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"word": "tekau mā tahi (11, previously 21)"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "tekau mā rua (12, previously 22)"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "tekau mā toru (13, previously 23)"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "tekau mā whā (14, previously 24)"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "tekau mā rima (15, previously 25)"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "tekau mā ono (16, previously 26)"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "tekau mā whitu (17, previously 27)"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "tekau mā waru (18, previously 28)"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "tekau mā iwa (19, previously 29)"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "tahi tekau"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "rua tekau"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "toru tekau"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "whā tekau"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "rima tekau (100)"
}
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
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"2": "kaʻau",
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"2": "poz-pol-pro",
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"expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *kau₂ (“group”)",
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"1": "to",
"2": "kau",
"t": "bunch"
},
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}
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"etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *te-kau (compare with Hawaiian kaʻau (“forty”), Tahitian taʻau (“twenty”) and Tongan tekau) from Proto-Polynesian *kau₂ (“group”) (see Hawaiian ʻau, Tahitian ʻau, Samoan ʻau (“group, bunch, shoal, school”) and Tongan kau (“bunch”)).\nSense of",
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"name": "Māori cardinal numbers",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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"glosses": [
"twenty, score (20)."
],
"id": "en-tekau-mi-num-5SC4FCe8",
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"twenty",
"twenty#English"
],
[
"score",
"score#English"
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[
"20",
"20#Translingual"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) twenty, score (20)."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "rua ngahuru"
},
{
"word": "rua tekau"
}
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"archaic"
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"ten"
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]
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{
"word": "ngahuru"
}
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/teˈkau/"
},
{
"ipa": "[tɛˈkɐʉ]"
}
],
"word": "tekau"
}
{
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"Māori entries with incorrect language header",
"Māori lemmas",
"Māori numerals",
"Māori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
"Māori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
"Māori terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "tekau mā tahi (11, previously 21)"
},
{
"word": "tekau mā rua (12, previously 22)"
},
{
"word": "tekau mā toru (13, previously 23)"
},
{
"word": "tekau mā whā (14, previously 24)"
},
{
"word": "tekau mā rima (15, previously 25)"
},
{
"word": "tekau mā ono (16, previously 26)"
},
{
"word": "tekau mā whitu (17, previously 27)"
},
{
"word": "tekau mā waru (18, previously 28)"
},
{
"word": "tekau mā iwa (19, previously 29)"
},
{
"word": "tahi tekau"
},
{
"word": "rua tekau"
},
{
"word": "toru tekau"
},
{
"word": "whā tekau"
},
{
"word": "rima tekau (100)"
}
],
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"2": "poz-pol-pro",
"3": "*kau₂",
"t": "group"
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"expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *kau₂ (“group”)",
"name": "inh"
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"2": "ʻau"
},
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"t": "group, bunch, shoal, school"
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"2": "kau",
"t": "bunch"
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"name": "cog"
}
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"lang": "Māori",
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"pos": "num",
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"categories": [
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"Māori terms with archaic senses"
],
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"twenty, score (20)."
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[
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"(archaic) twenty, score (20)."
],
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"word": "rua ngahuru"
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{
"word": "rua tekau"
}
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"tags": [
"archaic"
]
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"Māori cardinal numbers"
],
"glosses": [
"ten"
],
"links": [
[
"ten",
"ten#English"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ngahuru"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/teˈkau/"
},
{
"ipa": "[tɛˈkɐʉ]"
}
],
"word": "tekau"
}
Download raw JSONL data for tekau meaning in All languages combined (2.9kB)
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