"ʻaka" meaning in Hawaiian

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*kata",
        "t": "laugh"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *kata (“laugh”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *kata (“laugh”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "ʻaka",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "haw",
          "name": "Laughter",
          "orig": "haw:Laughter",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "to cause laughter",
          "word": "hoʻomākeʻaka"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to laugh"
      ],
      "id": "en-ʻaka-haw-verb-hAh7OITr",
      "links": [
        [
          "laugh",
          "laugh"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to laugh"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ʻakaʻaka"
        },
        {
          "word": "hōʻaka"
        },
        {
          "word": "hōʻakaʻaka"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʔa.ka/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔɐ.kə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ʻaka"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to cause laughter",
      "word": "hoʻomākeʻaka"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*kata",
        "t": "laugh"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *kata (“laugh”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *kata (“laugh”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "ʻaka",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Hawaiian intransitive verbs",
        "Hawaiian lemmas",
        "Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
        "Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
        "Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hawaiian verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "haw:Laughter"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to laugh"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "laugh",
          "laugh"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to laugh"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ʻakaʻaka"
        },
        {
          "word": "hōʻaka"
        },
        {
          "word": "hōʻakaʻaka"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʔa.ka/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔɐ.kə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ʻaka"
}