"nānā" meaning in Hawaiian

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Noun

IPA: /naːˈnaː/
Head templates: {{head|haw|noun}} nānā
  1. goat
    Sense id: en-nānā-haw-noun-VIDwjzWW Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Goats Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 32 25 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 32 24 32 Disambiguation of Goats: 85 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /naːˈnaː/
Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *naa-naa (“to look at something”) Etymology templates: {{inh|haw|poz-pol-pro|*naa-naa|t=to look at something}} Proto-Polynesian *naa-naa (“to look at something”) Head templates: {{head|haw|verb}} nānā
  1. (transitive) to look, observe Tags: transitive Derived forms: nānā ao (english: forecaster), nānālā (english: sunflower)
    Sense id: en-nānā-haw-verb-QnOt0ZIN Categories (other): Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Vision Disambiguation of Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 32 25 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 32 24 32 Disambiguation of Vision: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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