See vana in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "marksman, shooter",
"translation": "marksman, shooter",
"word": "dau vavana"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "mast; antenna; shuttle; spray",
"translation": "mast; antenna; shuttle; spray",
"word": "ivana"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "mosquito spray",
"translation": "mosquito spray",
"word": "ivana ni namu"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "two-masted",
"translation": "two-masted",
"word": "vana-rua"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "to shoot at (something); to spray (something)",
"translation": "to shoot at (something); to spray (something)",
"word": "vanataka"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "pierced, pocked with holes",
"translation": "pierced, pocked with holes",
"word": "vanavana"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "shooting",
"translation": "shooting",
"word": "vavana"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"*p(ʷ)anaq",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/p(ʷ)anaq"
],
[
"*panaq",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian/panaq"
],
[
"*panaq",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian/panaq"
],
[
"*panaq",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/panaq"
],
[
"*panaq",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/panaq"
]
],
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"2": "poz-oce-pro",
"3": "*p(ʷ)anaq"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *p(ʷ)anaq",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fj",
"2": "pqe-pro",
"3": "*panaq"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *panaq",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fj",
"2": "poz-cet-pro",
"3": "*panaq"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fj",
"2": "poz-pro",
"3": "*panaq"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *panaq",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fj",
"2": "map-pro",
"3": "*panaq"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *panaq",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Central Pacific *vana, from Proto-Oceanic *p(ʷ)anaq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *panaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *panaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *panaq, from Proto-Austronesian *panaq.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "vanā",
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "fj",
"2": "verb",
"3": "transitive",
"4": "vanā"
},
"expansion": "vana (transitive vanā)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fj",
"2": "intransitive"
},
"expansion": "(intransitive)",
"name": "tlb"
}
],
"lang": "Fijian",
"lang_code": "fj",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "40 29 32",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Fijian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "39 41 20",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "fj",
"name": "Weapons",
"orig": "fj:Weapons",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
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3,
7
]
],
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[
2,
9
]
],
"english": "I pierced the paper.",
"text": "Au vana na pepa.",
"translation": "I pierced the paper.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to pierce, to make a hole through"
],
"id": "en-vana-fj-verb-hZemIj2F",
"links": [
[
"pierce",
"pierce"
]
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "39 41 20",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "fj",
"name": "Weapons",
"orig": "fj:Weapons",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
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5,
9
]
],
"english": "They shot at the animal.",
"text": "Era vana na manumanu.",
"translation": "They shot at the animal.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to shoot at (to fire a shot)"
],
"id": "en-vana-fj-verb-yhjntMNa",
"links": [
[
"shoot",
"shoot"
]
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "39 41 20",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "fj",
"name": "Weapons",
"orig": "fj:Weapons",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
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0,
4
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0,
5
]
],
"english": "Spray the mosquitoes!",
"text": "Vana na namu!",
"translation": "Spray the mosquitoes!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to spray (to project a liquid in a disperse manner)"
],
"id": "en-vana-fj-verb-DgO2nvre",
"links": [
[
"spray",
"spray"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(modern) to spray (to project a liquid in a disperse manner)"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"modern"
]
}
],
"word": "vana"
}
{
"categories": [
"Fijian entries with incorrect language header",
"Fijian intransitive verbs",
"Fijian lemmas",
"Fijian terms derived from Proto-Austronesian",
"Fijian terms derived from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
"Fijian terms derived from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
"Fijian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Fijian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
"Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
"Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
"Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
"Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
"Fijian verbs",
"Pages with 24 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"fj:Weapons"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "marksman, shooter",
"translation": "marksman, shooter",
"word": "dau vavana"
},
{
"english": "mast; antenna; shuttle; spray",
"translation": "mast; antenna; shuttle; spray",
"word": "ivana"
},
{
"english": "mosquito spray",
"translation": "mosquito spray",
"word": "ivana ni namu"
},
{
"english": "two-masted",
"translation": "two-masted",
"word": "vana-rua"
},
{
"english": "to shoot at (something); to spray (something)",
"translation": "to shoot at (something); to spray (something)",
"word": "vanataka"
},
{
"english": "pierced, pocked with holes",
"translation": "pierced, pocked with holes",
"word": "vanavana"
},
{
"english": "shooting",
"translation": "shooting",
"word": "vavana"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"*p(ʷ)anaq",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/p(ʷ)anaq"
],
[
"*panaq",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian/panaq"
],
[
"*panaq",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian/panaq"
],
[
"*panaq",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/panaq"
],
[
"*panaq",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/panaq"
]
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "fj",
"2": "poz-oce-pro",
"3": "*p(ʷ)anaq"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *p(ʷ)anaq",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fj",
"2": "pqe-pro",
"3": "*panaq"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *panaq",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fj",
"2": "poz-cet-pro",
"3": "*panaq"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *panaq",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fj",
"2": "poz-pro",
"3": "*panaq"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *panaq",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fj",
"2": "map-pro",
"3": "*panaq"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *panaq",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Central Pacific *vana, from Proto-Oceanic *p(ʷ)anaq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *panaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *panaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *panaq, from Proto-Austronesian *panaq.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "vanā",
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fj",
"2": "verb",
"3": "transitive",
"4": "vanā"
},
"expansion": "vana (transitive vanā)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fj",
"2": "intransitive"
},
"expansion": "(intransitive)",
"name": "tlb"
}
],
"lang": "Fijian",
"lang_code": "fj",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Fijian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
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3,
7
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
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2,
9
]
],
"english": "I pierced the paper.",
"text": "Au vana na pepa.",
"translation": "I pierced the paper.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to pierce, to make a hole through"
],
"links": [
[
"pierce",
"pierce"
]
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Fijian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
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4,
8
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5,
9
]
],
"english": "They shot at the animal.",
"text": "Era vana na manumanu.",
"translation": "They shot at the animal.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to shoot at (to fire a shot)"
],
"links": [
[
"shoot",
"shoot"
]
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Fijian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
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0,
4
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0,
5
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"english": "Spray the mosquitoes!",
"text": "Vana na namu!",
"translation": "Spray the mosquitoes!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to spray (to project a liquid in a disperse manner)"
],
"links": [
[
"spray",
"spray"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(modern) to spray (to project a liquid in a disperse manner)"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"modern"
]
}
],
"word": "vana"
}
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