"-kúa" meaning in All languages combined

See -kúa on Wiktionary

Verb [Proto-Bantu]

Forms: kʊ̀kúa [infinitive]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú-. Compare Yoruba kú (from Proto-Yoruboid *kpú or Proto-Yoruboid *kú ), Igala kwú, Tiv *kpe, Ibibio *kpa, Proto-Jukunoid *kwu-, Proto-Edoid *ghu, Ewe *kuku and Awing *kfu (from Proto-Grassfields *kÚ(a)). Etymology templates: {{etymon|bnt-pro|:inh|alv-pro:*kwwú-|:root|*-kú-}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Bantu", "term" : "*-kú-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "bnt-pro" } ], "keyword" : "root", "is_invisible" : "all" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Bantu", "term" : "*-kúa", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "bnt-pro" }" data-lang="bnt-pro" data-title="*-kúa">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|bnt-pro|alv-pro|*kwwú-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú-, {{inh+|bnt-pro|alv-pro|*kwwú-}} Inherited from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú-, {{cog|yo|kú}} Yoruba kú, {{cog|alv-yrd-pro|*kpú}} Proto-Yoruboid *kpú, {{cog|alv-yrd-pro|*kú}} Proto-Yoruboid *kú, {{cog|igl|kwú}} Igala kwú, {{cog|tiv|*kpe}} Tiv *kpe, {{cog|ibb|*kpa}} Ibibio *kpa, {{cog|nic-jkn-pro|*kwu-}} Proto-Jukunoid *kwu-, {{cog|alv-edo-pro|*ghu}} Proto-Edoid *ghu, {{cog|ee|*kuku}} Ewe *kuku, {{cog|azo|*kfu}} Awing *kfu, {{cog|nic-grf-pro|*kÚ(a)}} Proto-Grassfields *kÚ(a) Head templates: {{head|bnt-pro|verb|infinitive|*kʊ̀kúa}} *-kúa (infinitive *kʊ̀kúa), {{bnt-verb}} *-kúa (infinitive *kʊ̀kúa)
  1. to die Tags: reconstruction Derived forms: nkúà (english: death), -kúɪda (english: applicative form), mʊ̀kúʊ̀ (english: dead person)
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Bangi-Moi",
              "lang_code": "bnt-bmo"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Bangi-Ntomba",
          "lang_code": "bnt-bnm"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Bangi-Tetela",
      "lang_code": "bnt-bte"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Seuta",
              "lang_code": "bnt-seu"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Proto-Sabaki",
              "lang_code": "bnt-sab-pro",
              "word": "*-fwa"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Northeast Coast Bantu",
          "lang_code": "bnt-ncb"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Haya-Jita",
              "lang_code": "bnt-haj"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Nyoro-Ganda",
              "lang_code": "bnt-nyg"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Masaba-Luhya",
              "lang_code": "bnt-msl"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Logooli-Kuria",
              "lang_code": "bnt-lok"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Great Lakes Bantu",
          "lang_code": "bnt-glb"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Northeast Bantu",
      "lang_code": "bnt-bne"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Mwika",
          "lang_code": "bnt-mwi"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Rukwa",
      "lang_code": "bnt-ruk"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sabi",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Nyasa",
      "lang_code": "mgs"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Ruvuma",
          "lang_code": "bnt-rvm"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Rufiji-Ruvuma",
      "lang_code": "bnt-rur"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Makua",
          "lang_code": "vmw"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Southern Bantu",
      "lang_code": "bnt-bso"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Shona",
      "lang_code": "sn"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Sotho-Tswana",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Phuthi",
              "lang_code": "bnt-phu",
              "word": "-fá"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Swazi",
              "lang_code": "ss",
              "word": "-fá"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Xhosa",
              "lang_code": "xh",
              "word": "-fá"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Zulu",
              "lang_code": "zu",
              "word": "-fá"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Nguni",
          "lang_code": "bnt-ngu-pro",
          "word": "*-fá"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Tswa-Ronga",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Southern Bantu",
      "lang_code": "bnt-bso"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "bnt-pro",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "alv-pro:*kwwú-",
        "4": ":root",
        "5": "*-kú-"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" }, { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Bantu\", \"term\" : \"*-kú-\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"bnt-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"root\", \"is_invisible\" : \"all\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Bantu\", \"term\" : \"*-kúa\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"bnt-pro\" }\" data-lang=\"bnt-pro\" data-title=\"*-kúa\">",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-pro",
        "2": "alv-pro",
        "3": "*kwwú-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-pro",
        "2": "alv-pro",
        "3": "*kwwú-"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú-",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "kú"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba kú",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "2": "*kpú"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *kpú",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "2": "*kú"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *kú",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "igl",
        "2": "kwú"
      },
      "expansion": "Igala kwú",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tiv",
        "2": "*kpe"
      },
      "expansion": "Tiv *kpe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ibb",
        "2": "*kpa"
      },
      "expansion": "Ibibio *kpa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nic-jkn-pro",
        "2": "*kwu-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Jukunoid *kwu-",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alv-edo-pro",
        "2": "*ghu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Edoid *ghu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ee",
        "2": "*kuku"
      },
      "expansion": "Ewe *kuku",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "azo",
        "2": "*kfu"
      },
      "expansion": "Awing *kfu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nic-grf-pro",
        "2": "*kÚ(a)"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Grassfields *kÚ(a)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú-. Compare Yoruba kú (from Proto-Yoruboid *kpú or Proto-Yoruboid *kú ), Igala kwú, Tiv *kpe, Ibibio *kpa, Proto-Jukunoid *kwu-, Proto-Edoid *ghu, Ewe *kuku and Awing *kfu (from Proto-Grassfields *kÚ(a)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kʊ̀kúa",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-pro",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "infinitive",
        "4": "*kʊ̀kúa"
      },
      "expansion": "*-kúa (infinitive *kʊ̀kúa)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "*-kúa (infinitive *kʊ̀kúa)",
      "name": "bnt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Bantu",
