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"sense": "Negative",
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},
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],
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"-etsa",
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},
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},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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"form": "-gonetsa",
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},
{
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"pos": "verb",
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"parents": [],
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"name": "Chichewa terms suffixed with -etsa",
"parents": [],
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{
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"Causative form of -gona",
"to put to sleep"
],
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"-gona",
"gona#Chichewa"
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]
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"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɡoˈne.t͡sa/"
}
],
"word": "gonetsa"
}
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"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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"sense": "Negative",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "-sagonetsa"
},
{
"sense": "Repetitive",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "-gonetsanso"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"gona",
"gona#Chichewa"
],
[
"-etsa",
"-etsa#Chichewa"
],
[
"-goneska",
"goneska#Tumbuka"
]
],
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{
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"1": "ny",
"2": "gona",
"3": "-etsa",
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},
"expansion": "gona (“to sleep”) + -etsa (“causative suffix for verbs where the penultimate vowel of the stem is 'o'”)",
"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tum",
"2": "goneska",
"3": "-goneska",
"4": "to cause to sleep"
},
"expansion": "Tumbuka -goneska (“to cause to sleep”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From gona (“to sleep”) + -etsa (“causative suffix for verbs where the penultimate vowel of the stem is 'o'”). Cognate with Tumbuka -goneska (“to cause to sleep”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-gonetsa",
"tags": [
"canonical"
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},
{
"form": "kugónetsa",
"links": [
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"kugonetsa"
]
],
"tags": [
"infinitive"
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"Causative form of -gona"
],
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[
"-gona",
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]
],
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],
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"Causative form of -gona",
"to put to sleep"
],
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[
"-gona",
"gona#Chichewa"
],
[
"put to sleep",
"put to sleep"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɡoˈne.t͡sa/"
}
],
"word": "gonetsa"
}
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