See kai in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"source": "w"
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"source": "w"
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"name": "Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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[
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"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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{
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"langcode": "tkl",
"name": "Cricket",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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"_dis": "21 18 22 11 14 1 1 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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"cricket"
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[
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"score"
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"(cricket) score"
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"cricket",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
}
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{
"ipa": "[ˈka.i]"
}
],
"word": "kai"
}
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"expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *kai",
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"2": "kai"
},
"expansion": "Tobanga kai",
"name": "cog"
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"2": "gai"
},
"expansion": "Nukuoro gai",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"2": "particle"
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"expansion": "kai",
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"name": "Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header",
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"name": "Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"_dis": "15 12 15 16 23 3 3 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tokelauan particles",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"Indicates regret that something didn't happen."
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"_dis1": "2 98",
"sense": "regret",
"word": "kaina"
}
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}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈka.i]"
}
],
"word": "kai"
}
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"Tokelauan lemmas",
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"Tokelauan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
"Tokelauan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
"Tokelauan terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Tokelauan verbs"
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"name": "inh"
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"expansion": "Hawaiian ʻai",
"name": "cog"
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"2": "'ai"
},
"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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"form": "kakai",
"tags": [
"plural"
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}
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"lang_code": "tkl",
"pos": "verb",
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"to eat"
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"eat"
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"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) to eat"
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"to eat"
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"(intransitive) to eat"
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"tkl:Fishing"
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"to bite"
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"fishing",
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"bite",
"bite"
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"raw_glosses": [
"(fishing, intransitive) to bite"
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"tags": [
"intransitive"
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"fishing",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle"
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}
],
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{
"ipa": "[ˈka.i]"
}
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"word": "kai"
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"Pages with entries",
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"Tokelauan particles",
"Tokelauan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
"Tokelauan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
"Tokelauan terms with IPA pronunciation"
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"3": "*kai"
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"expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *kai",
"name": "inh"
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"2": "ʻai"
},
"expansion": "Hawaiian ʻai",
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"1": "sm",
"2": "'ai"
},
"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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"args": {
"1": "tkl",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "kai",
"name": "head"
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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"
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"raw_glosses": [
"(cricket) run"
],
"topics": [
"ball-games",
"cricket",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"tkl:Cricket"
],
"glosses": [
"goal, point"
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"links": [
[
"cricket",
"cricket"
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[
"goal",
"goal"
],
[
"point",
"point"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(cricket) goal, point"
],
"topics": [
"ball-games",
"cricket",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
},
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"categories": [
"tkl:Cricket"
],
"glosses": [
"score"
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[
"score",
"score"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
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"topics": [
"ball-games",
"cricket",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
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}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "[ˈka.i]"
}
],
"word": "kai"
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"Tokelauan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
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"expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *kai",
"name": "inh"
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"2": "kai"
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"expansion": "Tobanga kai",
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"2": "gai"
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{
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"2": "particle"
},
"expansion": "kai",
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"lang_code": "tkl",
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{
"glosses": [
"Indicates disapproval and/or dissatisfaction."
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Indicates regret that something didn't happen."
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "[ˈka.i]"
}
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{
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"word": "kaina"
}
],
"word": "kai"
}
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