"tekau" meaning in All languages combined

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Numeral [Māori]

IPA: /teˈkau/, [tɛˈkɐʉ]
Etymology: 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”)). Sense of Etymology templates: {{inh|mi|poz-pol-pro|*te-kau}} Proto-Polynesian *te-kau, {{cog|haw|kaʻau|t=forty}} Hawaiian kaʻau (“forty”), {{cog|ty|taʻau|t=twenty}} Tahitian taʻau (“twenty”), {{cog|to|tekau}} Tongan tekau, {{inh|mi|poz-pol-pro|*kau₂|t=group}} Proto-Polynesian *kau₂ (“group”), {{cog|haw|ʻau}} Hawaiian ʻau, {{cog|ty|ʻau}} Tahitian ʻau, {{cog|sm|ʻau|t=group, bunch, shoal, school}} Samoan ʻau (“group, bunch, shoal, school”), {{cog|to|kau|t=bunch}} Tongan kau (“bunch”) Head templates: {{head|mi|numeral|head=}} tekau, {{mi-num}} tekau
  1. (archaic) twenty, score (20). Tags: archaic Synonyms: rua ngahuru, rua tekau
    Sense id: en-tekau-mi-num-5SC4FCe8 Categories (other): Māori cardinal numbers, Māori entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Māori entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0
  2. ten Synonyms: ngahuru
    Sense id: en-tekau-mi-num-5EMrqpCB Categories (other): Māori cardinal numbers
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tekau mā tahi (11, previously 21), tekau mā rua (12, previously 22), tekau mā toru (13, previously 23), tekau mā whā (14, previously 24), tekau mā rima (15, previously 25), tekau mā ono (16, previously 26), tekau mā whitu (17, previously 27), tekau mā waru (18, previously 28), tekau mā iwa (19, previously 29), tahi tekau, rua tekau, toru tekau, whā tekau, rima tekau (100)
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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "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)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*te-kau"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *te-kau",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "kaʻau",
        "t": "forty"
      },
      "expansion": "Hawaiian kaʻau (“forty”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ty",
        "2": "taʻau",
        "t": "twenty"
      },
      "expansion": "Tahitian taʻau (“twenty”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to",
        "2": "tekau"
      },
      "expansion": "Tongan tekau",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*kau₂",
        "t": "group"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *kau₂ (“group”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ʻau"
      },
      "expansion": "Hawaiian ʻau",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ty",
        "2": "ʻau"
      },
      "expansion": "Tahitian ʻau",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "ʻau",
        "t": "group, bunch, shoal, school"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan ʻau (“group, bunch, shoal, school”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to",
        "2": "kau",
        "t": "bunch"
      },
      "expansion": "Tongan kau (“bunch”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "numeral",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "tekau",
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    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tekau",
      "name": "mi-num"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Māori",
  "lang_code": "mi",
  "pos": "num",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Māori cardinal numbers",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Māori entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
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        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      "glosses": [
        "twenty, score (20)."
      ],
      "id": "en-tekau-mi-num-5SC4FCe8",
      "links": [
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          "twenty",
          "twenty#English"
        ],
        [
          "score",
          "score#English"
        ],
        [
          "20",
          "20#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) twenty, score (20)."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "rua ngahuru"
        },
        {
          "word": "rua tekau"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
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          "parents": [],
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      ],
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        "ten"
      ],
      "id": "en-tekau-mi-num-5EMrqpCB",
      "links": [
        [
          "ten",
          "ten#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ngahuru"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/teˈkau/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tɛˈkɐʉ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tekau"
}
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    "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": "*te-kau"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *te-kau",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "kaʻau",
        "t": "forty"
      },
      "expansion": "Hawaiian kaʻau (“forty”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ty",
        "2": "taʻau",
        "t": "twenty"
      },
      "expansion": "Tahitian taʻau (“twenty”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to",
        "2": "tekau"
      },
      "expansion": "Tongan tekau",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*kau₂",
        "t": "group"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *kau₂ (“group”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "ʻau"
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      "expansion": "Hawaiian ʻau",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ty",
        "2": "ʻau"
      },
      "expansion": "Tahitian ʻau",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "ʻau",
        "t": "group, bunch, shoal, school"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan ʻau (“group, bunch, shoal, school”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "to",
        "2": "kau",
        "t": "bunch"
      },
      "expansion": "Tongan kau (“bunch”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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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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        "head": ""
      },
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tekau",
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  "lang": "Māori",
  "lang_code": "mi",
  "pos": "num",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Māori cardinal numbers",
        "Māori terms with archaic senses"
      ],
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        "twenty, score (20)."
      ],
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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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        "Māori cardinal numbers"
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          "ten",
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        ]
      ],
      "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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