"whenua" meaning in Maori

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0 0",
      "kind": "place",
      "langcode": "mi",
      "name": "Earth",
      "orig": "mi:Earth",
      "parents": [
        "Nature",
        "All topics",
        "Fundamental"
      ],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Whenuatū"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*fenua"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *fenua",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "henua"
      },
      "expansion": "Hawaiian henua",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ty",
        "2": "fenua"
      },
      "expansion": "Tahitian fenua",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*panua"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *panua",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*banua"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "benua"
      },
      "expansion": "benua",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *fenua (cognate with Hawaiian henua and Tahitian fenua), from Proto-Central Pacific *vanua, from Proto-Oceanic *panua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (compare with Malay benua).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{pl}}}",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "whenua",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "whenua",
      "name": "mi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maori",
  "lang_code": "mi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "an island",
      "word": "motu"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "sense": "land",
          "word": "tāngata whenua"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "land"
      ],
      "id": "en-whenua-mi-noun-kOrmNIfK",
      "links": [
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "country"
      ],
      "id": "en-whenua-mi-noun-r~ZOT9Ug",
      "links": [
        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "ground",
          "word": "hua whenua"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ground"
      ],
      "id": "en-whenua-mi-noun-27O1DlnH",
      "links": [
        [
          "ground",
          "ground"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 2 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maori entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 3 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maori entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 3 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maori terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 7 7 78",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "mi",
          "name": "Geography",
          "orig": "mi:Geography",
          "parents": [
            "Earth sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "placenta, afterbirth"
      ],
      "id": "en-whenua-mi-noun-fHsnY~9Q",
      "links": [
        [
          "placenta",
          "placenta"
        ],
        [
          "afterbirth",
          "afterbirth"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɸe.nu.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fɛ.nʉ.ɐ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whenua"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Maori entries with incorrect language header",
    "Maori entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Maori lemmas",
    "Maori nouns",
    "Maori terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Maori terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Maori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Maori terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Maori terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Maori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Maori terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Maori terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "mi:Earth",
    "mi:Geography"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "sense": "land",
      "word": "tāngata whenua"
    },
    {
      "sense": "ground",
      "word": "hua whenua"
    },
    {
      "word": "Whenuatū"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*fenua"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *fenua",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "henua"
      },
      "expansion": "Hawaiian henua",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ty",
        "2": "fenua"
      },
      "expansion": "Tahitian fenua",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*panua"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *panua",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*banua"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "benua"
      },
      "expansion": "benua",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *fenua (cognate with Hawaiian henua and Tahitian fenua), from Proto-Central Pacific *vanua, from Proto-Oceanic *panua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (compare with Malay benua).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{pl}}}",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "whenua",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "whenua",
      "name": "mi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maori",
  "lang_code": "mi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "an island",
      "word": "motu"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "land"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "country"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ground"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ground",
          "ground"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "placenta, afterbirth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "placenta",
          "placenta"
        ],
        [
          "afterbirth",
          "afterbirth"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɸe.nu.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fɛ.nʉ.ɐ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whenua"
}