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"gloss2": "eating"
},
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"name": "compound"
},
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"2": "chakudya"
},
"expansion": "Chichewa chakudya",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "tum",
"2": "cakulya"
},
"expansion": "Tumbuka cakulya",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"2": "cakulya"
},
"expansion": "Yao (Africa) cakulya",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Ultimately from cha (“of”) + kula (“eating”); compare Chichewa chakudya, Tumbuka cakulya and Yao (Africa) cakulya.",
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{
"form": "vyakula",
"tags": [
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"plural"
]
}
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},
"expansion": "chakula class VII (plural vyakula class VIII)",
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"english": "fast food",
"translation": "fast food",
"word": "chakula cha haraka"
}
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},
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