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"A trickster god who pushed up the sky and fished up the Hawaiian islands."
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"(Hawaiian mythology) A trickster god who pushed up the sky and fished up the Hawaiian islands."
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"A star near the Pleiades."
],
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"(astronomy) A star near the Pleiades."
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"a male given name from Hawaiian, sometimes also given to women"
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"ipa": "/ˈmaːui/"
}
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"derived": [
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"english": "the fish of Maui, North Island",
"word": "Te Ika-a-Māui"
},
{
"english": "the great fish of Maui, North Island",
"word": "Te Ika-nui-a-Māui"
},
{
"english": "the canoe of Maui, South Island",
"word": "Te Waka-a-Māui"
},
{
"english": "the paddle crab of Maui, Australia",
"word": "Te Pāpaka-a-Māui"
},
{
"english": "the hills and valleys of Maui, Zealandia (submerged former continent that New Zealand was part of)",
"word": "Te Riu-a-Māui"
}
],
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"A trickster and a hero who had his superhuman strength and shapeshifting, believed to have created the islands of New Zealand from a great fish that he caught."
],
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"(mythology) A trickster and a hero who had his superhuman strength and shapeshifting, believed to have created the islands of New Zealand from a great fish that he caught."
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"Māui (Māori mythology)"
]
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"ipa": "/maː.u.i/"
},
{
"ipa": "[mɑː.ʉ.i]"
}
],
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"(Hawaiian mythology) A trickster god who pushed up the sky and fished up the Hawaiian islands."
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"A star near the Pleiades."
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"astronomy",
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"(astronomy) A star near the Pleiades."
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"a male given name from Hawaiian, sometimes also given to women"
],
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"given name",
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"ipa": "/ˈmaːui/"
}
],
"word": "Māui"
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{
"derived": [
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"english": "the fish of Maui, North Island",
"word": "Te Ika-a-Māui"
},
{
"english": "the great fish of Maui, North Island",
"word": "Te Ika-nui-a-Māui"
},
{
"english": "the canoe of Maui, South Island",
"word": "Te Waka-a-Māui"
},
{
"english": "the paddle crab of Maui, Australia",
"word": "Te Pāpaka-a-Māui"
},
{
"english": "the hills and valleys of Maui, Zealandia (submerged former continent that New Zealand was part of)",
"word": "Te Riu-a-Māui"
}
],
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],
"etymology_text": "Possibly related to mauī (“left side”).",
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"(mythology) A trickster and a hero who had his superhuman strength and shapeshifting, believed to have created the islands of New Zealand from a great fish that he caught."
],
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"human-sciences",
"mysticism",
"mythology",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
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"ipa": "/maː.u.i/"
},
{
"ipa": "[mɑː.ʉ.i]"
}
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"word": "Māui"
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