See ʻeleʻele on Wiktionary
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Eastern Polynesian/kelekele"
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Eastern Polynesian/kele"
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[
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],
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"text": "palaoa ʻeleʻele: rye (lit. 'black flour [grain]')"
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}
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],
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}
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},
{
"ipa": "[ˌʔɛ.lɛˈʔɛ.lɛ]"
}
],
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Eastern Polynesian/kelekele"
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[
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[
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"1": "sm",
"2": "ʻele"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
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"etymology_text": "From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *kelekele (“dark, black”) reduplicated form of *kele (compare with Māori kerekere from kere, Rarotongan kerekere from kere, Tahitian ʻereʻere from Tahitian ʻere, Tongan kelekele from kele and Samoan ʻeleʻele from Samoan ʻele).",
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],
"word": "hōʻeleʻele"
}
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[
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"english": "black",
"translation": "black",
"word": "ʻeʻele"
},
{
"english": "blacken",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"translation": "blacken",
"word": "pāʻele"
},
{
"word": "uli"
},
{
"word": "uliuli"
}
],
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/ˌʔe.leˈʔe.le/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˌʔɛ.lɛˈʔɛ.lɛ]"
}
],
"word": "ʻeleʻele"
}
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"Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Eastern Polynesian",
"Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hawaiian verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"haw:Blacks",
"haw:Green algae"
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"kere",
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[
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"kere",
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[
"ʻereʻere",
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[
"ʻere",
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[
"kelekele",
"kelekele#Tongan"
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[
"kele",
"kele#Tongan"
],
[
"ʻeleʻele",
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[
"ʻele",
"ʻele#Samoan"
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"2": "ʻereʻere"
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"2": "ʻeleʻele"
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"1": "sm",
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{
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{
"text": "palaoa ʻeleʻele: rye (lit. 'black flour [grain]')"
}
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],
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{
"word": "limu ʻeleʻele"
}
]
}
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"ipa": "/ˌʔe.leˈʔe.le/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˌʔɛ.lɛˈʔɛ.lɛ]"
}
],
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}
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"Hawaiian verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
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"haw:Green algae"
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"kere",
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"kere",
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[
"ʻereʻere",
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[
"ʻere",
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[
"kelekele",
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"kele",
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[
"ʻeleʻele",
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"ʻele",
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{
"args": {
"1": "rar",
"2": "kerekere"
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"expansion": "Rarotongan kerekere",
"name": "cog"
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{
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"1": "ty",
"2": "ʻereʻere"
},
"expansion": "Tahitian ʻereʻere",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "ty",
"2": "ʻere"
},
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"1": "to",
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},
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},
{
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"1": "sm",
"2": "ʻeleʻele"
},
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"name": "cog"
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"1": "sm",
"2": "ʻele"
},
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"name": "cog"
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"word": "ʻeʻele"
},
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"translation": "blacken",
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"word": "uli"
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{
"word": "uliuli"
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"ipa": "/ˌʔe.leˈʔe.le/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˌʔɛ.lɛˈʔɛ.lɛ]"
}
],
"word": "ʻeleʻele"
}
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