See fili in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "filifili"
}
],
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[
"*fili",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/fili"
],
[
"*piliq",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/piliq"
],
[
"*piliq",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/piliq"
],
[
"*piliq",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/piliq"
],
[
"fili",
"fili#Tongan"
],
[
"whiri",
"whiri#Māori"
]
],
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"1": "sm",
"2": "poz-pol-pro",
"3": "*fili"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sm",
"2": "poz-oce-pro",
"3": "*piliq"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sm",
"2": "poz-pro",
"3": "*piliq"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sm",
"2": "map-pro",
"3": "*piliq"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *piliq",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "to",
"2": "fili"
},
"expansion": "Tongan fili",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "whiri"
},
"expansion": "Māori whiri",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *fili, from Proto-Oceanic *piliq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq, from Proto-Austronesian *piliq. Cognates include Tongan fili and Māori whiri.",
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{
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"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "fili",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Samoan",
"lang_code": "sm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "48 52",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Samoan entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to choose, to pick"
],
"id": "en-fili-sm-verb--A6gUpMw",
"links": [
[
"choose",
"choose"
],
[
"pick",
"pick"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "48 52",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Samoan entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to elect"
],
"id": "en-fili-sm-verb-6ofix1UJ",
"links": [
[
"elect",
"elect"
]
]
}
],
"word": "fili"
}
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"Pages with 11 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Samoan entries with incorrect language header",
"Samoan lemmas",
"Samoan terms derived from Proto-Austronesian",
"Samoan terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Samoan terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
"Samoan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
"Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
"Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
"Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
"Samoan verbs"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "filifili"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"*fili",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/fili"
],
[
"*piliq",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/piliq"
],
[
"*piliq",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/piliq"
],
[
"*piliq",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/piliq"
],
[
"fili",
"fili#Tongan"
],
[
"whiri",
"whiri#Māori"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sm",
"2": "poz-pol-pro",
"3": "*fili"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *fili",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sm",
"2": "poz-oce-pro",
"3": "*piliq"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *piliq",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sm",
"2": "poz-pro",
"3": "*piliq"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sm",
"2": "map-pro",
"3": "*piliq"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *piliq",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "to",
"2": "fili"
},
"expansion": "Tongan fili",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "whiri"
},
"expansion": "Māori whiri",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *fili, from Proto-Oceanic *piliq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq, from Proto-Austronesian *piliq. Cognates include Tongan fili and Māori whiri.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "sm",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "fili",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "sm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to choose, to pick"
],
"links": [
[
"choose",
"choose"
],
[
"pick",
"pick"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to elect"
],
"links": [
[
"elect",
"elect"
]
]
}
],
"word": "fili"
}
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