"mele" meaning in English

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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hawaiian mele.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mele",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 49",
          "text": "Lili‘u set to work assisting Fornander by translating mele and legends for him.",
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        }
      ],
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        "A chant in Polynesia, especially Hawaii, typically in praise of a leader or to commemorate some significant event."
      ],
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          "Polynesia",
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        ],
        [
          "Hawaii",
          "Hawaii"
        ],
        [
          "praise",
          "praise"
        ],
        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ],
        [
          "commemorate",
          "commemorate"
        ],
        [
          "event",
          "event"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmeɪleɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪleɪ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mele"
}

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  "etymology_text": "Variant forms.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meles",
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        "plural"
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "mell"
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        "Alternative form of mell"
      ],
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        [
          "mell",
          "mell#English"
        ]
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "mele"
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      "form": "meles",
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        "present",
        "singular",
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        "participle",
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      "form": "meled",
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "Alternative form of mell"
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          "mell",
          "mell#English"
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  ],
  "word": "mele"
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    "English indeclinable nouns",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms borrowed from Hawaiian",
    "English terms derived from Hawaiian",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪleɪ",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪleɪ/2 syllables"
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      "expansion": "Hawaiian mele",
      "name": "bor"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hawaiian mele.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mele",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "meles",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        }
      ],
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        "A chant in Polynesia, especially Hawaii, typically in praise of a leader or to commemorate some significant event."
      ],
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        [
          "Polynesia",
          "Polynesia"
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          "Hawaii",
          "Hawaii"
        ],
        [
          "praise",
          "praise"
        ],
        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ],
        [
          "commemorate",
          "commemorate"
        ],
        [
          "event",
          "event"
        ]
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmeɪleɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪleɪ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mele"
}

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      "form": "meles",
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      ]
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "form": "meles",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "meling",
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        "participle",
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    {
      "form": "meled",
      "tags": [
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  "pos": "verb",
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