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"2": "determiner"
},
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}
],
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"pos": "det",
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"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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}
],
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"my first person singular possessive, both o- and a-type"
],
"id": "en-kuʻu-haw-det-IHVJh5bB",
"links": [
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"endearing",
"endearing"
],
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"my",
"my"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(endearing) my first person singular possessive, both o- and a-type"
],
"related": [
{
"word": "koʻu"
},
{
"english": "affectionate, o- and a-type",
"word": "kaʻukuʻu"
},
{
"word": "ko māua"
},
{
"tags": [
"exclusive"
],
"word": "kā māuako kāua"
},
{
"tags": [
"inclusive"
],
"word": "kā kāua"
},
{
"word": "ko mākou"
},
{
"tags": [
"exclusive"
],
"word": "kā mākouko kākou"
},
{
"tags": [
"inclusive"
],
"word": "kā kākou"
},
{
"word": "kou"
},
{
"english": "affectionate, o- and a-type",
"word": "kāukō"
},
{
"word": "ko ʻolua"
},
{
"word": "kā ʻolua"
},
{
"word": "ko ʻoukou"
},
{
"word": "kā ʻoukou"
},
{
"word": "kona"
},
{
"word": "kāna"
},
{
"word": "ko lāua"
},
{
"word": "kā lāua"
},
{
"word": "ko lākou"
},
{
"word": "kā lākou"
}
],
"tags": [
"endearing"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈku.ʔu/"
}
],
"word": "kuʻu"
}
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"causative"
],
"word": "hoʻokuʻu"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "let down gradually",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "kuʻukuʻu"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "uncontrollable bowel discharge",
"word": "makuʻu"
}
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"1": "haw",
"2": "poz-pol-pro",
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"t": "let go, release"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
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"t": "let go"
},
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"name": "cog"
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"2": "tuku",
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},
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"name": "cog"
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],
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{
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"1": "haw",
"2": "verb"
},
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"lang_code": "haw",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "34 60 5",
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},
{
"_dis": "23 72 5",
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"_dis": "23 73 4",
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],
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"to release, to let go"
],
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"(transitive) to release, to let go"
],
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]
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"diminish, subside, settle"
],
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"diminish",
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],
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"subside",
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"settle",
"settle"
]
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"(stative) diminish, subside, settle"
],
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈku.ʔu/"
}
],
"word": "kuʻu"
}
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"Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
"Hawaiian lemmas",
"Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
"Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
"Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hawaiian verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
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"args": {
"1": "haw",
"2": "determiner"
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"name": "head"
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"lang_code": "haw",
"pos": "det",
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{
"word": "koʻu"
},
{
"english": "affectionate, o- and a-type",
"word": "kaʻukuʻu"
},
{
"word": "ko māua"
},
{
"tags": [
"exclusive"
],
"word": "kā māuako kāua"
},
{
"tags": [
"inclusive"
],
"word": "kā kāua"
},
{
"word": "ko mākou"
},
{
"tags": [
"exclusive"
],
"word": "kā mākouko kākou"
},
{
"tags": [
"inclusive"
],
"word": "kā kākou"
},
{
"word": "kou"
},
{
"english": "affectionate, o- and a-type",
"word": "kāukō"
},
{
"word": "ko ʻolua"
},
{
"word": "kā ʻolua"
},
{
"word": "ko ʻoukou"
},
{
"word": "kā ʻoukou"
},
{
"word": "kona"
},
{
"word": "kāna"
},
{
"word": "ko lāua"
},
{
"word": "kā lāua"
},
{
"word": "ko lākou"
},
{
"word": "kā lākou"
}
],
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"Hawaiian endearing terms"
],
"glosses": [
"my first person singular possessive, both o- and a-type"
],
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[
"endearing",
"endearing"
],
[
"my",
"my"
]
],
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"(endearing) my first person singular possessive, both o- and a-type"
],
"tags": [
"endearing"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈku.ʔu/"
}
],
"word": "kuʻu"
}
{
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"Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
"Hawaiian lemmas",
"Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
"Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
"Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hawaiian verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"tags": [
"causative"
],
"word": "hoʻokuʻu"
},
{
"english": "let down gradually",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "kuʻukuʻu"
},
{
"english": "uncontrollable bowel discharge",
"word": "makuʻu"
}
],
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"2": "poz-pol-pro",
"3": "*tuku",
"t": "let go, release"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *tuku (“let go, release”)",
"name": "inh"
},
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"1": "mi",
"2": "tuku",
"t": "let go"
},
"expansion": "Maori tuku (“let go”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "to",
"2": "tuku",
"t": "to hand over"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "haw",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "kuʻu",
"name": "head"
}
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"lang": "Hawaiian",
"lang_code": "haw",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
"Hawaiian transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"to release, to let go"
],
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"release",
"release"
],
[
"let go",
"let go"
]
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"(transitive) to release, to let go"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
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"categories": [
"Hawaiian stative verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"diminish, subside, settle"
],
"links": [
[
"diminish",
"diminish"
],
[
"subside",
"subside"
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"settle",
"settle"
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"(stative) diminish, subside, settle"
],
"tags": [
"stative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈku.ʔu/"
}
],
"word": "kuʻu"
}
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