See ulu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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],
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"(intransitive) to inspire; to be possessed by a god"
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"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",
"Hawaiian verbs",
"Ijẹbu Yoruba",
"Ijẹṣa Yoruba",
"Ikalẹ Yoruba",
"Ondo Yoruba",
"Pages with 25 entries",
"Pages with entries",
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"ipa": "/ˈu.lu/"
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"Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
"Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
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"Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
"Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"(intransitive) to grow"
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"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",
"Hawaiian verbs",
"Ijẹbu Yoruba",
"Ijẹṣa Yoruba",
"Ikalẹ Yoruba",
"Ondo Yoruba",
"Pages with 25 entries",
"Pages with entries",
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"name": "inh"
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"2": "uru"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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},
"expansion": "Tahitian uru",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "sm",
"2": "ulu"
},
"expansion": "Samoan ulu",
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"2": "hū"
},
"expansion": "Tongan hū",
"name": "cog"
},
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"2": "poz-oce-pro",
"3": "*huru"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *huru",
"name": "inh"
},
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"1": "fj",
"2": "curu",
"t": "to enter"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "haw",
"2": "poz-pro",
"3": "*surup",
"t": "enter, penetrate"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *surup (“enter, penetrate”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "surup",
"t": "to possess"
},
"expansion": "Malay surup (“to possess”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "jv",
"2": "surup",
"t": "ibid., to enter"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
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"2": "serap"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
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"1": "tl",
"2": "sulop",
"t": "to seep, to penetrate"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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"to inspire; to be possessed by a god"
],
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"possessed",
"possessed"
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],
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"(intransitive) to inspire; to be possessed by a god"
],
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],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈu.lu/"
}
],
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}
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