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{ "etymology_text": "From Mandarin, ao “to boil”; pa “eight.” Mandarin Luópán. The original compass was made in a bowl, they put mercury in the bowl with a spoon in the mercury. The bowl was marked with eight spots. The handle of the spoon would point to the magnetic direction (Chinese magnetic compass.)\nSynonyms\n(Cantonese) 羅庚/罗庚\n(Min Nan) 羅經/罗经, 干經/干经", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "haw", "2": "noun", "head": "" }, "expansion": "ʻūpā", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "ʻūpā", "name": "haw-noun" } ], "lang": "Hawaiian", "lang_code": "haw", "pos": "noun", "related": [ { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "pānānā" } ], "senses": [ { "glosses": [ "scissors" ], "id": "en-ʻūpā-haw-noun-SToV572o", "links": [ [ "scissors", "scissors" ] ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "8 92", "kind": "other", "name": "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "compass" ], "id": "en-ʻūpā-haw-noun-0QaL7rlq", "links": [ [ "compass", "compass" ] ] } ], "word": "ʻūpā" }
{ "categories": [ "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header", "Hawaiian lemmas", "Hawaiian nouns" ], "etymology_text": "From Mandarin, ao “to boil”; pa “eight.” Mandarin Luópán. The original compass was made in a bowl, they put mercury in the bowl with a spoon in the mercury. The bowl was marked with eight spots. The handle of the spoon would point to the magnetic direction (Chinese magnetic compass.)\nSynonyms\n(Cantonese) 羅庚/罗庚\n(Min Nan) 羅經/罗经, 干經/干经", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "haw", "2": "noun", "head": "" }, "expansion": "ʻūpā", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "ʻūpā", "name": "haw-noun" } ], "lang": "Hawaiian", "lang_code": "haw", "pos": "noun", "related": [ { "word": "pānānā" } ], "senses": [ { "glosses": [ "scissors" ], "links": [ [ "scissors", "scissors" ] ] }, { "glosses": [ "compass" ], "links": [ [ "compass", "compass" ] ] } ], "word": "ʻūpā" }
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