"pau" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "paus",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "Maori fort",
          "word": "pa"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of pa (“Maori fort”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-pau-en-noun-y2WXrbof",
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        [
          "pa",
          "pa#English"
        ]
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "pau"
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        "3": "pau",
        "4": "",
        "5": "done, finished"
      },
      "expansion": "Hawaiian pau (“done, finished”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hawaiian Pidgin English pau, from Hawaiian pau (“done, finished”).",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1946, Armine Von Tempski, Bright Spurs, page 122",
          "text": "I had never known any haoles except Elmer and Marks and they were ice cold affairs. Everyone was always glad when their twice-a-month visit was pau. The very island seemed to sigh with relief […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Mike Ashman, Kauaʻi Historical Society, Kauai as it was in the 1940s and '50s",
          "text": "When the county truck was pau hauling rubbish for the day, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "done; over; finished"
      ],
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          "done",
          "done"
        ],
        [
          "over",
          "over"
        ],
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          "finished",
          "finished"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hawaii) done; over; finished"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hawaii",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pau"
}

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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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      "glosses": [
        "A unit of volume used in Brunei, Malaysia, Sabah, and Sarawak, equivalent to 2 imperial gills (approximately 0.284 litres or 0.6 US pints)."
      ],
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        "(historical) A unit of volume used in Brunei, Malaysia, Sabah, and Sarawak, equivalent to 2 imperial gills (approximately 0.284 litres or 0.6 US pints)."
      ],
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        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pau"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "zh",
        "3": "包"
      },
      "expansion": "Chinese 包",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Chinese 包.",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
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          "_dis": "6 10 36 48",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "baozi; Chinese steamed buns with filling"
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "steamed",
          "steamed"
        ],
        [
          "buns",
          "buns"
        ],
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          "filling",
          "filling"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Malaysia and Singapore) baozi; Chinese steamed buns with filling"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "pau d'arco"
        },
        {
          "word": "pau hana"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Malaysia",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "pau"
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    "English terms borrowed from Chinese",
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        "Alternative form of pa (“Maori fort”)"
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  "word": "pau"
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals",
    "English terms borrowed from Chinese",
    "English terms borrowed from Hawaiian",
    "English terms derived from Chinese",
    "English terms derived from Hawaiian",
    "English uncomparable adjectives"
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      "expansion": "Hawaiian pau (“done, finished”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hawaiian Pidgin English pau, from Hawaiian pau (“done, finished”).",
  "head_templates": [
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Hawaiian English",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1946, Armine Von Tempski, Bright Spurs, page 122",
          "text": "I had never known any haoles except Elmer and Marks and they were ice cold affairs. Everyone was always glad when their twice-a-month visit was pau. The very island seemed to sigh with relief […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Mike Ashman, Kauaʻi Historical Society, Kauai as it was in the 1940s and '50s",
          "text": "When the county truck was pau hauling rubbish for the day, […]",
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        }
      ],
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        "done; over; finished"
      ],
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        "(Hawaii) done; over; finished"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hawaii",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "pau"
}

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      ],
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  "word": "pau"
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Chinese 包.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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    },
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    }
  ],
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      ],
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        "baozi; Chinese steamed buns with filling"
      ],
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  "word": "pau"
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