"karu" meaning in Maori

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      "word": "kakaru"
    },
    {
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      "word": "karukaru"
    },
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      "word": "karupango"
    }
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        "3": "*kalu₂"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *kalu₂",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "‘alu"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan ‘alu",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *kalu₂ (compare with Samoan ‘alu).\nSense of eye likely from 'spongy material' > 'spongy membrane surrounding the eye' > 'pupil of the eye' > 'eye'.",
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        "4": "{{{pl}}}",
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      },
      "expansion": "karu",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "karu",
      "name": "mi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maori",
  "lang_code": "mi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "spongy matter (around the seeds of a gourd, brains, clotted blood etc)"
      ],
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pukahu"
        },
        {
          "word": "kōpuka"
        },
        {
          "word": "roro"
        }
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pupil of the eye"
      ],
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          "pupil"
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "E ai ki ngā kōrero i whakapurua e Te Whānau-a-Apanui ngā karu o te papa angaanga o tana matua, o Te Pori-o-te-rangi, ki te harare pūwhero.\nIt is said that Te Whānau-a-Apanui plugged up the eye sockets of the skull of her father, Te Pori-o-te-rangi, with red sealing wax.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "eye"
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          "eye",
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mata"
        },
        {
          "word": "whatu"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "karu"
}

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    "Maori nouns",
    "Maori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Maori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "kakaru"
    },
    {
      "word": "karukaru"
    },
    {
      "word": "karupango"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "3": "*kalu₂"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *kalu₂",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "‘alu"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan ‘alu",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *kalu₂ (compare with Samoan ‘alu).\nSense of eye likely from 'spongy material' > 'spongy membrane surrounding the eye' > 'pupil of the eye' > 'eye'.",
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      "expansion": "karu",
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    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "karu",
      "name": "mi-noun"
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  ],
  "lang": "Maori",
  "lang_code": "mi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "spongy matter (around the seeds of a gourd, brains, clotted blood etc)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pukahu"
        },
        {
          "word": "kōpuka"
        },
        {
          "word": "roro"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pupil of the eye"
      ],
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        [
          "pupil",
          "pupil"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "E ai ki ngā kōrero i whakapurua e Te Whānau-a-Apanui ngā karu o te papa angaanga o tana matua, o Te Pori-o-te-rangi, ki te harare pūwhero.\nIt is said that Te Whānau-a-Apanui plugged up the eye sockets of the skull of her father, Te Pori-o-te-rangi, with red sealing wax.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eye"
      ],
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          "eye"
        ]
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mata"
        },
        {
          "word": "whatu"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "karu"
}