See ʻai on Wiktionary
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"game"
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},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʔɐj]"
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"ipa": "[ˈʔɛj]"
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3,
6
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11
]
],
"english": "The cat ate the mouse.",
"text": "Ua ʻai ka pōpoki i ka ʻiole.",
"translation": "The cat ate the mouse.",
"type": "example"
}
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"to eat (consume)"
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"(transitive) to eat (consume)"
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"(transitive) to taste"
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"(transitive) to bite"
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"ipa": "[ˈʔɐj]"
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{
"ipa": "[ˈʔɛj]"
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"word": "ʻai"
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"Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
"Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
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"Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
"Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
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"food; in particular, any food that is not fish"
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"ruler"
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[
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},
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"Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
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"Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
"Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
"Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
"Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
"Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
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"2": "kai"
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3,
6
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11
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"english": "The cat ate the mouse.",
"text": "Ua ʻai ka pōpoki i ka ʻiole.",
"translation": "The cat ate the mouse.",
"type": "example"
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"to eat (consume)"
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"(transitive) to eat (consume)"
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"to taste"
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"(transitive) to taste"
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"to bite"
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"(transitive) to bite"
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"to rule"
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"rule",
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"(transitive) to rule"
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"transitive"
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"ipa": "/ˈʔai̯/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʔɐj]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʔɛj]"
}
],
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"word": "ʻai"
}
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