"puʻu" meaning in Hawaiian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpu.ʔu/
Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *puku₁ (compare with Maori puku (“tummy”) and Tahitian puʻu (“button, knob”)), from Proto-Oceanic *buku from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh (compare with Malay buku and Tagalog bukó both “node, knot, joint”). Also doublet of ʻupu via Proto-Polynesian *kupu (“section”) metathesis of Proto-Oceanic *puku from same Proto-Malayo-Polynesian root. Etymology templates: {{inh|haw|poz-pol-pro|*puku₁}} Proto-Polynesian *puku₁, {{cog|mi|puku|t=tummy}} Maori puku (“tummy”), {{cog|ty|puʻu|t=button, knob}} Tahitian puʻu (“button, knob”), {{inh|haw|poz-oce-pro|*buku}} Proto-Oceanic *buku, {{inh|haw|poz-pro|*bukuh|id=joint, knuckle}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh, {{cog|ms|buku}} Malay buku, {{cog|tl|bukó}} Tagalog bukó, {{doublet|haw|ʻupu|nocap=1}} doublet of ʻupu, {{inh|haw|poz-pol-pro|*kupu|t=section}} Proto-Polynesian *kupu (“section”), {{inh|haw|poz-oce-pro|*puku}} Proto-Oceanic *puku, {{inh|haw|poz-pro|-}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Head templates: {{head|haw|noun}} puʻu
  1. any geological protuberance like hill, mound
    Sense id: en-puʻu-haw-noun-A2f9~bJI
  2. pile, mass, bunch Synonyms: hui
    Sense id: en-puʻu-haw-noun-vrTd2NpB
  3. deck or pack of cards
    Sense id: en-puʻu-haw-noun-6JOHfwGH Categories (other): Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header: 15 9 46 3 0 14 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 6 49 1 1 11 11 4 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 3 52 1 1 13 13 2 1
  4. head (of cabbage, lettuce)
    Sense id: en-puʻu-haw-noun--F6waaY8
  5. joint
    Sense id: en-puʻu-haw-noun-8KYT7W7r
  6. any physical protuberance like lump, pimple
    a fish's stomach
    Sense id: en-puʻu-haw-noun-txZgYLyL
  7. any physical protuberance like lump, pimple
    throat, neck
    Sense id: en-puʻu-haw-noun-Uz11wiaA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: puʻu ʻai, puʻu ʻaiʻai, puʻuhaku, hoʻopuʻu
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      "word": "puʻu ʻai"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "puʻu ʻaiʻai"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "puʻuhaku"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hoʻopuʻu"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*puku₁"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "puku",
        "t": "tummy"
      },
      "expansion": "Maori puku (“tummy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ty",
        "2": "puʻu",
        "t": "button, knob"
      },
      "expansion": "Tahitian puʻu (“button, knob”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*buku"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *buku",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*bukuh",
        "id": "joint, knuckle"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "buku"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay buku",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "bukó"
      },
      "expansion": "Tagalog bukó",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "ʻupu",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
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      "name": "doublet"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*kupu",
        "t": "section"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *kupu (“section”)",
      "name": "inh"
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        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *puku",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
      "name": "inh"
    }
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  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "puʻu",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "any geological protuberance like hill, mound"
      ],
      "id": "en-puʻu-haw-noun-A2f9~bJI",
      "links": [
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          "protuberance",
          "protuberance"
        ],
        [
          "hill",
          "hill"
        ],
        [
          "mound",
          "mound"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pile, mass, bunch"
      ],
      "id": "en-puʻu-haw-noun-vrTd2NpB",
      "links": [
        [
          "pile",
          "pile"
        ],
        [
          "mass",
          "mass"
        ],
        [
          "bunch",
          "bunch"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hui"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 9 46 3 0 14 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 6 49 1 1 11 11 4 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 3 52 1 1 13 13 2 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "deck or pack of cards"
      ],
      "id": "en-puʻu-haw-noun-6JOHfwGH",
      "links": [
        [
          "deck",
          "deck"
        ],
        [
          "pack",
          "pack"
        ],
        [
          "card",
          "card"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "head (of cabbage, lettuce)"
      ],
      "id": "en-puʻu-haw-noun--F6waaY8",
      "links": [
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "cabbage",
          "cabbage"
        ],
        [
          "lettuce",
          "lettuce"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "joint"
      ],
      "id": "en-puʻu-haw-noun-8KYT7W7r",
      "links": [
