"kenakena" meaning in Tokelauan

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Verb

IPA: [ˈke.na ˈke.na]
Etymology: From a reduplicated form of Proto-Polynesian *kena. Cognates include Tongan kena and Samoan ʻena. Etymology templates: {{inh|tkl|poz-pol-pro|*kena}} Proto-Polynesian *kena, {{cog|to|kena}} Tongan kena, {{cog|sm|ʻena}} Samoan ʻena Head templates: {{head|tkl|verb}} kenakena
  1. (stative) to be brown Tags: stative Synonyms: kekena
    Sense id: en-kenakena-tkl-verb-O1owTAP~ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header, Colors
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tkl",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*kena"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *kena",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to",
        "2": "kena"
      },
      "expansion": "Tongan kena",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "ʻena"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan ʻena",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a reduplicated form of Proto-Polynesian *kena. Cognates include Tongan kena and Samoan ʻena.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tkl",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "kenakena",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ke‧na‧ke‧na"
  ],
  "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": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "tkl",
          "name": "Colors",
          "orig": "tkl:Colors",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be brown"
      ],
      "id": "en-kenakena-tkl-verb-O1owTAP~",
      "links": [
        [
          "brown",
          "brown"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(stative) to be brown"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kekena"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈke.na ˈke.na]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kenakena"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tkl",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*kena"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *kena",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to",
        "2": "kena"
      },
      "expansion": "Tongan kena",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "ʻena"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan ʻena",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a reduplicated form of Proto-Polynesian *kena. Cognates include Tongan kena and Samoan ʻena.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tkl",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "kenakena",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ke‧na‧ke‧na"
  ],
  "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 stative verbs",
        "Tokelauan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
        "Tokelauan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
        "Tokelauan terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Tokelauan verbs",
        "tkl:Colors"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be brown"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "brown",
          "brown"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(stative) to be brown"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈke.na ˈke.na]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "kekena"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kenakena"
}

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