"be-" meaning in Afrikaans

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        "3": "be-"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch be-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "be-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch be-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "bi-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch bi-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*bi-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bi-",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Dutch be-, from Middle Dutch be-, from Old Dutch bi-, from Proto-Germanic *bi-.",
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  "lang_code": "af",
  "pos": "prefix",
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      "glosses": [
        "Used to indicate that a verb is acting on a direct object (making an intransitive verb into a transitive verb). Always unstressed."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive#English"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to shoot arrows at the animals",
          "text": "pyle op die diere skiet → die diere met pyle beskiet",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to change the direct object of a transitive verb, so that what was previously expressed as an optional prepositional object becomes the direct object and vice versa. Always unstressed."
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "be-"
}

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    "Afrikaans prefixes",
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    "Afrikaans terms derived from Middle Dutch",
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    "Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Old Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "nl",
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      },
      "expansion": "Dutch be-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "be-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch be-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "odt",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch bi-",
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bi-",
      "name": "inh"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Dutch be-, from Middle Dutch be-, from Old Dutch bi-, from Proto-Germanic *bi-.",
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        "1": "af",
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  "lang_code": "af",
  "pos": "prefix",
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      ],
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          "transitive",
          "transitive#English"
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "to shoot arrows at the animals",
          "text": "pyle op die diere skiet → die diere met pyle beskiet",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Used to change the direct object of a transitive verb, so that what was previously expressed as an optional prepositional object becomes the direct object and vice versa. Always unstressed."
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "be-"
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