"niu" meaning in Samoan

See niu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ. Etymology templates: {{inh|sm|poz-pol-pro|*niu}} Proto-Polynesian *niu, {{inh|sm|poz-oce-pro|-}} Proto-Oceanic, {{inh|sm|poz-pro|*niuʀ}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ Head templates: {{head|sm|noun}} niu
  1. coconut (fruit of coco palm) Categories (lifeform): Nuts, Polynesian canoe plants, Trees
    Sense id: en-niu-sm-noun-Tzq7mjFT Categories (other): Pages with 42 entries, Pages with entries, Samoan entries with incorrect language header
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*niu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *niu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*niuʀ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "niu",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Samoan",
  "lang_code": "sm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 42 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Samoan entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "sm",
          "name": "Nuts",
          "orig": "sm:Nuts",
          "parents": [
            "Foods",
            "Plants",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "sm",
          "name": "Polynesian canoe plants",
          "orig": "sm:Polynesian canoe plants",
          "parents": [
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "sm",
          "name": "Trees",
          "orig": "sm:Trees",
          "parents": [
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "coconut (fruit of coco palm)"
      ],
      "id": "en-niu-sm-noun-Tzq7mjFT",
      "links": [
        [
          "coconut",
          "coconut"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "niu"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*niu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *niu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*niuʀ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "niu",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Samoan",
  "lang_code": "sm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 42 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Samoan entries with incorrect language header",
        "Samoan lemmas",
        "Samoan nouns",
        "Samoan terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
        "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",
        "sm:Nuts",
        "sm:Polynesian canoe plants",
        "sm:Trees"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "coconut (fruit of coco palm)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "coconut",
          "coconut"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "niu"
}

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