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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
"causative"
],
"word": "hoʻonaku"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "reduplicated form",
"word": "nakunaku"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "groveler",
"word": "naku liʻi"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "rumble",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "nākuʻi"
}
],
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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{
"glosses": [
"to wallow"
],
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[
"wallow",
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]
],
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"intransitive"
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},
{
"categories": [
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
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}
],
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"to tread, to trample"
],
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],
[
"trample",
"trample"
]
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"intransitive"
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"to struggle"
],
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"struggle",
"struggle"
]
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
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}
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{
"ipa": "/ˈna.ku/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈnɐ.ku]"
}
],
"word": "naku"
}
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"name": "inh"
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"etymology_text": "From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *ŋatu (“bulrush”).",
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"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "naku",
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}
],
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"lang_code": "haw",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "52 19 13 16",
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"english": "great bulrush",
"word": "nānaku"
}
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"bulrush"
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[
"bulrush",
"bulrush"
]
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈna.ku/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈnɐ.ku]"
}
],
"word": "naku"
}
{
"categories": [
"Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
"Hawaiian intransitive verbs",
"Hawaiian lemmas",
"Hawaiian nouns",
"Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Eastern Polynesian",
"Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
"Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
"Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Eastern Polynesian",
"Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
"Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
"Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hawaiian verbs",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"haw:Sedges"
],
"derived": [
{
"tags": [
"causative"
],
"word": "hoʻonaku"
},
{
"english": "reduplicated form",
"word": "nakunaku"
},
{
"english": "groveler",
"word": "naku liʻi"
},
{
"english": "rumble",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "nākuʻi"
}
],
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "haw",
"2": "poz-oce-pro",
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},
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{
"args": {
"1": "haw",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "naku",
"name": "head"
},
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"2": "intransitive"
},
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"name": "tlb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "haw",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
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"to wallow"
],
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[
"wallow",
"wallow"
]
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to tread, to trample"
],
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[
"tread",
"tread"
],
[
"trample",
"trample"
]
],
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"intransitive"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to struggle"
],
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[
"struggle",
"struggle"
]
],
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"intransitive"
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}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈna.ku/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈnɐ.ku]"
}
],
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}
{
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"Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
"Hawaiian lemmas",
"Hawaiian nouns",
"Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Eastern Polynesian",
"Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Eastern Polynesian",
"Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"haw:Sedges"
],
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"english": "great bulrush",
"word": "nānaku"
}
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"name": "inh"
}
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{
"args": {
"1": "haw",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "naku",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "haw",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"glosses": [
"bulrush"
],
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[
"bulrush",
"bulrush"
]
],
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"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈna.ku/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈnɐ.ku]"
}
],
"word": "naku"
}
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