  "lang_code": "bnt-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-kúa",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Bantu entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Bantu entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Bantu entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Bantu terms belonging to the root *-kú-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "death",
          "translation": "death",
          "word": "nkúà"
        },
        {
          "english": "applicative form",
          "translation": "applicative form",
          "word": "-kúɪda"
        },
        {
          "english": "dead person",
          "translation": "dead person",
          "word": "mʊ̀kúʊ̀"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to die"
      ],
      "id": "en--kúa-bnt-pro-verb-L2Mli9fq",
      "links": [
        [
          "die",
          "die"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-kúa"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "death",
      "translation": "death",
      "word": "nkúà"
    },
    {
      "english": "applicative form",
      "translation": "applicative form",
      "word": "-kúɪda"
    },
    {
      "english": "dead person",
      "translation": "dead person",
      "word": "mʊ̀kúʊ̀"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Bangi-Moi",
              "lang_code": "bnt-bmo"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Bangi-Ntomba",
          "lang_code": "bnt-bnm"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Bangi-Tetela",
      "lang_code": "bnt-bte"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Seuta",
              "lang_code": "bnt-seu"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Proto-Sabaki",
              "lang_code": "bnt-sab-pro",
              "word": "*-fwa"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Northeast Coast Bantu",
          "lang_code": "bnt-ncb"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Haya-Jita",
              "lang_code": "bnt-haj"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Nyoro-Ganda",
              "lang_code": "bnt-nyg"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Masaba-Luhya",
              "lang_code": "bnt-msl"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Logooli-Kuria",
              "lang_code": "bnt-lok"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Great Lakes Bantu",
          "lang_code": "bnt-glb"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Northeast Bantu",
      "lang_code": "bnt-bne"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Mwika",
          "lang_code": "bnt-mwi"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Rukwa",
      "lang_code": "bnt-ruk"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sabi",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Nyasa",
      "lang_code": "mgs"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Ruvuma",
          "lang_code": "bnt-rvm"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Rufiji-Ruvuma",
      "lang_code": "bnt-rur"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Makua",
          "lang_code": "vmw"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Southern Bantu",
      "lang_code": "bnt-bso"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Shona",
      "lang_code": "sn"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Sotho-Tswana",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Phuthi",
              "lang_code": "bnt-phu",
              "word": "-fá"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Swazi",
              "lang_code": "ss",
              "word": "-fá"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Xhosa",
              "lang_code": "xh",
              "word": "-fá"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Zulu",
              "lang_code": "zu",
              "word": "-fá"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Nguni",
          "lang_code": "bnt-ngu-pro",
          "word": "*-fá"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Tswa-Ronga",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Southern Bantu",
      "lang_code": "bnt-bso"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-pro",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "alv-pro:*kwwú-",
        "4": ":root",
        "5": "*-kú-"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" }, { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Bantu\", \"term\" : \"*-kú-\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"bnt-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"root\", \"is_invisible\" : \"all\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Bantu\", \"term\" : \"*-kúa\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"bnt-pro\" }\" data-lang=\"bnt-pro\" data-title=\"*-kúa\">",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-pro",
        "2": "alv-pro",
        "3": "*kwwú-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-pro",
        "2": "alv-pro",
        "3": "*kwwú-"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú-",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "kú"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba kú",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "2": "*kpú"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *kpú",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "2": "*kú"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *kú",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "igl",
        "2": "kwú"
      },
      "expansion": "Igala kwú",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tiv",
        "2": "*kpe"
      },
      "expansion": "Tiv *kpe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ibb",
        "2": "*kpa"
      },
      "expansion": "Ibibio *kpa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nic-jkn-pro",
        "2": "*kwu-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Jukunoid *kwu-",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alv-edo-pro",
        "2": "*ghu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Edoid *ghu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ee",
        "2": "*kuku"
      },
      "expansion": "Ewe *kuku",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "azo",
        "2": "*kfu"
      },
      "expansion": "Awing *kfu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nic-grf-pro",
        "2": "*kÚ(a)"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Grassfields *kÚ(a)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú-. Compare Yoruba kú (from Proto-Yoruboid *kpú or Proto-Yoruboid *kú ), Igala kwú, Tiv *kpe, Ibibio *kpa, Proto-Jukunoid *kwu-, Proto-Edoid *ghu, Ewe *kuku and Awing *kfu (from Proto-Grassfields *kÚ(a)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kʊ̀kúa",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-pro",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "infinitive",
        "4": "*kʊ̀kúa"
      },
      "expansion": "*-kúa (infinitive *kʊ̀kúa)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "*-kúa (infinitive *kʊ̀kúa)",
      "name": "bnt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Bantu",
  "lang_code": "bnt-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-kúa",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymon",
        "Proto-Bantu entries referencing missing etymons",
        "Proto-Bantu entries with etymon",
        "Proto-Bantu entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Bantu lemmas",
        "Proto-Bantu terms belonging to the root *-kú-",
        "Proto-Bantu terms derived from Proto-Atlantic-Congo",
        "Proto-Bantu terms inherited from Proto-Atlantic-Congo",
        "Proto-Bantu verbs",
        "bnt-pro:Death"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to die"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "die",
          "die"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-kúa"
}

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