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kahe

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Estonian

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Numeral

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kahe

  1. genitive singular of kaks (two)

Fula

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Noun

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kahe

  1. plural of kahi

Hawaiian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *tape (compare with Maori tahe, Rarotongan ta‘e, Tahitian tafe, Samoan tafe).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈka.he/, [ˈkɐ.he]

Verb

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kahe

  1. to flow, to trickle
  2. to drop (of a liquid)
  3. to melt
  4. to menstruate
  5. (stative) in heat (of an animal)

Derived terms

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Noun

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kahe

  1. school of fish

References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tafe”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  2. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “kahe”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 111
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (2008), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 97-8