"faifai" meaning in Tokelauan

See faifai in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ˈha.i ˈha.i]
Etymology: From fai- + fai (“to do”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|tkl|fai-|fai|t2=to do}} fai- + fai (“to do”) Head templates: {{head|tkl|verb}} faifai
  1. (transitive) to do repeatedly Tags: transitive
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tkl",
        "2": "fai-",
        "3": "fai",
        "t2": "to do"
      },
      "expansion": "fai- + fai (“to do”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From fai- + fai (“to do”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tkl",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "faifai",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "fa‧i‧fa‧i"
  ],
  "lang": "Tokelauan",
  "lang_code": "tkl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tokelauan terms prefixed with fai-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This foundation is recognised in the villages and if its people repeatedly do things together, and [if] they live together in peace and happiness.",
          "ref": "1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau], page 1:",
          "text": "Ko te fakavae tenei e matea i nā nuku ma kafai ona tagata e faifaimea fakatahi, ma nonofo fakatahi i te filemu ma te fiafia.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to do repeatedly"
      ],
      "id": "en-faifai-tkl-verb-Ex4KQw4a",
      "links": [
        [
          "do",
          "do"
        ],
        [
          "repeatedly",
          "repeatedly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to do repeatedly"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈha.i ˈha.i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "faifai"
}
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tkl",
        "2": "fai-",
        "3": "fai",
        "t2": "to do"
      },
      "expansion": "fai- + fai (“to do”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From fai- + fai (“to do”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tkl",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "faifai",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "fa‧i‧fa‧i"
  ],
  "lang": "Tokelauan",
  "lang_code": "tkl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header",
        "Tokelauan lemmas",
        "Tokelauan terms prefixed with fai-",
        "Tokelauan terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Tokelauan terms with quotations",
        "Tokelauan transitive verbs",
        "Tokelauan verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This foundation is recognised in the villages and if its people repeatedly do things together, and [if] they live together in peace and happiness.",
          "ref": "1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau], page 1:",
          "text": "Ko te fakavae tenei e matea i nā nuku ma kafai ona tagata e faifaimea fakatahi, ma nonofo fakatahi i te filemu ma te fiafia.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to do repeatedly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "do",
          "do"
        ],
        [
          "repeatedly",
          "repeatedly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to do repeatedly"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈha.i ˈha.i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "faifai"
}

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