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{
"etymology_links": [
[
"*ìjínà",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìjínà"
],
[
"*-zina",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Benue-Congo/-zina"
],
[
"*-ghínà",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Atlantic-Congo/-ghínà"
]
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "",
"2": "i",
"3": "I"
},
"expansion": "I",
"name": "yesno"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Inherited"
},
"expansion": "Inherited",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "bnt-pro",
"3": "*ìjínà",
"4": "",
"5": "name",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sn",
"2": "bnt-pro",
"3": "*ìjínà",
"4": "",
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},
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},
{
"args": {
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"2": "nic-bco-pro",
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"4": "",
"5": "name"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "sn",
"2": "alv-pro",
"3": "*-ghínà",
"4": "",
"5": "name"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ghínà (“name”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ìjínà (“name”), potentially from Proto-Benue-Congo *-zina (“name”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ghínà (“name”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "madzinza",
"tags": [
"class-6",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "dzinza",
"2": "5",
"3": "madzinza"
},
"expansion": "dzinza class 5 (plural madzinza class 6)",
"name": "sn-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Shona",
"lang_code": "sn",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "40 12 48",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"line of descent",
"tribe"
],
"id": "en-dzinza-sn-noun-RhHZGWB8",
"links": [
[
"tribe",
"tribe"
]
],
"tags": [
"class-5"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "40 12 48",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"line of descent",
"clan"
],
"id": "en-dzinza-sn-noun-QxbZHkPc",
"links": [
[
"clan",
"clan"
]
],
"tags": [
"class-5"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "40 12 48",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "30 23 47",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "30 19 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Shona entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"family name"
],
"id": "en-dzinza-sn-noun-t1ViRAmr",
"links": [
[
"name",
"name"
]
],
"tags": [
"class-5"
]
}
],
"word": "dzinza"
}
{
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"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Shona class 5 nouns",
"Shona entries with incorrect language header",
"Shona lemmas",
"Shona nouns",
"Shona terms derived from Proto-Atlantic-Congo",
"Shona terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
"Shona terms derived from Proto-Benue-Congo",
"Shona terms inherited from Proto-Atlantic-Congo",
"Shona terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
"Shona terms inherited from Proto-Benue-Congo"
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"*ìjínà",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìjínà"
],
[
"*-zina",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Benue-Congo/-zina"
],
[
"*-ghínà",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Atlantic-Congo/-ghínà"
]
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "",
"2": "i",
"3": "I"
},
"expansion": "I",
"name": "yesno"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Inherited"
},
"expansion": "Inherited",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sn",
"2": "bnt-pro",
"3": "*ìjínà",
"4": "",
"5": "name",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Proto-Bantu *ìjínà (“name”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sn",
"2": "bnt-pro",
"3": "*ìjínà",
"4": "",
"5": "name"
},
"expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ìjínà (“name”)",
"name": "inh+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sn",
"2": "nic-bco-pro",
"3": "*-zina",
"4": "",
"5": "name"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Benue-Congo *-zina (“name”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sn",
"2": "alv-pro",
"3": "*-ghínà",
"4": "",
"5": "name"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ghínà (“name”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ìjínà (“name”), potentially from Proto-Benue-Congo *-zina (“name”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ghínà (“name”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "madzinza",
"tags": [
"class-6",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "dzinza",
"2": "5",
"3": "madzinza"
},
"expansion": "dzinza class 5 (plural madzinza class 6)",
"name": "sn-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Shona",
"lang_code": "sn",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"line of descent",
"tribe"
],
"links": [
[
"tribe",
"tribe"
]
],
"tags": [
"class-5"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"line of descent",
"clan"
],
"links": [
[
"clan",
"clan"
]
],
"tags": [
"class-5"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"family name"
],
"links": [
[
"name",
"name"
]
],
"tags": [
"class-5"
]
}
],
"word": "dzinza"
}
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