        [
          "joint",
          "joint"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "any physical protuberance like lump, pimple",
        "a fish's stomach"
      ],
      "id": "en-puʻu-haw-noun-txZgYLyL",
      "links": [
        [
          "protuberance",
          "protuberance"
        ],
        [
          "lump",
          "lump"
        ],
        [
          "pimple",
          "pimple"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
        [
          "stomach",
          "stomach"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "any physical protuberance like lump, pimple",
        "throat, neck"
      ],
      "id": "en-puʻu-haw-noun-Uz11wiaA",
      "links": [
        [
          "protuberance",
          "protuberance"
        ],
        [
          "lump",
          "lump"
        ],
        [
          "pimple",
          "pimple"
        ],
        [
          "throat",
          "throat"
        ],
        [
          "neck",
          "neck"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpu.ʔu/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "puʻu"
}
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    "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hawaiian lemmas",
    "Hawaiian nouns",
    "Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "puʻu ʻai"
    },
    {
      "word": "puʻu ʻaiʻai"
    },
    {
      "word": "puʻuhaku"
    },
    {
      "word": "hoʻopuʻu"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*puku₁"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *puku₁",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "puku",
        "t": "tummy"
      },
      "expansion": "Maori puku (“tummy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ty",
        "2": "puʻu",
        "t": "button, knob"
      },
      "expansion": "Tahitian puʻu (“button, knob”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*buku"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *buku",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*bukuh",
        "id": "joint, knuckle"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "buku"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay buku",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "bukó"
      },
      "expansion": "Tagalog bukó",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "ʻupu",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "doublet of ʻupu",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*kupu",
        "t": "section"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *kupu (“section”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*puku"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *puku",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *puku₁ (compare with Maori puku (“tummy”) and Tahitian puʻu (“button, knob”)), from Proto-Oceanic *buku from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh (compare with Malay buku and Tagalog bukó both “node, knot, joint”). Also doublet of ʻupu via Proto-Polynesian *kupu (“section”) metathesis of Proto-Oceanic *puku from same Proto-Malayo-Polynesian root.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "puʻu",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "any geological protuberance like hill, mound"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "protuberance",
          "protuberance"
        ],
        [
          "hill",
          "hill"
        ],
        [
          "mound",
          "mound"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pile, mass, bunch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pile",
          "pile"
        ],
        [
          "mass",
          "mass"
        ],
        [
          "bunch",
          "bunch"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hui"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "deck or pack of cards"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deck",
          "deck"
        ],
        [
          "pack",
          "pack"
        ],
        [
          "card",
          "card"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "head (of cabbage, lettuce)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "cabbage",
          "cabbage"
        ],
        [
          "lettuce",
          "lettuce"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "joint"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "joint",
          "joint"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "any physical protuberance like lump, pimple",
        "a fish's stomach"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "protuberance",
          "protuberance"
        ],
        [
          "lump",
          "lump"
        ],
        [
          "pimple",
          "pimple"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
        [
          "stomach",
          "stomach"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "any physical protuberance like lump, pimple",
        "throat, neck"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "protuberance",
          "protuberance"
        ],
        [
          "lump",
          "lump"
        ],
        [
          "pimple",
          "pimple"
        ],
        [
          "throat",
          "throat"
        ],
        [
          "neck",
          "neck"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpu.ʔu/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "puʻu"
}

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