See dyetsa on Wiktionary
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"2": "dya",
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"alt1": "-dya",
"t1": "to eat",
"t2": "causative suffix for monosyllabic verbs"
},
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"name": "af"
},
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"2": "lyeska",
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"4": "to feed"
},
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"name": "cog"
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},
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"name": "cog"
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]
},
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]
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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"source": "w"
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{
"tags": [
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"verb"
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"word": "-dyetsera"
},
{
"tags": [
"causative",
"verb"
],
"word": "-dyetsetsa"
},
{
"tags": [
"passive",
"verb"
],
"word": "-dyetsedwa"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "-dyetsadyetsa"
},
{
"sense": "Negative",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "-sadyetsa"
},
{
"sense": "Repetitive",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "-dyetsanso"
},
{
"english": "money lending",
"sense": "Nominal derivations",
"translation": "money lending",
"word": "chidyetsano"
}
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{
"text": "to feed"
}
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],
"id": "en-dyetsa-ny-verb-FirfxHUH",
"links": [
[
"-dya",
"dya#Chichewa"
]
],
"tags": [
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"form-of"
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{
"ipa": "/ˈɗʲe.t͡sa/"
}
],
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"verb"
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"passive",
"verb"
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"verb"
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"verb"
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"name": "af"
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{
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"4": "to feed"
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"name": "cog"
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"4": "to feed"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
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"1": "sw",
"2": "lisha",
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"4": "to feed"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
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"args": {
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"3": "-liisya",
"4": "to feed"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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"lang_code": "ny",
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"Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
"Chichewa lemmas",
"Chichewa terms suffixed with -etsa",
"Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
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"text": "to feed"
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],
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[
"-dya",
"dya#Chichewa"
]
],
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"form-of"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈɗʲe.t͡sa/"
}
],
"word": "dyetsa"
}
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