"Kū" meaning in Hawaiian

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈkuː/
Etymology: kū (“upright”) Head templates: {{head|haw|proper noun|head=}} Kū, {{haw-proper noun}} Kū
  1. (Hawaiian mythology) One of the four major gods; the god of war. Categories (topical): Hawaiian mythology
    Sense id: en-Kū-haw-name-NX1gXn5E
  2. a male given name from Hawaiian Categories (topical): Hawaiian given names, Hawaiian male given names
    Sense id: en-Kū-haw-name-iep9eZce Categories (other): Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header: 17 83

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  "etymology_text": "kū (“upright”)",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "head": ""
      },
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    },
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Kū",
      "name": "haw-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
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        {
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          "langcode": "haw",
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          "orig": "haw:Hawaiian mythology",
          "parents": [
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            "Mythology",
            "Polynesia",
            "United States",
            "Culture",
            "Oceania",
            "North America",
            "Society",
            "Earth",
            "America",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One of the four major gods; the god of war."
      ],
      "id": "en-Kū-haw-name-NX1gXn5E",
      "links": [
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          "Hawaiian"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "god",
          "god"
        ],
        [
          "war",
          "war"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Hawaiian mythology",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hawaiian mythology) One of the four major gods; the god of war."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Hawaiian given names",
          "parents": [
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            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Hawaiian male given names",
          "parents": [
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            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
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            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name from Hawaiian"
      ],
      "id": "en-Kū-haw-name-iep9eZce",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kū"
}
{
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    "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hawaiian lemmas",
    "Hawaiian proper nouns",
    "Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "kū (“upright”)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Kū",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Kū",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "name",
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        "haw:Hawaiian mythology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One of the four major gods; the god of war."
      ],
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          "Hawaiian",
          "Hawaiian"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
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        ],
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          "war"
        ]
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        "(Hawaiian mythology) One of the four major gods; the god of war."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hawaiian given names",
        "Hawaiian male given names",
        "Hawaiian male given names from Hawaiian"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name from Hawaiian"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kū"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Hawaiian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-27 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (bb24e0f and c7ea76d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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