fa'a in Samoan

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*faka"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *faka",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Proto-Polynesian *faka",
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    {
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      "expansion": "fa'a",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Samoan",
  "lang_code": "sm",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Fiti wants to learn to speak in the manner of Samoa.",
          "text": "E mana'o Fiti e tautala fa'a Samoa."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in the manner of; in (a specified) fashion"
      ],
      "id": "en-fa'a-sm-prep-oarCMJa7",
      "links": [
        [
          "manner",
          "manner"
        ],
        [
          "fashion",
          "fashion"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fa'a"
}

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*faka"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *faka",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Proto-Polynesian *faka",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "preposition"
      },
      "expansion": "fa'a",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Samoan",
  "lang_code": "sm",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Samoan entries with incorrect language header",
        "Samoan lemmas",
        "Samoan prepositions",
        "Samoan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Fiti wants to learn to speak in the manner of Samoa.",
          "text": "E mana'o Fiti e tautala fa'a Samoa."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in the manner of; in (a specified) fashion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "manner",
          "manner"
        ],
        [
          "fashion",
          "fashion"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fa'a"
}

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"fa'a" meaning in Samoan

Preposition