"uku" meaning in Maori

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*uku",
        "t": "to scour, to wipe"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *uku (“to scour, to wipe”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "uʻu",
        "t": "to smear, to annoint"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan uʻu (“to smear, to annoint”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to",
        "2": "ukuʻi",
        "t": "to wash"
      },
      "expansion": "Tongan ukuʻi (“to wash”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *uku (“to scour, to wipe”) (compare with Samoan uʻu (“to smear, to annoint”), Tongan ukuʻi (“to wash”)),",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{pl}}}",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "uku",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "uku",
      "name": "mi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maori",
  "lang_code": "mi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clay"
      ],
      "id": "en-uku-mi-noun-BjY1VQVN",
      "links": [
        [
          "clay",
          "clay"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pottery"
      ],
      "id": "en-uku-mi-noun-DC-DtDOE",
      "links": [
        [
          "pottery",
          "pottery"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "soap"
      ],
      "id": "en-uku-mi-noun-c2vC1OCU",
      "links": [
        [
          "soap",
          "soap"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "uku"
}

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    "Maori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*uku",
        "t": "to scour, to wipe"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *uku (“to scour, to wipe”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "uʻu",
        "t": "to smear, to annoint"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan uʻu (“to smear, to annoint”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to",
        "2": "ukuʻi",
        "t": "to wash"
      },
      "expansion": "Tongan ukuʻi (“to wash”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *uku (“to scour, to wipe”) (compare with Samoan uʻu (“to smear, to annoint”), Tongan ukuʻi (“to wash”)),",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{pl}}}",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "uku",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "uku",
      "name": "mi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maori",
  "lang_code": "mi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clay"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clay",
          "clay"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pottery"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pottery",
          "pottery"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "soap"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soap",
          "soap"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "uku"
}