"hāmeʻa" meaning in Hawaiian

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Noun

Etymology: From hā- + meʻa (borrowed from Tongan meʻa (“thing, matter, object”), cognate to Hawaiian mea). Etymology templates: {{prefix|haw|hā|meʻa}} hā- + meʻa, {{bor|haw|to|meʻa|gloss=thing, matter, object}} Tongan meʻa (“thing, matter, object”), {{cog|haw|mea}} Hawaiian mea Head templates: {{head|haw|noun|head=}} hāmeʻa, {{haw-noun}} hāmeʻa
  1. device, doohickey, gadget, gizmo, thingamajig Derived forms: hāmeʻa huakomo, hāmeʻa huapuka
    Sense id: en-hāmeʻa-haw-noun-GmTzNPQW Categories (other): Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header, Hawaiian terms prefixed with hā-

Download JSON data for hāmeʻa meaning in Hawaiian (1.5kB)

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    },
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      "name": "bor"
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        "1": "haw",
        "2": "mea"
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      "expansion": "Hawaiian mea",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From hā- + meʻa (borrowed from Tongan meʻa (“thing, matter, object”), cognate to Hawaiian mea).",
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        {
          "word": "hāmeʻa huakomo"
        },
        {
          "word": "hāmeʻa huapuka"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There's a device for speeding up the printing.",
          "text": "Loaʻa kekahi hāmeʻa no ka hoʻāwīwī ʻana i ke paʻi ʻana.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "gizmo"
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          "thingamajig",
          "thingamajig"
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      ]
    }
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  "word": "hāmeʻa"
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    {
      "word": "hāmeʻa huakomo"
    },
    {
      "word": "hāmeʻa huapuka"
    }
  ],
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    },
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  "lang": "Hawaiian",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Hawaiian lemmas",
        "Hawaiian nouns",
        "Hawaiian terms borrowed from Tongan",
        "Hawaiian terms derived from Tongan",
        "Hawaiian terms prefixed with hā-",
        "Hawaiian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There's a device for speeding up the printing.",
          "text": "Loaʻa kekahi hāmeʻa no ka hoʻāwīwī ʻana i ke paʻi ʻana.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "device, doohickey, gadget, gizmo, thingamajig"
      ],
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        ],
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        ],
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          "gizmo",
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        ],
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          "thingamajig",
          "thingamajig"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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