"heʻe" meaning in Hawaiian

See heʻe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈhe.ʔe/, [ˈhɛ.ʔɛ]
Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *feke. Cognate with Maori wheke, Rapa Nui hehe, Samoan fe'e, Tongan feke. Etymology templates: {{inh|haw|poz-pol-pro|*feke}} Proto-Polynesian *feke, {{cog|mi|wheke}} Maori wheke, {{cog|rap|hehe}} Rapa Nui hehe, {{cog|sm|fe'e}} Samoan fe'e, {{cog|to|feke}} Tongan feke Head templates: {{head|haw|noun}} heʻe
  1. octopus
    Sense id: en-heʻe-haw-noun-VjPJuK9t Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Cephalopods Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 38 31 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 31 31 Disambiguation of Cephalopods: 44 26 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈhe.ʔe/, [ˈhɛ.ʔɛ]
Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *seke (compare with Tongan heke (“slippery, to slide”); Tahitian heʻe and paheʻe (“to slide”); Maori heke (“to descend, to drip”)). Etymology templates: {{inh|haw|poz-pol-pro|*seke||}} Proto-Polynesian *seke, {{cog|to|heke|t=slippery, to slide}} Tongan heke (“slippery, to slide”), {{cog|ty|heʻe}} Tahitian heʻe, {{cog|mi|heke|t=to descend, to drip}} Maori heke (“to descend, to drip”) Head templates: {{head|haw|verb}} heʻe
  1. to slide, to surf, to slip, to flee
    Sense id: en-heʻe-haw-verb-kzFm2grG Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 38 31 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 31 31
  2. to melt, to flow
    Sense id: en-heʻe-haw-verb-jsMonk-7 Categories (other): Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header: 32 26 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 38 31 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 31 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: heʻe nalu (english: surf) [verb], heʻeheʻe (english: avalanche), heʻena (english: ramp), hoʻoheʻe (english: cause to slip) [verb], wahaheʻe (english: deceitful)
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*feke"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *feke",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "wheke"
      },
      "expansion": "Maori wheke",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rap",
        "2": "hehe"
      },
      "expansion": "Rapa Nui hehe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "fe'e"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan fe'e",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to",
        "2": "feke"
      },
      "expansion": "Tongan feke",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *feke. Cognate with Maori wheke, Rapa Nui hehe, Samoan fe'e, Tongan feke.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "heʻe",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "38 31 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 31 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 26 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "haw",
          "name": "Cephalopods",
          "orig": "haw:Cephalopods",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "octopus"
      ],
      "id": "en-heʻe-haw-noun-VjPJuK9t",
      "links": [
        [
          "octopus",
          "octopus"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhe.ʔe/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhɛ.ʔɛ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "heʻe"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "surf",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "heʻe nalu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "avalanche",
      "word": "heʻeheʻe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "ramp",
      "word": "heʻena"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "cause to slip",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "hoʻoheʻe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "deceitful",
      "word": "wahaheʻe"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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      "args": {
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        "4": "",
        "5": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *seke",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to",
        "2": "heke",
        "t": "slippery, to slide"
      },
      "expansion": "Tongan heke (“slippery, to slide”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ty",
        "2": "heʻe"
      },
      "expansion": "Tahitian heʻe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "heke",
        "t": "to descend, to drip"
      },
      "expansion": "Maori heke (“to descend, to drip”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *seke (compare with Tongan heke (“slippery, to slide”); Tahitian heʻe and paheʻe (“to slide”); Maori heke (“to descend, to drip”)).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "heʻe",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "38 31 31",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 31 31",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to slide, to surf, to slip, to flee"
      ],
      "id": "en-heʻe-haw-verb-kzFm2grG",
      "links": [
        [
          "slide",
          "slide"
        ],
        [
          "surf",
          "surf"
        ],
        [
          "slip",
          "slip"
        ],
        [
          "flee",
          "flee"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 26 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 31 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 31 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to melt, to flow"
      ],
      "id": "en-heʻe-haw-verb-jsMonk-7",
      "links": [
        [
          "melt",
          "melt"
        ],
        [
          "flow",
          "flow"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhe.ʔe/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhɛ.ʔɛ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "heʻe"
}
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    "Hawaiian lemmas",
    "Hawaiian nouns",
    "Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Hawaiian verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "haw:Cephalopods"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*feke"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *feke",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "wheke"
      },
      "expansion": "Maori wheke",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rap",
        "2": "hehe"
      },
      "expansion": "Rapa Nui hehe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "fe'e"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan fe'e",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to",
        "2": "feke"
      },
      "expansion": "Tongan feke",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *feke. Cognate with Maori wheke, Rapa Nui hehe, Samoan fe'e, Tongan feke.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "heʻe",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "octopus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "octopus",
          "octopus"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhe.ʔe/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhɛ.ʔɛ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "heʻe"
}

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    "Hawaiian lemmas",
    "Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Hawaiian verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "haw:Cephalopods"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "surf",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "heʻe nalu"
    },
    {
      "english": "avalanche",
      "word": "heʻeheʻe"
    },
    {
      "english": "ramp",
      "word": "heʻena"
    },
    {
      "english": "cause to slip",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "hoʻoheʻe"
    },
    {
      "english": "deceitful",
      "word": "wahaheʻe"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*seke",
        "4": "",
        "5": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *seke",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to",
        "2": "heke",
        "t": "slippery, to slide"
      },
      "expansion": "Tongan heke (“slippery, to slide”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ty",
        "2": "heʻe"
      },
      "expansion": "Tahitian heʻe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "heke",
        "t": "to descend, to drip"
      },
      "expansion": "Maori heke (“to descend, to drip”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *seke (compare with Tongan heke (“slippery, to slide”); Tahitian heʻe and paheʻe (“to slide”); Maori heke (“to descend, to drip”)).",
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        "1": "haw",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "heʻe",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to slide, to surf, to slip, to flee"
      ],
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        [
          "slide",
          "slide"
        ],
        [
          "surf",
          "surf"
        ],
        [
          "slip",
          "slip"
        ],
        [
          "flee",
          "flee"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to melt, to flow"
      ],
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        [
          "melt",
          "melt"
        ],
        [
          "flow",
          "flow"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhe.ʔe/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhɛ.ʔɛ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "heʻe"
}

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