See kau in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "handle; stem",
"word": "kakau"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "bottom firestick",
"word": "kaunoti"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "trestle",
"word": "kaupae"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "platform",
"word": "kaupapa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "branch",
"word": "kaupeka"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "buttress",
"word": "kaurapa"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "poz-pol-pro",
"3": "*kau"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *kau",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "haw",
"2": "ʻau"
},
"expansion": "Hawaiian ʻau",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "poz-oce-pro",
"3": "*kayu"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *kayu",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "poz-pro",
"3": "*kahiw"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "kayu"
},
"expansion": "Malay kayu",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "map-pro",
"3": "*kaSiw"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *kau (compare with Hawaiian ʻau), from Proto-Oceanic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw (compare with Malay kayu), from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.",
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{
"form": "rākau",
"tags": [
"used-in-the-form"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "verb",
"3": "used in the form",
"4": "rākau"
},
"expansion": "kau (used in the form rākau)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Maori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "11 49 11 28",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "mi",
"name": "Trees",
"orig": "mi:Trees",
"parents": [
"Plants",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"tree; wood"
],
"id": "en-kau-mi-verb-gHmGH08d",
"links": [
[
"tree",
"tree"
],
[
"wood",
"wood"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"stick"
],
"id": "en-kau-mi-verb-j1PdkUzt",
"links": [
[
"stick",
"stick"
]
]
}
],
"word": "kau"
}
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"etymology_number": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "poz-pol-pro",
"3": "*kaRu"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *kaRu",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *kaRu.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kauhoe-tia",
"tags": [
"used-in-the-form"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "verb",
"3": "used in the form",
"4": "kauhoe-tia"
},
"expansion": "kau (used in the form kauhoe-tia)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Maori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "11 4 11 75",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Maori entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "49 6 4 41",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "mi",
"name": "Cattle",
"orig": "mi:Cattle",
"parents": [
"Bovines",
"Livestock",
"Even-toed ungulates",
"Agriculture",
"Animals",
"Mammals",
"Applied sciences",
"Lifeforms",
"Vertebrates",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Chordates",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "the butterfly stroke",
"word": "kau aihe"
},
{
"english": "the breaststroke",
"word": "kau āpuru"
},
{
"english": "the backstroke",
"word": "kau kiore"
},
{
"english": "the sidestroke",
"word": "kau tāhoe"
},
{
"english": "freestyle swimming; to swim freestyle",
"word": "kau tāwhai"
},
{
"english": "the backstroke; to swim backstroke",
"word": "kau tīraha"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to swim"
],
"id": "en-kau-mi-verb-cne7kYg8",
"links": [
[
"swim",
"swim"
]
]
}
],
"word": "kau"
}
{
"etymology_number": 3,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "en",
"3": "cow"
},
"expansion": "English cow",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from English cow.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "kau",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Maori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "49 6 4 41",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "mi",
"name": "Cattle",
"orig": "mi:Cattle",
"parents": [
"Bovines",
"Livestock",
"Even-toed ungulates",
"Agriculture",
"Animals",
"Mammals",
"Applied sciences",
"Lifeforms",
"Vertebrates",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Chordates",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "cowhide, cow leather",
"word": "kirikau"
},
{
"english": "a heifer",
"word": "kūao kau uha"
},
{
"english": "a milking machine",
"word": "mīhini kutētē kau"
},
{
"english": "a milking machine",
"word": "mīhini miraka kau"
},
{
"english": "beef; cow meat",
"word": "mīti kau"
},
{
"english": "a dairy farm",
"word": "whāma kau"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a cow"
],
"id": "en-kau-mi-noun-o88nh9cL",
"links": [
[
"cow",
"cow"
]
]
}
],
"word": "kau"
}
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"Maori entries with incorrect language header",
"Maori lemmas",
"Maori nouns",
"Maori terms borrowed from English",
"Maori terms derived from English",
"Maori terms derived from Proto-Austronesian",
"Maori terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Maori terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
"Maori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
"Maori terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
"Maori terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Maori terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
"Maori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
"Maori verbs",
"Pages with 22 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"mi:Cattle",
"mi:Trees"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "handle; stem",
"word": "kakau"
},
{
"english": "bottom firestick",
"word": "kaunoti"
},
{
"english": "trestle",
"word": "kaupae"
},
{
"english": "platform",
"word": "kaupapa"
},
{
"english": "branch",
"word": "kaupeka"
},
{
"english": "buttress",
"word": "kaurapa"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "poz-pol-pro",
"3": "*kau"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *kau",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "haw",
"2": "ʻau"
},
"expansion": "Hawaiian ʻau",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "poz-oce-pro",
"3": "*kayu"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *kayu",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "poz-pro",
"3": "*kahiw"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "kayu"
},
"expansion": "Malay kayu",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "map-pro",
"3": "*kaSiw"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *kau (compare with Hawaiian ʻau), from Proto-Oceanic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw (compare with Malay kayu), from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "rākau",
"tags": [
"used-in-the-form"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "verb",
"3": "used in the form",
"4": "rākau"
},
"expansion": "kau (used in the form rākau)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Maori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"tree; wood"
],
"links": [
[
"tree",
"tree"
],
[
"wood",
"wood"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"stick"
],
"links": [
[
"stick",
"stick"
]
]
}
],
"word": "kau"
}
{
"categories": [
"Maori entries with incorrect language header",
"Maori lemmas",
"Maori nouns",
"Maori terms borrowed from English",
"Maori terms derived from English",
"Maori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
"Maori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
"Maori verbs",
"Pages with 22 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"mi:Cattle",
"mi:Trees"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "the butterfly stroke",
"word": "kau aihe"
},
{
"english": "the breaststroke",
"word": "kau āpuru"
},
{
"english": "the backstroke",
"word": "kau kiore"
},
{
"english": "the sidestroke",
"word": "kau tāhoe"
},
{
"english": "freestyle swimming; to swim freestyle",
"word": "kau tāwhai"
},
{
"english": "the backstroke; to swim backstroke",
"word": "kau tīraha"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "poz-pol-pro",
"3": "*kaRu"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *kaRu",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *kaRu.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kauhoe-tia",
"tags": [
"used-in-the-form"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "verb",
"3": "used in the form",
"4": "kauhoe-tia"
},
"expansion": "kau (used in the form kauhoe-tia)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Maori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to swim"
],
"links": [
[
"swim",
"swim"
]
]
}
],
"word": "kau"
}
{
"categories": [
"Maori entries with incorrect language header",
"Maori lemmas",
"Maori nouns",
"Maori terms borrowed from English",
"Maori terms derived from English",
"Pages with 22 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"mi:Cattle",
"mi:Trees"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "cowhide, cow leather",
"word": "kirikau"
},
{
"english": "a heifer",
"word": "kūao kau uha"
},
{
"english": "a milking machine",
"word": "mīhini kutētē kau"
},
{
"english": "a milking machine",
"word": "mīhini miraka kau"
},
{
"english": "beef; cow meat",
"word": "mīti kau"
},
{
"english": "a dairy farm",
"word": "whāma kau"
}
],
"etymology_number": 3,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "en",
"3": "cow"
},
"expansion": "English cow",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from English cow.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "kau",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Maori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"a cow"
],
"links": [
[
"cow",
"cow"
]
]
}
],
"word": "kau"
}
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