"whē" meaning in Maori

See whē in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From later borrowing of a word in some related language descendant of Proto-Polynesian *seqe “long insects like mantises, stick insects etc.” (compare with Rarotongan ʻē “Graeffea crouanii”, Samoan sē “grasshopper”, Tongan heʻe “grasshopper, locust”). Etymology templates: {{inh|mi|poz-pol-pro|*seqe}} Proto-Polynesian *seqe, {{cog|rar|ʻē}} Rarotongan ʻē, {{cog|sm|sē}} Samoan sē, {{cog|to|heʻe}} Tongan heʻe Head templates: {{head|mi|noun||{{{pl}}}|head=}} whē, {{mi-noun}} whē
  1. stick insect esp. Acanthoderus horridus
    Sense id: en-whē-mi-noun-y701L2n~ Categories (other): Maori entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maori entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13
  2. mantis, praying mantis Synonyms:
    Sense id: en-whē-mi-noun-CcacrYLE
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*seqe"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *seqe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rar",
        "2": "ʻē"
      },
      "expansion": "Rarotongan ʻē",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "sē"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan sē",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to",
        "2": "heʻe"
      },
      "expansion": "Tongan heʻe",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From later borrowing of a word in some related language descendant of Proto-Polynesian *seqe “long insects like mantises, stick insects etc.” (compare with Rarotongan ʻē “Graeffea crouanii”, Samoan sē “grasshopper”, Tongan heʻe “grasshopper, locust”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{pl}}}",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "whē",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "whē",
      "name": "mi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maori",
  "lang_code": "mi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maori entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stick insect esp. Acanthoderus horridus"
      ],
      "id": "en-whē-mi-noun-y701L2n~",
      "links": [
        [
          "stick insect",
          "stick insect"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mantis, praying mantis"
      ],
      "id": "en-whē-mi-noun-CcacrYLE",
      "links": [
        [
          "mantis",
          "mantis"
        ],
        [
          "praying mantis",
          "praying mantis"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rō"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "whē"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Maori entries with incorrect language header",
    "Maori lemmas",
    "Maori nouns",
    "Maori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Maori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*seqe"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *seqe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rar",
        "2": "ʻē"
      },
      "expansion": "Rarotongan ʻē",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "sē"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan sē",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to",
        "2": "heʻe"
      },
      "expansion": "Tongan heʻe",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From later borrowing of a word in some related language descendant of Proto-Polynesian *seqe “long insects like mantises, stick insects etc.” (compare with Rarotongan ʻē “Graeffea crouanii”, Samoan sē “grasshopper”, Tongan heʻe “grasshopper, locust”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{pl}}}",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "whē",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "whē",
      "name": "mi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maori",
  "lang_code": "mi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stick insect esp. Acanthoderus horridus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stick insect",
          "stick insect"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mantis, praying mantis"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mantis",
          "mantis"
        ],
        [
          "praying mantis",
          "praying mantis"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rō"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "whē"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Maori dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-31 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (bcd5c38 and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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