"ʻēʻē" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Hawaiian]

IPA: /ʔeːˈʔeː/
Etymology: Cognate with Māori kēkē, Rarotongan kēkē, Tahitian ʻēʻē and Tuamotuan kēkē, from a Proto-Tahitic innovation which displaces Proto-Oceanic *qapi-ŋa ~ *qapi(n) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabin (compare with Niuean afine and Tongan fāʻefine both “armpit”, Samoan ʻafisi “to carry under the arm or hip”, Balinese abin “to hold in one's lap”, Malay ambin “sling”) Etymology templates: {{cog|mi|kēkē}} Māori kēkē, {{cog|rar|kēkē}} Rarotongan kēkē, {{cog|ty|ʻēʻē}} Tahitian ʻēʻē, {{cog|pmt|kēkē}} Tuamotuan kēkē, {{noncog|poz-oce-pro|*qapi-ŋa}} Proto-Oceanic *qapi-ŋa, {{noncog|poz-pro|*qabin}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabin, {{noncog|niu|afine}} Niuean afine, {{noncog|to|fāʻefine}} Tongan fāʻefine, {{noncog|sm|ʻafisi}} Samoan ʻafisi, {{noncog|ban|abin}} Balinese abin, {{noncog|ms|ambin}} Malay ambin Head templates: {{head|haw|noun}} ʻēʻē
  1. armpit Synonyms: pōʻaeʻae
    Sense id: en-ʻēʻē-haw-noun-zR2ru7Er
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Prefix [Hawaiian]

IPA: /ʔeːˈʔeː/
Etymology: Reduplication of ʻē (“different”). Compare with Māori kēkē from kē. Etymology templates: {{redup|haw|ʻē|t=different}} Reduplication of ʻē (“different”), {{cog|mi|kēkē}} Māori kēkē Head templates: {{head|haw|prefix}} ʻēʻē
  1. (physics) anti- Tags: morpheme Derived forms: ʻēʻēmeakino (english: antimatter)
    Sense id: en-ʻēʻē-haw-prefix-CqThLzZr Categories (other): Physics, Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header, Hawaiian reduplications, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header: 13 50 7 29 Disambiguation of Hawaiian reduplications: 46 32 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 53 7 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 62 7 15 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Hawaiian]

IPA: /ʔeːˈʔeː/
Etymology: Reduplication of ʻē (“different”). Compare with Māori kēkē from kē. Etymology templates: {{redup|haw|ʻē|t=different}} Reduplication of ʻē (“different”), {{cog|mi|kēkē}} Māori kēkē Head templates: {{head|haw|verb}} ʻēʻē
  1. peculiar
    Sense id: en-ʻēʻē-haw-verb-n3Q5qk4r
  2. contrary, opposite
    Sense id: en-ʻēʻē-haw-verb-ydKVxP46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hoʻēʻē (english: causative/simulative)
Etymology number: 1
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "causative/simulative",
      "translation": "causative/simulative",
      "word": "hoʻēʻē"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "ʻē",
      "ʻē#Hawaiian"
    ],
    [
      "kēkē",
      "kēkē#Māori"
    ],
    [
      "kē",
      "kē#Māori"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "ʻē",
        "t": "different"
      },
      "expansion": "Reduplication of ʻē (“different”)",
      "name": "redup"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "kēkē"
      },
      "expansion": "Māori kēkē",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Reduplication of ʻē (“different”). Compare with Māori kēkē from kē.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "ʻēʻē",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "peculiar"
      ],
      "id": "en-ʻēʻē-haw-verb-n3Q5qk4r",
      "links": [
        [
          "peculiar",
          "peculiar"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "contrary, opposite"
      ],
      "id": "en-ʻēʻē-haw-verb-ydKVxP46",
      "links": [
        [
          "contrary",
          "contrary"
        ],
        [
          "opposite",
          "opposite"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔeːˈʔeː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ʻēʻē"
}

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "ʻē",
      "ʻē#Hawaiian"
    ],
    [
      "kēkē",
      "kēkē#Māori"
    ],
    [
      "kē",
      "kē#Māori"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "ʻē",
        "t": "different"
      },
      "expansion": "Reduplication of ʻē (“different”)",
      "name": "redup"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "kēkē"
      },
      "expansion": "Māori kēkē",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Reduplication of ʻē (“different”). Compare with Māori kēkē from kē.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "ʻēʻē",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "haw",
          "name": "Physics",
          "orig": "haw:Physics",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 50 7 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 32 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hawaiian reduplications",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 53 7 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 62 7 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "antimatter",
          "translation": "antimatter",
          "word": "ʻēʻēmeakino"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "anti-"
      ],
      "id": "en-ʻēʻē-haw-prefix-CqThLzZr",
      "links": [
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "anti-",
          "anti-"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physics) anti-"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔeːˈʔeː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ʻēʻē"
}

