"kape" meaning in Maori

See kape in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Cognate of Samoan ʻape “to pluck out” and ʻapeʻape “to peel the skin or a boil”, Tongan kapeʻi “to pull away a splinter, to uncover a lid”; related to kapi “to close”, Tahitian ʻapi “to fold”, plus Tongan kofi “tongs” and Samoan iʻofi “ibid.” – altogether from Proto-Polynesian *kapi “to hold firmly between” from Proto-Oceanic *kapit “to hold stones or lid of an earth oven” ultimately Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qapit. Likely also doublet of pīnohi, see there for details. Sense of crescent and eyebrow from its singular bent shape. Etymology templates: {{cog|sm|ʻape}} Samoan ʻape, {{cog|to|kapeʻi}} Tongan kapeʻi, {{cog|ty|ʻapi}} Tahitian ʻapi, {{cog|to|kofi}} Tongan kofi, {{cog|sm|iʻofi}} Samoan iʻofi, {{cog|poz-pol-pro|*kapi}} Proto-Polynesian *kapi, {{cog|poz-oce-pro|*kapit}} Proto-Oceanic *kapit, {{cog|poz-pro|*qapit}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qapit, {{doublet|mi|pīnohi|nocap=1}} doublet of pīnohi Head templates: {{head|mi|noun||{{{pl}}}|head=}} kape, {{mi-noun}} kape
  1. tongs Synonyms: pīnohi
    Sense id: en-kape-mi-noun-nNHLpshc
  2. any wooden kitchen tool (spoon, stirrer etc)
    Sense id: en-kape-mi-noun-qJ0mD7oz Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 16 3 10 4 3 4 4 15 15 1 8 2
  3. crescent
    Sense id: en-kape-mi-noun-lK9ncA9p
  4. eyebrow Synonyms: tukemata
    Sense id: en-kape-mi-noun-D-d6WQ89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Kitchenware Disambiguation of Kitchenware: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Verb

Etymology: Cognate of Samoan ʻape “to pluck out” and ʻapeʻape “to peel the skin or a boil”, Tongan kapeʻi “to pull away a splinter, to uncover a lid”; related to kapi “to close”, Tahitian ʻapi “to fold”, plus Tongan kofi “tongs” and Samoan iʻofi “ibid.” – altogether from Proto-Polynesian *kapi “to hold firmly between” from Proto-Oceanic *kapit “to hold stones or lid of an earth oven” ultimately Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qapit. Likely also doublet of pīnohi, see there for details. Sense of crescent and eyebrow from its singular bent shape. Etymology templates: {{cog|sm|ʻape}} Samoan ʻape, {{cog|to|kapeʻi}} Tongan kapeʻi, {{cog|ty|ʻapi}} Tahitian ʻapi, {{cog|to|kofi}} Tongan kofi, {{cog|sm|iʻofi}} Samoan iʻofi, {{cog|poz-pol-pro|*kapi}} Proto-Polynesian *kapi, {{cog|poz-oce-pro|*kapit}} Proto-Oceanic *kapit, {{cog|poz-pro|*qapit}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qapit, {{doublet|mi|pīnohi|nocap=1}} doublet of pīnohi Head templates: {{head|mi|verb|||||||||f1accel-form=passive|f2accel-form=passive|f3accel-form=passive|f4accel-form=passive|head=}} kape, {{mi-verb}} kape
  1. to pluck or pick out (items from an earth oven with sticks etc)
    Sense id: en-kape-mi-verb-t6khLdMa Categories (other): Maori entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maori entries with incorrect language header: 7 18 13 16 36 10
  2. to set aside something
    Sense id: en-kape-mi-verb-ttSPJch~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kakape, kapekape
Categories (other): Kitchenware Disambiguation of Kitchenware: 0 0 0 0 0 0
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}

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}

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