"aitu" meaning in Tokelauan

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Noun

IPA: [a.ˈi.tu]
Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *qaitu. Cognates include Maori aitu and Samoan aitu. Etymology templates: {{dercat|tkl|poz-oce-pro|pqe-pro|poz-cet-pro|poz-pro|map-pro|inh=5}}, {{inh|tkl|poz-pol-pro|*qaitu}} Proto-Polynesian *qaitu, {{cog|mi|aitu}} Maori aitu, {{cog|sm|aitu}} Samoan aitu Head templates: {{head|tkl|noun}} aitu
  1. ghost Categories (topical): Folklore, Horror Synonyms (ghost): agāga
    Sense id: en-aitu-tkl-noun-6tbvA9Ye Disambiguation of Folklore: 50 50 Disambiguation of Horror: 52 48 Categories (other): Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'ghost': 100 0
  2. evil spirit Categories (topical): Folklore, Horror
    Sense id: en-aitu-tkl-noun-3jM1B1Q7 Disambiguation of Folklore: 50 50 Disambiguation of Horror: 52 48 Categories (other): Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aitua
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "aitua"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tkl",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "pqe-pro",
        "4": "poz-cet-pro",
        "5": "poz-pro",
        "6": "map-pro",
        "inh": "5"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tkl",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*qaitu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *qaitu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "aitu"
      },
      "expansion": "Maori aitu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "aitu"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan aitu",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *qaitu. Cognates include Maori aitu and Samoan aitu.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tkl",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "aitu",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "a‧i‧tu"
  ],
  "lang": "Tokelauan",
  "lang_code": "tkl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "tkl",
          "name": "Folklore",
          "orig": "tkl:Folklore",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "tkl",
          "name": "Horror",
          "orig": "tkl:Horror",
          "parents": [
            "Literature",
            "Speculative fiction",
            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Fiction",
            "Genres",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Artistic works",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "Art",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ghost"
      ],
      "id": "en-aitu-tkl-noun-6tbvA9Ye",
      "links": [
        [
          "ghost",
          "ghost"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "sense": "ghost",
          "word": "agāga"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "tkl",
          "name": "Folklore",
          "orig": "tkl:Folklore",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "tkl",
          "name": "Horror",
          "orig": "tkl:Horror",
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            "Literature",
            "Speculative fiction",
            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Fiction",
            "Genres",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Artistic works",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "Art",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "evil spirit"
      ],
      "id": "en-aitu-tkl-noun-3jM1B1Q7",
      "links": [
        [
          "evil",
          "evil"
        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[a.ˈi.tu]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aitu"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tokelauan lemmas",
    "Tokelauan nouns",
    "Tokelauan terms derived from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Tokelauan terms derived from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Tokelauan terms derived from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Tokelauan terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Tokelauan terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Tokelauan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Tokelauan terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Tokelauan terms inherited from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Tokelauan terms inherited from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Tokelauan terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Tokelauan terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Tokelauan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Tokelauan terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "tkl:Folklore",
    "tkl:Horror"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "aitua"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tkl",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "pqe-pro",
        "4": "poz-cet-pro",
        "5": "poz-pro",
        "6": "map-pro",
        "inh": "5"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tkl",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*qaitu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *qaitu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "aitu"
      },
      "expansion": "Maori aitu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "aitu"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan aitu",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *qaitu. Cognates include Maori aitu and Samoan aitu.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tkl",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "aitu",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "a‧i‧tu"
  ],
  "lang": "Tokelauan",
  "lang_code": "tkl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ghost"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ghost",
          "ghost"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "evil spirit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "evil",
          "evil"
        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[a.ˈi.tu]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "ghost",
      "word": "agāga"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aitu"
}

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