See kapi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian/qapit"
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"to close"
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"word": "kati"
}
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],
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"to cover, to shut"
],
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"cover",
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"shut",
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},
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"to occupy a surface or space"
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"ipa": "/ˈkapi/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkɐpi]"
}
],
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}
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"Māori terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Māori terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
"Māori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
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"Māori terms inherited from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
"Māori terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Māori terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
"Māori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
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"*kapi",
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[
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"*qapit",
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"name": "inh"
},
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"3": "",
"4": "to fold"
},
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}
],
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"4": "",
"5": "",
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"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
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},
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},
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"name": "mi-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"word": "āpiti"
},
{
"word": "kapiti"
},
{
"word": "karapiti"
},
{
"word": "piti"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to close"
],
"links": [
[
"close",
"close"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "kati"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to cover, to shut"
],
"links": [
[
"cover",
"cover"
],
[
"shut",
"shut"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to occupy a surface or space"
],
"links": [
[
"occupy",
"occupy"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkapi/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkɐpi]"
}
],
"word": "kapi"
}
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