See eleza on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-elezya, from *-elela (“to be clear”) + *-ya (causative). By surface analysis, -elea + -za. Cognate with Ngazidja Comorian -eleza ~ -yeleza and Giryama -ereza.",
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},
{
"form": "eleza",
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},
{
"form": "elezeni",
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]
},
{
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]
},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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"form": "ninaeleza",
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{
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{
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{
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{
"form": "sielezi",
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
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},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -taeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future"
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},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -taeleza",
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"future",
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"form": "no-table-tags",
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"table-tags"
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},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "nieleze",
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"first-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "tueleze",
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"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "ueleze",
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"second-person",
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]
},
{
"form": "mweleze",
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"plural",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
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{
"form": "waeleze",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"plural",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -eleze",
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"subjunctive",
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{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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"table-tags"
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{
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"inflection-template"
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},
{
"form": "naeleza",
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"first-person",
"gnomic",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "twaeleza",
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"first-person",
"gnomic",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "waeleza",
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"second-person",
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]
},
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"second-person"
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
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{
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"class-2",
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"third-person"
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"form": "waeleza",
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"class-4",
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"singular",
"third-person"
]
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{
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"class-4",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "laeleza",
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"class-6",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yaeleza",
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"class-5",
"class-6",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
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{
"form": "chaeleza",
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"class-7",
"class-8",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "vyaeleza",
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"class-8",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yaeleza",
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"class-9",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
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},
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"third-person"
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"class-17",
"gnomic",
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"third-person"
]
},
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"form": "paeleza",
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"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "mwaeleza",
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"class-18",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
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"table-tags"
]
},
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"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
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"inflection-template"
]
},
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"form": "positive subject concord + -meeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -meshaeleza",
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"tags": [
"already-form"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -jaeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
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"not-yet-form"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -kieleza",
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"tags": [
"if-when-form"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -sipoeleza",
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"tags": [
"if-not-form"
]
},
{
"form": "kaeleza / positive subject concord + -kaeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"consecutive"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -kaeleze",
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"consecutive",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "-nieleza",
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"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tueleza",
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"first-person",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-kueleza",
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"indicative",
"object-concord",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-waeleza",
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"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-kuelezeni",
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"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
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]
},
{
"form": "-mweleza",
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"class-2",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-waeleza",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-ueleza",
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"class-3",
"class-4",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-ieleza",
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"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-lieleza",
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"class-5",
"class-6",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-yaeleza",
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"class-5",
"class-6",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-kieleza",
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"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-vieleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-ieleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-zieleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-ueleza",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-11",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-kueleza",
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"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-paeleza",
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"tags": [
"class-16",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-mueleza",
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"class-18",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-jieleza",
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"indicative",
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"reflexive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
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"inflection-template"
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},
{
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"object-concord",
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},
{
"form": "-elezaye",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
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]
},
{
"form": "-elezao",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-elezao",
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"class-3",
"class-4",
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]
},
{
"form": "-elezayo",
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"class-3",
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]
},
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"form": "-elezalo",
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},
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"form": "-elezacho",
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},
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"form": "-elezavyo",
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"class-7",
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]
},
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"form": "-elezayo",
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]
},
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"form": "-elezazo",
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"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
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]
},
{
"form": "-elezao",
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"class-11",
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"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-elezako",
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"class-15",
"class-17",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-elezapo",
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"class-16",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-elezamo",
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"class-18",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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},
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"form": "sw-conj",
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]
},
{
"form": "Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -eleza)",
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"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
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},
{
"form": "-yeeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
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"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-oeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-oeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-4",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-yoeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"relative"
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},
{
"form": "-loeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-6",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-yoeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
"form": "-choeleza",
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"relative",
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]
},
{
"form": "-vyoeleza",
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"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-yoeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
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"relative",
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]
},
{
"form": "-zoeleza",
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"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-oeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
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"object-concord",
"relative",
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]
},
{
"form": "-koeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-17",
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"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-poeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-16",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-moeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-18",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
]
}
],
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],
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"pos": "verb",
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{
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"parents": [],
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{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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"kind": "other",
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},
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"passive",
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},
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},
{
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{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
4,
8
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
10,
14
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],
"english": "Can't you tell it me plainly that I may admit it?",
"ref": "R. Allen (1946), “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249",
"roman": "Hunelezi nami kali baini, liwapo na-sura nisi katae.",
"text": "هُنِلِزِ نَمِ كَلِ بَيْنِ ، لِوَاپُ نَسُرَ نِسِ كَتَيْ",
"translation": "Can't you tell it me plainly that I may admit it?",
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}
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{
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"plural"
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},
{
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]
},
{
"form": "hueleza",
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},
{
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]
},
{
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]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
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},
{
"form": "ninaeleza",
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]
},
{
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"first-person",
"present",
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]
},
{
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"plural",
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},
{
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]
},
{
"form": "mnaeleza",
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]
},
{
"form": "anaeleza",
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},
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]
},
{
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},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
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},
{
"form": "sielezi",
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"negative",
"present",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "hatuelezi",
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},
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{
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},
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},
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},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -taeleza",
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},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -taeleza",
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"form": "no-table-tags",
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},
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "nieleze",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "tueleze",
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"first-person",
"plural",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "ueleze",
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"singular",
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]
},
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"form": "mweleze",
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"plural",
"second-person",
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]
},
{
"form": "aeleze",
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"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "waeleze",
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"class-2",
"plural",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -eleze",
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]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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},
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},
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"form": "positive subject concord + -sieleze",
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},
{
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},
{
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
{
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"gnomic",
"singular"
]
},
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]
},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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"plural",
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},
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},
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"third-person"
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},
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},
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},
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},
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"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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},
{
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},
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},
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},
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},
{
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]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -sipoeleza",
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"if-not-form"
]
},
{
"form": "kaeleza / positive subject concord + -kaeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -kaeleze",
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"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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]
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"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tueleza",
"source": "conjugation",
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"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"object-concord",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
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"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
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"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-waelezeni",
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"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-mweleza",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-2",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
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"class-2",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
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"form": "-ueleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-ieleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-lieleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-yaeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-kieleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-vieleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-ieleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-zieleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-ueleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-kueleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-paeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-mueleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-jieleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"reflexive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -eleza- + relative marker)",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-elezaye",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-elezao",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-elezao",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-elezayo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-elezalo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-elezayo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-elezacho",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-elezavyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-elezayo",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-elezazo",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-elezao",
"source": "conjugation",
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"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-elezako",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-15",
"class-17",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-elezapo",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-16",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-elezamo",
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"class-18",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
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"table-tags"
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},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
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"inflection-template"
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},
{
"form": "Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -eleza)",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-yeeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-oeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-oeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-yoeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-loeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-yoeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-choeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-vyoeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
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{
"form": "-yoeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-zoeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-oeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-koeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-poeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-moeleza",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "no-table-tags",
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"table-tags"
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"form": "sw-conj",
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"inflection-template"
]
},
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"form": "Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.",
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"relative"
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"Swahili terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
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14
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"ref": "R. Allen (1946), “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249",
"roman": "Hunelezi nami kali baini, liwapo na-sura nisi katae.",
"text": "هُنِلِزِ نَمِ كَلِ بَيْنِ ، لِوَاپُ نَسُرَ نِسِ كَتَيْ",
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}
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