See ʻale on Wiktionary
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"english": "whitecaps",
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"word": "ʻale kuakea"
},
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"word": "ʻale poʻi"
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"ipa": "/ˈʔa.le/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʔɐ.le]"
}
],
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}
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"translation": "reduplicated form",
"word": "ʻaleʻale"
},
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"to ripple, to stir"
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"to well"
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"(of tears) to well"
],
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"of tears"
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"ipa": "/ˈʔa.le/"
},
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"ipa": "[ˈʔɐ.le]"
}
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"word": "ʻale kuakea"
},
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"word": "ʻale poʻi"
}
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},
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"wave, billow"
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"ipa": "/ˈʔa.le/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʔɐ.le]"
}
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"word": "ʻaleʻale"
},
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},
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"pos": "verb",
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"to ripple, to stir"
],
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"ripple",
"ripple"
],
[
"stir",
"stir"
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"glosses": [
"to well"
],
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"well",
"well"
]
],
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"(of tears) to well"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of tears"
],
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"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈʔa.le/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʔɐ.le]"
}
],
"word": "ʻale"
}
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