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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "ma aduro"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "ma afotuo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "to titillate",
"translation": "to titillate",
"word": "ma ahokeka"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "ma ahosɛpɛ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "to welcome",
"translation": "to welcome",
"word": "ma akwaaba"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "to lead",
"translation": "to lead",
"word": "ma akwankyerɛ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "ma nna mu ahosɛpɛ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "ma sika"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "ma ɛsa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "to prompt",
"translation": "to prompt",
"word": "ma ɛsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "ma ɛso te"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "ma ɛyɛ akɔnnɔ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "ma ɛyɛ ketewa"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "maa",
"tags": [
"past",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ak",
"2": "verb",
"3": "transitive past",
"4": "maa"
},
"expansion": "ma (transitive past maa)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ak",
"2": "Twi",
"3": "Fante"
},
"expansion": "(Twi, Fante)",
"name": "tlb"
}
],
"lang": "Akan",
"lang_code": "ak",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
9,
12
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
10,
14
]
],
"english": "The woman gave the child food (Fante).",
"text": "Maame no maa abofra no edziban.",
"translation": "The woman gave the child food (Fante).",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to give"
],
"id": "en-ma-ak-verb-jKZk8JaJ",
"links": [
[
"give",
"give"
]
],
"tags": [
"Fante",
"Twi"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to impart"
],
"id": "en-ma-ak-verb-QamLP6ST",
"links": [
[
"impart",
"impart"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "de ma"
}
],
"tags": [
"Fante",
"Twi"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "8 8 54 31",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Akan entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to introduce a third person imperative verb construction."
],
"id": "en-ma-ak-verb-0dCUMK99",
"raw_glosses": [
"(auxiliary, transitive) Used to introduce a third person imperative verb construction."
],
"tags": [
"Fante",
"Twi",
"auxiliary",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Fante Akan",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "0 0 35 65",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Fante Akan",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to introduce the negative imperative"
],
"id": "en-ma-ak-verb-zK44tiBF",
"raw_glosses": [
"(auxiliary, Fante) Used to introduce the negative imperative"
],
"tags": [
"Fante",
"Twi",
"auxiliary"
]
}
],
"word": "ma"
}
{
"categories": [
"Akan entries with incorrect language header",
"Akan lemmas",
"Akan verbs",
"Fante Akan",
"Pages with 128 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "ma aduro"
},
{
"word": "ma afotuo"
},
{
"english": "to titillate",
"translation": "to titillate",
"word": "ma ahokeka"
},
{
"word": "ma ahosɛpɛ"
},
{
"english": "to welcome",
"translation": "to welcome",
"word": "ma akwaaba"
},
{
"english": "to lead",
"translation": "to lead",
"word": "ma akwankyerɛ"
},
{
"word": "ma nna mu ahosɛpɛ"
},
{
"word": "ma sika"
},
{
"word": "ma ɛsa"
},
{
"english": "to prompt",
"translation": "to prompt",
"word": "ma ɛsi"
},
{
"word": "ma ɛso te"
},
{
"word": "ma ɛyɛ akɔnnɔ"
},
{
"word": "ma ɛyɛ ketewa"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "maa",
"tags": [
"past",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ak",
"2": "verb",
"3": "transitive past",
"4": "maa"
},
"expansion": "ma (transitive past maa)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ak",
"2": "Twi",
"3": "Fante"
},
"expansion": "(Twi, Fante)",
"name": "tlb"
}
],
"lang": "Akan",
"lang_code": "ak",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Akan terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
9,
12
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
10,
14
]
],
"english": "The woman gave the child food (Fante).",
"text": "Maame no maa abofra no edziban.",
"translation": "The woman gave the child food (Fante).",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to give"
],
"links": [
[
"give",
"give"
]
],
"tags": [
"Fante",
"Twi"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to impart"
],
"links": [
[
"impart",
"impart"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "de ma"
}
],
"tags": [
"Fante",
"Twi"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Akan auxiliary verbs",
"Akan transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"Used to introduce a third person imperative verb construction."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(auxiliary, transitive) Used to introduce a third person imperative verb construction."
],
"tags": [
"Fante",
"Twi",
"auxiliary",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Akan auxiliary verbs",
"Fante Akan"
],
"glosses": [
"Used to introduce the negative imperative"
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(auxiliary, Fante) Used to introduce the negative imperative"
],
"tags": [
"Fante",
"Twi",
"auxiliary"
]
}
],
"word": "ma"
}
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