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "kēkē",
      "kēkē#Māori"
    ],
    [
      "kēkē",
      "kēkē#Rarotongan"
    ],
    [
      "ʻēʻē",
      "ʻēʻē#Tahitian"
    ],
    [
      "kēkē",
      "kēkē#Tuamotuan"
    ],
    [
      "*qapi-ŋa",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/qapi-ŋa"
    ],
    [
      "*qapi(n)",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/qapi(n)"
    ],
    [
      "*qabin",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/qabin"
    ],
    [
      "afine",
      "afine#Niuean"
    ],
    [
      "fāʻefine",
      "fāʻefine#Tongan"
    ],
    [
      "ʻafisi",
      "ʻafisi#Samoan"
    ],
    [
      "abin",
      "abin#Balinese"
    ],
    [
      "ambin",
      "ambin#Malay"
    ],
    [
      "sling",
      "sling"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "kēkē"
      },
      "expansion": "Māori kēkē",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rar",
        "2": "kēkē"
      },
      "expansion": "Rarotongan kēkē",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ty",
        "2": "ʻēʻē"
      },
      "expansion": "Tahitian ʻēʻē",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pmt",
        "2": "kēkē"
      },
      "expansion": "Tuamotuan kēkē",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "poz-oce-pro",
        "2": "*qapi-ŋa"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *qapi-ŋa",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "poz-pro",
        "2": "*qabin"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabin",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "niu",
        "2": "afine"
      },
      "expansion": "Niuean afine",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to",
        "2": "fāʻefine"
      },
      "expansion": "Tongan fāʻefine",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "ʻafisi"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan ʻafisi",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ban",
        "2": "abin"
      },
      "expansion": "Balinese abin",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "ambin"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay ambin",
      "name": "noncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Māori kēkē, Rarotongan kēkē, Tahitian ʻēʻē and Tuamotuan kēkē, from a Proto-Tahitic innovation which displaces Proto-Oceanic *qapi-ŋa ~ *qapi(n) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabin (compare with Niuean afine and Tongan fāʻefine both “armpit”, Samoan ʻafisi “to carry under the arm or hip”, Balinese abin “to hold in one's lap”, Malay ambin “sling”)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "ʻēʻē",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "armpit"
      ],
      "id": "en-ʻēʻē-haw-noun-zR2ru7Er",
      "links": [
        [
          "armpit",
          "armpit"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pōʻaeʻae"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔeːˈʔeː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ʻēʻē"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hawaiian lemmas",
    "Hawaiian nouns",
    "Hawaiian prefixes",
    "Hawaiian reduplications",
    "Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Hawaiian verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "causative/simulative",
      "translation": "causative/simulative",
      "word": "hoʻēʻē"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "ʻē",
      "ʻē#Hawaiian"
    ],
    [
      "kēkē",
      "kēkē#Māori"
    ],
    [
      "kē",
      "kē#Māori"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "ʻē",
        "t": "different"
      },
      "expansion": "Reduplication of ʻē (“different”)",
      "name": "redup"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "kēkē"
      },
      "expansion": "Māori kēkē",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Reduplication of ʻē (“different”). Compare with Māori kēkē from kē.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "ʻēʻē",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "peculiar"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "peculiar",
          "peculiar"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "contrary, opposite"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contrary",
          "contrary"
        ],
        [
          "opposite",
          "opposite"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔeːˈʔeː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ʻēʻē"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hawaiian lemmas",
    "Hawaiian nouns",
    "Hawaiian prefixes",
    "Hawaiian reduplications",
    "Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Hawaiian verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "antimatter",
      "translation": "antimatter",
      "word": "ʻēʻēmeakino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "ʻē",
      "ʻē#Hawaiian"
    ],
    [
      "kēkē",
      "kēkē#Māori"
    ],
    [
      "kē",
      "kē#Māori"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "ʻē",
        "t": "different"
      },
      "expansion": "Reduplication of ʻē (“different”)",
      "name": "redup"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "kēkē"
      },
      "expansion": "Māori kēkē",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Reduplication of ʻē (“different”). Compare with Māori kēkē from kē.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "ʻēʻē",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "haw:Physics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "anti-"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "anti-",
          "anti-"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physics) anti-"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔeːˈʔeː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ʻēʻē"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hawaiian lemmas",
    "Hawaiian nouns",
    "Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "kēkē",
      "kēkē#Māori"
    ],
    [
      "kēkē",
      "kēkē#Rarotongan"
    ],
    [
      "ʻēʻē",
      "ʻēʻē#Tahitian"
    ],
    [
      "kēkē",
      "kēkē#Tuamotuan"
    ],
    [
      "*qapi-ŋa",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/qapi-ŋa"
    ],
    [
      "*qapi(n)",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/qapi(n)"
    ],
    [
      "*qabin",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/qabin"
    ],
    [
      "afine",
      "afine#Niuean"
    ],
    [
      "fāʻefine",
      "fāʻefine#Tongan"
    ],
    [
      "ʻafisi",
      "ʻafisi#Samoan"
    ],
    [
      "abin",
      "abin#Balinese"
    ],
    [
      "ambin",
      "ambin#Malay"
    ],
    [
      "sling",
      "sling"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "kēkē"
      },
      "expansion": "Māori kēkē",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rar",
        "2": "kēkē"
      },
      "expansion": "Rarotongan kēkē",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ty",
        "2": "ʻēʻē"
      },
      "expansion": "Tahitian ʻēʻē",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pmt",
        "2": "kēkē"
      },
      "expansion": "Tuamotuan kēkē",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "poz-oce-pro",
        "2": "*qapi-ŋa"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *qapi-ŋa",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "poz-pro",
        "2": "*qabin"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabin",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "niu",
        "2": "afine"
      },
      "expansion": "Niuean afine",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to",
        "2": "fāʻefine"
      },
      "expansion": "Tongan fāʻefine",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "ʻafisi"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan ʻafisi",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ban",
        "2": "abin"
      },
      "expansion": "Balinese abin",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "ambin"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay ambin",
      "name": "noncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Māori kēkē, Rarotongan kēkē, Tahitian ʻēʻē and Tuamotuan kēkē, from a Proto-Tahitic innovation which displaces Proto-Oceanic *qapi-ŋa ~ *qapi(n) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabin (compare with Niuean afine and Tongan fāʻefine both “armpit”, Samoan ʻafisi “to carry under the arm or hip”, Balinese abin “to hold in one's lap”, Malay ambin “sling”)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "ʻēʻē",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "armpit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "armpit",
          "armpit"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pōʻaeʻae"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔeːˈʔeː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ʻēʻē"
}

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