"koloa" meaning in Hawaiian

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Noun

IPA: /koˈlo.a/, [koˈlo.wə]
Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *toloa (“duck”). Cognate with Samoan toloa (“grey duck”), Tongan toloa (“wild duck”). Etymology templates: {{inh|haw|poz-pol-pro|*toloa|t=duck}} Proto-Polynesian *toloa (“duck”), {{cog|sm|toloa|t=grey duck}} Samoan toloa (“grey duck”), {{cog|to|toloa|t=wild duck}} Tongan toloa (“wild duck”) Head templates: {{head|haw|noun}} koloa
  1. Hawaiian duck Synonyms: koloa maoli
    Sense id: en-koloa-haw-noun-UnFgUZPt Categories (other): Pages with entries, Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header, Ducks Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 1 1 33 6 23 0 2 1 Disambiguation of Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Ducks: 69 31
  2. (by extension) any duck Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-koloa-haw-noun-8B6kuG9g
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: koloa māpu (english: pintail duck), koloa mohā (english: northern shoveler)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "pintail duck",
      "translation": "pintail duck",
      "word": "koloa māpu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "northern shoveler",
      "translation": "northern shoveler",
      "word": "koloa mohā"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "koloa"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*toloa",
        "t": "duck"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *toloa (“duck”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "toloa",
        "t": "grey duck"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan toloa (“grey duck”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to",
        "2": "toloa",
        "t": "wild duck"
      },
      "expansion": "Tongan toloa (“wild duck”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *toloa (“duck”). Cognate with Samoan toloa (“grey duck”), Tongan toloa (“wild duck”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "koloa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 1 1 33 6 23 0 2 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "haw",
          "name": "Ducks",
          "orig": "haw:Ducks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hawaiian duck"
      ],
      "id": "en-koloa-haw-noun-UnFgUZPt",
      "links": [
        [
          "Hawaiian duck",
          "Hawaiian duck"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "koloa maoli"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "any duck"
      ],
      "id": "en-koloa-haw-noun-8B6kuG9g",
      "links": [
        [
          "duck",
          "duck"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) any duck"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈlo.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[koˈlo.wə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "koloa"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hawaiian lemmas",
    "Hawaiian nouns",
    "Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "haw:Ducks"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "pintail duck",
      "translation": "pintail duck",
      "word": "koloa māpu"
    },
    {
      "english": "northern shoveler",
      "translation": "northern shoveler",
      "word": "koloa mohā"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "koloa"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*toloa",
        "t": "duck"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *toloa (“duck”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "toloa",
        "t": "grey duck"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan toloa (“grey duck”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to",
        "2": "toloa",
        "t": "wild duck"
      },
      "expansion": "Tongan toloa (“wild duck”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *toloa (“duck”). Cognate with Samoan toloa (“grey duck”), Tongan toloa (“wild duck”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "koloa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Hawaiian duck"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Hawaiian duck",
          "Hawaiian duck"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "koloa maoli"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "any duck"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "duck",
          "duck"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) any duck"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈlo.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[koˈlo.wə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "koloa"
}

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