"vy-" meaning in Swahili

{
  "etymology_text": "From vi- before a vowel.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ch-",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "prefix",
        "3": "singular",
        "4": "ch-"
      },
      "expansion": "vy- (singular ch-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 11 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "rooms",
          "text": "vyumba",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "good things",
          "text": "vitu vyema",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "form of vi- used before a vowel in certain words",
        "[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ki-vi class|vi class_((VIII))]] noun prefix and adjective agreement prefix"
      ],
      "id": "en-vy--sw-prefix-MVobRmPW",
      "links": [
        [
          "vi-",
          "vi-#Swahili"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It is nice to thank them.",
          "text": "Ni vyema kuwashukuru.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "form of vi- used before a vowel in certain words",
        "impersonal adjective agreement prefix"
      ],
      "id": "en-vy--sw-prefix-IvyMhKrw",
      "links": [
        [
          "vi-",
          "vi-#Swahili"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "vy- + -ema (“nice”) → vyema (“nicely”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "form of vi- used before a vowel in certain words",
        "Forms adverbs of manner from declinable adjectives."
      ],
      "id": "en-vy--sw-prefix-XF1cdo4k",
      "links": [
        [
          "vi-",
          "vi-#Swahili"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-vy.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/Sw-ke-vy.flac/Sw-ke-vy.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/Sw-ke-vy.flac/Sw-ke-vy.flac.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Kenya"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Kenya)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vy-"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili prefixes",
    "Swahili terms with audio links"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From vi- before a vowel.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ch-",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "prefix",
        "3": "singular",
        "4": "ch-"
      },
      "expansion": "vy- (singular ch-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swahili terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "rooms",
          "text": "vyumba",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "good things",
          "text": "vitu vyema",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "form of vi- used before a vowel in certain words",
        "[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ki-vi class|vi class_((VIII))]] noun prefix and adjective agreement prefix"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vi-",
          "vi-#Swahili"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swahili terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It is nice to thank them.",
          "text": "Ni vyema kuwashukuru.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "form of vi- used before a vowel in certain words",
        "impersonal adjective agreement prefix"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vi-",
          "vi-#Swahili"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "vy- + -ema (“nice”) → vyema (“nicely”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "form of vi- used before a vowel in certain words",
        "Forms adverbs of manner from declinable adjectives."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vi-",
          "vi-#Swahili"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-vy.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/Sw-ke-vy.flac/Sw-ke-vy.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/Sw-ke-vy.flac/Sw-ke-vy.flac.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Kenya"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Kenya)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vy-"
}

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Swahili",
  "subsection": "prefix",
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  "trace": ""
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