"pōpō" meaning in Hawaiian

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Noun

IPA: /poːˈpoː/
Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *poo-poo (compare with Maori pōpō (“to knead”), Tahitian pōpō (“ball, bubble”)). Etymology templates: {{inh|haw|poz-pol-pro|*poo-poo}} Proto-Polynesian *poo-poo, {{cog|mi|pōpō|t=to knead}} Maori pōpō (“to knead”), {{cog|ty|pōpō|t=ball, bubble}} Tahitian pōpō (“ball, bubble”) Head templates: {{head|haw|noun}} pōpō
  1. ball, wad Synonyms: pōkaʻa
    Sense id: en-pōpō-haw-noun-fWatoozO Categories (other): Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 8 41 5 5 2 2
  2. bunch, cluster
    Sense id: en-pōpō-haw-noun-Vo919Hdh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kinipōpō (english: ball game), hoʻopōpō (english: to shape or wad into a ball)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "ball game",
      "word": "kinipōpō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to shape or wad into a ball",
      "word": "hoʻopōpō"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*poo-poo"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *poo-poo",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "pōpō",
        "t": "to knead"
      },
      "expansion": "Maori pōpō (“to knead”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ty",
        "2": "pōpō",
        "t": "ball, bubble"
      },
      "expansion": "Tahitian pōpō (“ball, bubble”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *poo-poo (compare with Maori pōpō (“to knead”), Tahitian pōpō (“ball, bubble”)).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "pōpō",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "65 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 8 41 5 5 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ball, wad"
      ],
      "id": "en-pōpō-haw-noun-fWatoozO",
      "links": [
        [
          "ball",
          "ball"
        ],
        [
          "wad",
          "wad"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pōkaʻa"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bunch, cluster"
      ],
      "id": "en-pōpō-haw-noun-Vo919Hdh",
      "links": [
        [
          "bunch",
          "bunch"
        ],
        [
          "cluster",
          "cluster"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/poːˈpoː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pōpō"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hawaiian lemmas",
    "Hawaiian nouns",
    "Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "ball game",
      "word": "kinipōpō"
    },
    {
      "english": "to shape or wad into a ball",
      "word": "hoʻopōpō"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*poo-poo"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *poo-poo",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "pōpō",
        "t": "to knead"
      },
      "expansion": "Maori pōpō (“to knead”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ty",
        "2": "pōpō",
        "t": "ball, bubble"
      },
      "expansion": "Tahitian pōpō (“ball, bubble”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *poo-poo (compare with Maori pōpō (“to knead”), Tahitian pōpō (“ball, bubble”)).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "pōpō",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ball, wad"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ball",
          "ball"
        ],
        [
          "wad",
          "wad"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pōkaʻa"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bunch, cluster"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bunch",
          "bunch"
        ],
        [
          "cluster",
          "cluster"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/poːˈpoː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pōpō"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Hawaiian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (b941637 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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