Fa'ahou define

Language

html

Surface

keywords

Locale

ty

Brain ID

html/keywords/define

Upstream reference

MDN · deep

Brain version

1.1.0-alpha.13 · generated Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:26:24 GMT · hash 4914b8003cdd29d0…

Provenance

No council migration covers this term — it comes from the dictionary / base layer.

Full per-leaf change history across brain builds is not yet recorded; shown is the current build's layer stack.

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AI council review

Reviewed by 1 model · @cf/aisingapore/gemma-sea-lion-v4-27b-it · 2026-07-17

Cluster declare · locale ty · member define

confirm

verdict

fa'amatara

existing translation

fa'amatara

improved translation

Explanation

The calque 'fa'amatara' (to make clear) is a good translation for 'define' in a programming context, implying the act of establishing or specifying something. The etymology is sound.