"peʻa" meaning in Hawaiian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpe.ʔa/, [ˈpɛ.ʔə]
Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *peka (compare Maori peka, Samoan pe'a) from Proto-Oceanic, variously reconstructed as *bʷeka, *beŋka or *pʷeka (compare with Fijian beka). Etymology templates: {{inh|haw|poz-pol-pro|*peka}} Proto-Polynesian *peka, {{cog|mi|peka}} Maori peka, {{cog|sm|pe'a}} Samoan pe'a, {{inh|haw|poz-oce-pro|-}} Proto-Oceanic, {{cog|fj|beka}} Fijian beka Head templates: {{head|haw|noun}} peʻa
  1. bat (flying mammal) Synonyms: ʻōpeʻapeʻa
    Sense id: en-peʻa-haw-noun-6v-EALdc Categories (other): Bats Disambiguation of Bats: 36 11 21 14 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈpe.ʔa/, [ˈpɛ.ʔə]
Etymology: Compare with Maori peka “tree branch”. Etymology templates: {{cog|mi|peka}} Maori peka Head templates: {{head|haw|noun}} peʻa
  1. cross (geometrical figure, x-shape) Synonyms: keʻa
    Sense id: en-peʻa-haw-noun-slh-iIAa Categories (other): Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header, Mathematics Disambiguation of Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header: 5 32 26 16 21 Disambiguation of Mathematics: 15 68 17 0 0
  2. starfish Synonyms: hōkū kai, peʻapeʻa
    Sense id: en-peʻa-haw-noun-N1W0F7D5 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Echinoderms Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 14 35 22 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 10 60 12 12 Disambiguation of Echinoderms: 4 4 92 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈpe.ʔa/, [ˈpɛ.ʔə]
Etymology: Compare with Maori peka “tree branch”. Etymology templates: {{cog|mi|peka}} Maori peka Head templates: {{head|haw|verb}} peʻa
  1. (stative) to cross Tags: stative
    Sense id: en-peʻa-haw-verb-EYySCBmg
  2. (stative) to menstruate Tags: stative
    Sense id: en-peʻa-haw-verb-NoscqUd8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*peka"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *peka",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "peka"
      },
      "expansion": "Maori peka",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "pe'a"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan pe'a",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "beka"
      },
      "expansion": "Fijian beka",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *peka (compare Maori peka, Samoan pe'a) from Proto-Oceanic, variously reconstructed as *bʷeka, *beŋka or *pʷeka (compare with Fijian beka).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "peʻa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "36 11 21 14 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "haw",
          "name": "Bats",
          "orig": "haw:Bats",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bat (flying mammal)"
      ],
      "id": "en-peʻa-haw-noun-6v-EALdc",
      "links": [
        [
          "bat",
          "bat"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ʻōpeʻapeʻa"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpe.ʔa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɛ.ʔə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "peʻa"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "peka"
      },
      "expansion": "Maori peka",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare with Maori peka “tree branch”.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "peʻa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 32 26 16 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 68 17 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "haw",
          "name": "Mathematics",
          "orig": "haw:Mathematics",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cross (geometrical figure, x-shape)"
      ],
      "id": "en-peʻa-haw-noun-slh-iIAa",
      "links": [
        [
          "cross",
          "cross"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "keʻa"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 14 35 22 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 10 60 12 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 4 92 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "haw",
          "name": "Echinoderms",
          "orig": "haw:Echinoderms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "starfish"
      ],
      "id": "en-peʻa-haw-noun-N1W0F7D5",
      "links": [
        [
          "starfish",
          "starfish"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hōkū kai"
        },
        {
          "word": "peʻapeʻa"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpe.ʔa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɛ.ʔə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "peʻa"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "peka"
      },
      "expansion": "Maori peka",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare with Maori peka “tree branch”.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "peʻa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to cross"
      ],
      "id": "en-peʻa-haw-verb-EYySCBmg",
      "links": [
        [
          "cross",
          "cross"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(stative) to cross"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to menstruate"
      ],
      "id": "en-peʻa-haw-verb-NoscqUd8",
      "links": [
        [
          "menstruate",
          "menstruate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(stative) to menstruate"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpe.ʔa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɛ.ʔə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "peʻa"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hawaiian lemmas",
    "Hawaiian nouns",
    "Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Hawaiian verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "haw:Bats",
    "haw:Echinoderms",
    "haw:Mathematics"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*peka"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *peka",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "peka"
      },
      "expansion": "Maori peka",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "pe'a"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan pe'a",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "beka"
      },
      "expansion": "Fijian beka",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *peka (compare Maori peka, Samoan pe'a) from Proto-Oceanic, variously reconstructed as *bʷeka, *beŋka or *pʷeka (compare with Fijian beka).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "peʻa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bat (flying mammal)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bat",
          "bat"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ʻōpeʻapeʻa"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpe.ʔa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɛ.ʔə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "peʻa"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hawaiian lemmas",
    "Hawaiian nouns",
    "Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Hawaiian verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "haw:Bats",
    "haw:Echinoderms",
    "haw:Mathematics"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "peka"
      },
      "expansion": "Maori peka",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare with Maori peka “tree branch”.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "peʻa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cross (geometrical figure, x-shape)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cross",
          "cross"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "keʻa"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "starfish"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "starfish",
          "starfish"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hōkū kai"
        },
        {
          "word": "peʻapeʻa"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpe.ʔa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɛ.ʔə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "peʻa"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hawaiian lemmas",
    "Hawaiian nouns",
    "Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Hawaiian verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "haw:Bats",
    "haw:Echinoderms",
    "haw:Mathematics"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "peka"
      },
      "expansion": "Maori peka",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare with Maori peka “tree branch”.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "peʻa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hawaiian stative verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cross"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cross",
          "cross"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(stative) to cross"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hawaiian stative verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to menstruate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "menstruate",
          "menstruate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(stative) to menstruate"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpe.ʔa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɛ.ʔə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "peʻa"
}

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