"lāʻau" meaning in Samoan

See lāʻau in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *raqakau (compare Maori rākau), from Proto-Oceanic *raqan kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqan kahiw (compare Malay dahan kayu). Etymology templates: {{inh|sm|poz-pol-pro|*raqakau}} Proto-Polynesian *raqakau, {{cog|mi|rākau}} Maori rākau, {{inh|sm|poz-oce-pro|*raqan kayu}} Proto-Oceanic *raqan kayu, {{inh|sm|poz-pro|*daqan kahiw}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqan kahiw, {{cog|ms|dahan kayu}} Malay dahan kayu Head templates: {{head|sm|noun}} lāʻau
  1. tree, stick
    Sense id: en-lāʻau-sm-noun-nzQwFAae Categories (other): Samoan entries with incorrect language header

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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "rākau"
      },
      "expansion": "Maori rākau",
      "name": "cog"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqan kahiw",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "dahan kayu"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay dahan kayu",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *raqakau (compare Maori rākau), from Proto-Oceanic *raqan kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqan kahiw (compare Malay dahan kayu).",
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      },
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          "name": "Samoan entries with incorrect language header",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tree, stick"
      ],
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          "tree",
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        ],
        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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      },
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        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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      },
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        "Samoan terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
        "Samoan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
        "Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
        "Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
        "Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian"
      ],
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        "tree, stick"
      ],
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        [
          "tree",
          "tree"
        ],
        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lāʻau"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Samoan dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e9e0a99 and db5a844). 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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