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],
"word": "hoʻopōʻai"
},
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"english": "circumnavigate",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "pōʻai haele"
},
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],
"word": "pōʻai puni"
}
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"2": "poz-pol-pro",
"3": "*pookai",
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},
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"name": "inh"
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},
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},
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},
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"name": "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "3 3 6 6 3 3 56 5 9 5",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 2 4 4 2 2 71 3 6 3",
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}
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"to coil up"
],
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},
{
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"to encircle"
],
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"encircle"
]
],
"tags": [
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]
},
{
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"to go around, to circulate"
],
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[
"go around",
"go around"
],
[
"circulate",
"circulate"
]
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to orbit"
],
"id": "en-pōʻai-haw-verb-7xTVbBYt",
"links": [
[
"orbit",
"orbit"
]
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"word": "pōʻai"
}
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "semicircle",
"word": "pōʻai hapalua"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "ellipse",
"word": "pōʻai lōʻihi"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "horizon",
"word": "pōʻailani"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "pōʻailewa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "reduplicated form",
"word": "pōʻaiʻai"
}
],
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"2": "poz-pol-pro",
"3": "*pookai",
"t": "to coil, to wrap up"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "pokai"
},
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"name": "cog"
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{
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"2": "pōʻai"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *pookai (“to coil, to wrap up”). (Cognate with Maori pokai and Tahitian pōʻai)",
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"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "pōʻai",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"lang_code": "haw",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "pōhai"
}
],
"senses": [
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{
"_dis": "26 5 8 8 4 6 15 8 14 7",
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"langcode": "haw",
"name": "Shapes",
"orig": "haw:Shapes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"circle"
],
"id": "en-pōʻai-haw-noun-ijkXjTJ-",
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"circle",
"circle"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "pōʻaha"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"circuit"
],
"id": "en-pōʻai-haw-noun-Rmaj9mvG",
"links": [
[
"circuit",
"circuit"
]
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"hoop"
],
"id": "en-pōʻai-haw-noun-3I2bNHUD",
"links": [
[
"hoop",
"hoop"
]
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"girdle"
],
"id": "en-pōʻai-haw-noun-tzq5~w9T",
"links": [
[
"girdle",
"girdle"
]
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"group (of friends etc)"
],
"id": "en-pōʻai-haw-noun-YbCFWNRT",
"links": [
[
"group",
"group"
]
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
10,
16
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
5
]
],
"english": "cognitive domain",
"text": "pōʻai noʻonoʻo",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"domain, sphere of activity"
],
"id": "en-pōʻai-haw-noun-iGIGMDVY",
"links": [
[
"domain",
"domain"
],
[
"sphere",
"sphere"
]
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"word": "pōʻai"
}
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"Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
"Hawaiian intransitive verbs",
"Hawaiian lemmas",
"Hawaiian nouns",
"Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
"Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
"Hawaiian verbs",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"haw:Shapes"
],
"derived": [
{
"tags": [
"causative"
],
"word": "hoʻopōʻai"
},
{
"english": "circumnavigate",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "pōʻai haele"
},
{
"english": "travel around",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "pōʻai puni"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "haw",
"2": "poz-pol-pro",
"3": "*pookai",
"t": "to coil, to wrap up"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *pookai (“to coil, to wrap up”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "pokai"
},
"expansion": "Maori pokai",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ty",
"2": "pōʻai"
},
"expansion": "Tahitian pōʻai",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *pookai (“to coil, to wrap up”). (Cognate with Maori pokai and Tahitian pōʻai)",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "haw",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "pōʻai",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "haw",
"2": "intransitive"
},
"expansion": "(intransitive)",
"name": "tlb"
}
],
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"lang_code": "haw",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to coil up"
],
"links": [
[
"coil up",
"coil up"
]
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to encircle"
],
"links": [
[
"encircle",
"encircle"
]
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to go around, to circulate"
],
"links": [
[
"go around",
"go around"
],
[
"circulate",
"circulate"
]
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to orbit"
],
"links": [
[
"orbit",
"orbit"
]
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"word": "pōʻai"
}
{
"categories": [
"Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
"Hawaiian intransitive verbs",
"Hawaiian lemmas",
"Hawaiian nouns",
"Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
"Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
"Hawaiian verbs",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"haw:Shapes"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "semicircle",
"word": "pōʻai hapalua"
},
{
"english": "ellipse",
"word": "pōʻai lōʻihi"
},
{
"english": "horizon",
"word": "pōʻailani"
},
{
"word": "pōʻailewa"
},
{
"english": "reduplicated form",
"word": "pōʻaiʻai"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "haw",
"2": "poz-pol-pro",
"3": "*pookai",
"t": "to coil, to wrap up"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *pookai (“to coil, to wrap up”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "pokai"
},
"expansion": "Maori pokai",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ty",
"2": "pōʻai"
},
"expansion": "Tahitian pōʻai",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *pookai (“to coil, to wrap up”). (Cognate with Maori pokai and Tahitian pōʻai)",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "haw",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "pōʻai",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"lang_code": "haw",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "pōhai"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"circle"
],
"links": [
[
"circle",
"circle"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "pōʻaha"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"circuit"
],
"links": [
[
"circuit",
"circuit"
]
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"hoop"
],
"links": [
[
"hoop",
"hoop"
]
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"girdle"
],
"links": [
[
"girdle",
"girdle"
]
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"group (of friends etc)"
],
"links": [
[
"group",
"group"
]
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Hawaiian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
10,
16
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
5
]
],
"english": "cognitive domain",
"text": "pōʻai noʻonoʻo",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"domain, sphere of activity"
],
"links": [
[
"domain",
"domain"
],
[
"sphere",
"sphere"
]
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"word": "pōʻai"
}
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