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"(transitive) to eat"
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"Human behaviour",
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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],
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"lifestyle"
]
}
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{
"ipa": "[ˈka.i]"
}
],
"word": "kai"
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},
"expansion": "Hawaiian ʻai",
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"2": "'ai"
},
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],
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"expansion": "kai",
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"langcode": "tkl",
"name": "Cricket",
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"Ball games",
"Sports",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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"source": "w"
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"name": "Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
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"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
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{
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"Sports",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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"source": "w"
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{
"_dis": "20 17 20 13 15 0 0 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
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"cricket",
"cricket"
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[
"goal",
"goal"
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"point",
"point"
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"(cricket) goal, point"
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"cricket",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
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},
{
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{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "tkl",
"name": "Cricket",
"orig": "tkl:Cricket",
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"Ball games",
"Sports",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "20 17 20 13 15 0 0 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"score"
],
"id": "en-kai-tkl-noun-pXW3mGii",
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"cricket",
"cricket"
],
[
"score",
"score"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(cricket) score"
],
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"ball-games",
"cricket",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈka.i]"
}
],
"word": "kai"
}
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"2": "poz-pol-pro",
"3": "*kai"
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"name": "inh"
},
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"1": "tng",
"2": "kai"
},
"expansion": "Tobanga kai",
"name": "cog"
},
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"1": "nkr",
"2": "gai"
},
"expansion": "Nukuoro gai",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *kai. Cognates include Tobanga kai and Nukuoro gai.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "tkl",
"2": "particle"
},
"expansion": "kai",
"name": "head"
}
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{
"_dis": "20 17 20 13 15 0 0 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"glosses": [
"Indicates disapproval and/or dissatisfaction."
],
"id": "en-kai-tkl-particle-TqytI4R2"
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "20 17 20 13 15 0 0 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "17 14 17 16 21 2 0 14",
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"name": "Tokelauan particles",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Indicates regret that something didn't happen."
],
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{
"_dis1": "7 93",
"sense": "regret",
"word": "kaina"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈka.i]"
}
],
"word": "kai"
}
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"Pages with entries",
"Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header",
"Tokelauan lemmas",
"Tokelauan particles",
"Tokelauan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
"Tokelauan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
"Tokelauan terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Tokelauan verbs"
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"derived": [
{
"word": "kaiga"
}
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"2": "poz-pol-pro",
"3": "*kai"
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"expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *kai",
"name": "inh"
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"2": "'ai"
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"expansion": "Samoan 'ai",
"name": "cog"
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],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *kai. Cognates include Hawaiian ʻai and Samoan 'ai.",
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"plural"
]
}
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"3": "plural",
"4": "kakai"
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"lang_code": "tkl",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
"Tokelauan transitive verbs"
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"to eat"
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"links": [
[
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"eat"
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"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) to eat"
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"tags": [
"transitive"
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},
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"glosses": [
"to eat"
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"eat"
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"(intransitive) to eat"
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"intransitive"
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"Tokelauan intransitive verbs",
"tkl:Fishing"
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"glosses": [
"to bite"
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[
"fishing",
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[
"bite",
"bite"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(fishing, intransitive) to bite"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"topics": [
"fishing",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈka.i]"
}
],
"word": "kai"
}
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"Pages with entries",
"Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header",
"Tokelauan lemmas",
"Tokelauan nouns",
"Tokelauan particles",
"Tokelauan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
"Tokelauan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
"Tokelauan terms with IPA pronunciation"
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"1": "tkl",
"2": "poz-pol-pro",
"3": "*kai"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *kai",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "haw",
"2": "ʻai"
},
"expansion": "Hawaiian ʻai",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sm",
"2": "'ai"
},
"expansion": "Samoan 'ai",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *kai. Cognates include Hawaiian ʻai and Samoan 'ai.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "tkl",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "kai",
"name": "head"
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"hyphenation": [
"ka‧i"
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"lang_code": "tkl",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"tkl:Cricket"
],
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"run"
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[
"cricket",
"cricket"
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[
"run",
"run"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(cricket) run"
],
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"ball-games",
"cricket",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"tkl:Cricket"
],
"glosses": [
"goal, point"
],
"links": [
[
"cricket",
"cricket"
],
[
"goal",
"goal"
],
[
"point",
"point"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(cricket) goal, point"
],
"topics": [
"ball-games",
"cricket",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"tkl:Cricket"
],
"glosses": [
"score"
],
"links": [
[
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"cricket"
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[
"score",
"score"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(cricket) score"
],
"topics": [
"ball-games",
"cricket",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈka.i]"
}
],
"word": "kai"
}
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"Pages with entries",
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"Tokelauan lemmas",
"Tokelauan particles",
"Tokelauan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
"Tokelauan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
"Tokelauan terms with IPA pronunciation"
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"2": "poz-pol-pro",
"3": "*kai"
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"expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *kai",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "tng",
"2": "kai"
},
"expansion": "Tobanga kai",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "nkr",
"2": "gai"
},
"expansion": "Nukuoro gai",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *kai. Cognates include Tobanga kai and Nukuoro gai.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "tkl",
"2": "particle"
},
"expansion": "kai",
"name": "head"
}
],
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],
"lang": "Tokelauan",
"lang_code": "tkl",
"pos": "particle",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Indicates disapproval and/or dissatisfaction."
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Indicates regret that something didn't happen."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈka.i]"
}
],
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{
"sense": "regret",
"word": "kaina"
}
],
"word": "kai"
}
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