"awa" meaning in Maori

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      "english": "glacier",
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      "expansion": "Tahitian ava",
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      "expansion": "Tagalog sáwang",
      "name": "cog"
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        "2": "awa"
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      "expansion": "Hawaiian awa",
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        "1": "poz-pol-pro",
        "2": "*waitafe"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *waitafe",
      "name": "m+"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "waikahe"
      },
      "expansion": "Hawaiian waikahe",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "to",
        "2": "vaitafe"
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      "expansion": "Tongan vaitafe",
      "name": "cog"
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        "2": "vaitafe"
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      "expansion": "Samoan vaitafe",
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  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *awa (“channel, opening in a reef” – compare with Tahitian ava, Samoan ava) from Proto-Oceanic *sawaŋ from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawaŋ (compare with Malay sawang “expanse”, Iban sawang “gap”, Tagalog sáwang “depth”).\nOther Polynesian languages generally retain the Proto-Polynesian meaning (e.g. Samoan and Hawaiian awa); the Māori cognate gains an additional new meaning of \"river\" as the large rivers observed in newly explored New Zealand were perceived more similar to channels than the small streams (Proto-Polynesian *waitafe “flowing waters” corresponding to wai tahe – see also Hawaiian waikahe, Tongan vaitafe, Samoan vaitafe) known by the Māori's prior ancestors.",
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      "args": {},
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        "river, creek, stream"
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          "word": "wai"
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        "groove, fluting"
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          "fluting",
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        "channel"
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        "(archaic) channel"
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        "(archaic) landing for canoes"
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    {
      "ipa": "/a.wa/"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ɐ.wɐ]"
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  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Australian National University",
    "Bruce Biggs"
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  "word": "awa"
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      "english": "glacier",
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      "name": "cog"
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      "name": "cog"
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        "1": "to",
        "2": "vaitafe"
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      "ipa": "/a.wa/"
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