotongan tapaʻi (“to chop down lengthwise, to cleave”), Tahitian tapahi (“to cut or split a fruit in two, to cut down a tree”), Samoan and Tongan tafa (“to cut open, to incise”), Malay tebas (“to slash or cut down grasses, small plants”) and Tagalog tabas (“to cut fabric, paper”). Doublet of tapa.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tapahia",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "10": "",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "passive",
        "4": "tapahia",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "f1accel-form": "passive",
        "f2accel-form": "passive",
        "f3accel-form": "passive",
        "f4accel-form": "passive",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "tapahi (passive tapahia)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "tapahi (passive tapahia)",
      "name": "mi-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Māori",
  "lang_code": "mi",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 36 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 33 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cut, to chop"
      ],
      "id": "en-tapahi-mi-verb-uDbYXfLS",
      "links": [
        [
          "cut",
          "cut"
        ],
        [
          "chop",
          "chop"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 62 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Māori entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 36 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 33 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to reap, to harvest (of crops like wheat)"
      ],
      "id": "en-tapahi-mi-verb-sqlQmRDD",
      "links": [
        [
          "reap",
          "reap"
        ],
        [
          "harvest",
          "harvest"
        ],
        [
          "wheat",
          "wheat"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 36 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 33 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to amputate limbs"
      ],
      "id": "en-tapahi-mi-verb-kIaUcRq1",
      "links": [
        [
          "amputate",
          "amputate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/taˈpahi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tɐˈpɐhi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tapahi"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Māori doublets",
    "Māori entries with incorrect language header",
    "Māori lemmas",
    "Māori terms derived from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Māori terms derived from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Māori terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Māori terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Māori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Māori terms inherited from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Māori terms inherited from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Māori terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Māori terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Māori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Māori terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Māori verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "the cutting of something",
      "translation": "the cutting of something",
      "word": "tapahanga"
    },
    {
      "word": "tapatapahi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*tapasi",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/tapasi"
    ],
    [
      "*tapas-i",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/tapas-i"
    ],
    [
      "*tapa(s)",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/tapa(s)"
    ],
    [
      "*tabas",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian/tabas"
    ],
    [
      "*tabas",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian/tabas"
    ],
    [
      "*tabas",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/tabas"
    ],
    [
      "tapaʻi",
      "tapaʻi#Rarotongan"
    ],
    [
      "tapahi",
      "tapahi#Tahitian"
    ],
    [
      "Samoan",
      "tafa#Samoan"
    ],
    [
      "tafa",
      "tafa#Tongan"
    ],
    [
      "tebas",
      "tebas#Malay"
    ],
    [
      "tabas",
      "tabas#Tagalog"
    ],
    [
      "tapa",
      "tapa#Māori"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*tapasi",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to cut"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *tapasi (“to cut”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*tapas-i"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *tapas-i",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "pqe-pro",
        "3": "*tabas"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tabas",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-cet-pro",
        "3": "*tabas"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tabas",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*tabas"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabas",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rar",
        "2": "tapaʻi",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to chop down lengthwise, to cleave"
      },
      "expansion": "Rarotongan tapaʻi (“to chop down lengthwise, to cleave”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ty",
        "2": "tapahi",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to cut or split a fruit in two, to cut down a tree"
      },
      "expansion": "Tahitian tapahi (“to cut or split a fruit in two, to cut down a tree”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm,to",
        "2": "tafa",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to cut open, to incise"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan and Tongan tafa (“to cut open, to incise”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "tebas",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to slash or cut down grasses, small plants"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay tebas (“to slash or cut down grasses, small plants”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "tabas",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to cut fabric, paper"
      },
      "expansion": "Tagalog tabas (“to cut fabric, paper”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "tapa"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of tapa",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *tapasi (“to cut”), from Proto-Central Pacific *tavasi, from Proto-Oceanic *tapas-i, variant of *tapa(s) (“to cut into, to incise”), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tabas, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tabas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabas.\nCognates include Rarotongan tapaʻi (“to chop down lengthwise, to cleave”), Tahitian tapahi (“to cut or split a fruit in two, to cut down a tree”), Samoan and Tongan tafa (“to cut open, to incise”), Malay tebas (“to slash or cut down grasses, small plants”) and Tagalog tabas (“to cut fabric, paper”). Doublet of tapa.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tapahia",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "10": "",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "passive",
        "4": "tapahia",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "f1accel-form": "passive",
        "f2accel-form": "passive",
        "f3accel-form": "passive",
        "f4accel-form": "passive",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "tapahi (passive tapahia)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "tapahi (passive tapahia)",
      "name": "mi-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Māori",
  "lang_code": "mi",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to cut, to chop"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cut",
          "cut"
        ],
        [
          "chop",
          "chop"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to reap, to harvest (of crops like wheat)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reap",
          "reap"
        ],
        [
          "harvest",
          "harvest"
        ],
        [
          "wheat",
          "wheat"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to amputate limbs"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "amputate",
          "amputate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/taˈpahi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tɐˈpɐhi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tapahi"
}

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