"kū" meaning in Hawaiian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkuː/
Etymology: Borrowed from English stew. Etymology templates: {{bor+|haw|en|stew}} Borrowed from English stew Head templates: {{head|haw|noun}} kū
  1. stew
    Sense id: en-kū-haw-noun-Byf8ZlTD Categories (other): Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header, Foods Disambiguation of Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header: 28 15 21 15 21 Disambiguation of Foods: 72 0 10 0 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈkuː/
Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *tuqur (cognate with Maori tū and Tongan tuʻu), from Proto-Oceanic *tuqu (cognate with Fijian tū), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuquD. Etymology templates: {{der|haw|poz-pol-pro|*tuqur}} Proto-Polynesian *tuqur, {{cog|mi|tū}} Maori tū, {{cog|to|tuʻu}} Tongan tuʻu, {{inh|haw|poz-oce-pro|*tuqu}} Proto-Oceanic *tuqu, {{cog|fj|tū}} Fijian tū, {{inh|haw|poz-pro|*tuquD}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuquD Head templates: {{head|haw|verb}} kū
  1. to stand, to rise
    Sense id: en-kū-haw-verb-AbghYyec
  2. to stop, to halt
    Sense id: en-kū-haw-verb-f5EYGArk
  3. to anchor, to park
    Sense id: en-kū-haw-verb-DSOw8mu4
  4. to establish
    Sense id: en-kū-haw-verb-MuS7r~0F
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: helekū (english: walk upright) [verb], hoʻokū (english: establish) [verb], kūlana [position], kūʻokoʻa [independent]
Etymology number: 1
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "walk upright",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "helekū"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "establish",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "hoʻokū"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "topics": [
        "position"
      ],
      "word": "kūlana"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "independent"
      ],
      "word": "kūʻokoʻa"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*tuqur"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *tuqur",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "tū"
      },
      "expansion": "Maori tū",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to",
        "2": "tuʻu"
      },
      "expansion": "Tongan tuʻu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*tuqu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *tuqu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "tū"
      },
      "expansion": "Fijian tū",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*tuquD"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuquD",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *tuqur (cognate with Maori tū and Tongan tuʻu), from Proto-Oceanic *tuqu (cognate with Fijian tū), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuquD.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "kū",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to stand, to rise"
      ],
      "id": "en-kū-haw-verb-AbghYyec",
      "links": [
        [
          "stand",
          "stand"
        ],
        [
          "rise",
          "rise"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to stop, to halt"
      ],
      "id": "en-kū-haw-verb-f5EYGArk",
      "links": [
        [
          "stop",
          "stop"
        ],
        [
          "halt",
          "halt"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to anchor, to park"
      ],
      "id": "en-kū-haw-verb-DSOw8mu4",
      "links": [
        [
          "anchor",
          "anchor"
        ],
        [
          "park",
          "park"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to establish"
      ],
      "id": "en-kū-haw-verb-MuS7r~0F",
      "links": [
        [
          "establish",
          "establish"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kū"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "stew"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from English stew",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English stew.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "kū",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 15 21 15 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 0 10 0 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "haw",
          "name": "Foods",
          "orig": "haw:Foods",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stew"
      ],
      "id": "en-kū-haw-noun-Byf8ZlTD",
      "links": [
        [
          "stew",
          "stew"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kū"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Hanyu Pinyin",
    "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hawaiian lemmas",
    "Hawaiian nouns",
    "Hawaiian terms borrowed from English",
    "Hawaiian terms derived from English",
    "Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Hawaiian verbs",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "haw:Foods"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "walk upright",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "helekū"
    },
    {
      "english": "establish",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "hoʻokū"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "position"
      ],
      "word": "kūlana"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "independent"
      ],
      "word": "kūʻokoʻa"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*tuqur"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *tuqur",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "tū"
      },
      "expansion": "Maori tū",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to",
        "2": "tuʻu"
      },
      "expansion": "Tongan tuʻu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*tuqu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *tuqu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "tū"
      },
      "expansion": "Fijian tū",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*tuquD"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuquD",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *tuqur (cognate with Maori tū and Tongan tuʻu), from Proto-Oceanic *tuqu (cognate with Fijian tū), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuquD.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "kū",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to stand, to rise"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stand",
          "stand"
        ],
        [
          "rise",
          "rise"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to stop, to halt"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stop",
          "stop"
        ],
        [
          "halt",
          "halt"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to anchor, to park"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anchor",
          "anchor"
        ],
        [
          "park",
          "park"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to establish"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "establish",
          "establish"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kū"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Hanyu Pinyin",
    "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hawaiian lemmas",
    "Hawaiian nouns",
    "Hawaiian terms borrowed from English",
    "Hawaiian terms derived from English",
    "Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "haw:Foods"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "stew"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from English stew",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English stew.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "kū",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stew"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stew",
          "stew"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kū"
}

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