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"expansion": "Proto-Bantu *-ɪka",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *-ɪka.",
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"lang_code": "xh",
"pos": "suffix",
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Xhosa entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"source": "w"
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"glosses": [
"Forms \"neuter-passive\" verbs from existing verbs, meaning \"to be (verb)able\" or \"to be (verb)ing\"."
],
"id": "en--eka-xh-suffix-B9GhEahK",
"tags": [
"morpheme"
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}
],
"word": "-eka"
}
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],
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"Forms \"neuter-passive\" verbs from existing verbs, meaning \"to be (verb)able\" or \"to be (verb)ing\"."
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],
"word": "-eka"
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