"kiesa" meaning in Afrikaans

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Verb

IPA: /ˈki.sa/ Forms: kiesa [present], kiesaende [participle, present], gekiesa [participle, past]
Head templates: {{af-verb}} kiesa (present kiesa, present participle kiesaende, past participle gekiesa)
  1. (rare) to drizzle, to rain lightly in fine droplets Tags: rare Synonyms: misreën, motreën, sifreën
    Sense id: en-kiesa-af-verb-sFAX0NzO Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 90 8 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 7 2
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    {
      "form": "kiesa",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kiesaende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekiesa",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "name": "af-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Afrikaans",
  "lang_code": "af",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 8 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 7 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              63,
              71
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              49,
              54
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Mist rain, on the other hand, falls continuously. Sometimes it drizzles, or mizzles, for days on end.",
          "ref": "2018 September 7, Jana Luther, “Jaloersbuie tot komloertjie en dambrekerbuie”, in Beeld:",
          "text": "Sifreën aan die ander kant, val aanhoudend. Soms kiesa, of kwietsja, dit dae aaneen.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to drizzle, to rain lightly in fine droplets"
      ],
      "id": "en-kiesa-af-verb-sFAX0NzO",
      "links": [
        [
          "drizzle",
          "drizzle"
        ],
        [
          "rain",
          "rain"
        ],
        [
          "droplet",
          "droplet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) to drizzle, to rain lightly in fine droplets"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "misreën"
        },
        {
          "word": "motreën"
        },
        {
          "word": "sifreën"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈki.sa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kiesa"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "pl:Bags"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kiesa",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kiesaende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gekiesa",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "kiesa (present kiesa, present participle kiesaende, past participle gekiesa)",
      "name": "af-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Afrikaans",
  "lang_code": "af",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header",
        "Afrikaans lemmas",
        "Afrikaans terms with quotations",
        "Afrikaans terms with rare senses",
        "Afrikaans verbs",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              63,
              71
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              49,
              54
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Mist rain, on the other hand, falls continuously. Sometimes it drizzles, or mizzles, for days on end.",
          "ref": "2018 September 7, Jana Luther, “Jaloersbuie tot komloertjie en dambrekerbuie”, in Beeld:",
          "text": "Sifreën aan die ander kant, val aanhoudend. Soms kiesa, of kwietsja, dit dae aaneen.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to drizzle, to rain lightly in fine droplets"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "drizzle",
          "drizzle"
        ],
        [
          "rain",
          "rain"
        ],
        [
          "droplet",
          "droplet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) to drizzle, to rain lightly in fine droplets"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "misreën"
        },
        {
          "word": "motreën"
        },
        {
          "word": "sifreën"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈki.sa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kiesa"
}

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