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Verb [Chichewa]

IPA: /oˈno.ᵑɡa/ Forms: -ononga [canonical], kuónonga [infinitive], -wononga [alternative], -ononja [alternative]
Etymology: Cognate with Yao (Africa) -jonanga (“to break, to destroy”). Etymology templates: {{cog|yao|jonanga|-jonanga|to break, to destroy}} Yao (Africa) -jonanga (“to break, to destroy”) Head templates: {{head|ny|verb|infinitive|kuónonga|head=-ononga}} -ononga (infinitive kuónonga), {{ny-verb|ononga}} -ononga (infinitive kuónonga)
  1. to destroy
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-z~oZCw4l
  2. to demolish, to knock down
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-1v2eNt9~
  3. to damage
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-d-fIATFT
  4. to devastate
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-PJSzQWeu
  5. to spoil
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-ZXpH0j1X
  6. to harm, to be harmful
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-cRL6uHaL
  7. to mar
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-KNJCHVcl Categories (other): Chichewa entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chichewa entries with incorrect language header: 2 5 2 2 2 3 15 2 2 7 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 5 3 3 3 3 9 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 4 2 2 2 3 28 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2
  8. to waste, to squander (e.g. money)
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-8F5Eo6rT
  9. to make bad
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-Fl1zL7Y0
  10. to misuse
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-n-sNfPwN
  11. to blemish
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-UYijTjaH
  12. to crush
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-39f~5eug
  13. to break
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-uvkE5ojw
  14. to liquidate
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-Ik0DAY~v
  15. to vandalise
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-3GOyXUWW
  16. to sabotage
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-TlBygx7-
  17. to be violent
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-04vqhoi3
  18. to scupper
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-jvgKu4Su
  19. to debase
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-R~8AsvS-
  20. to dishonour
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-NMROJ6iG
  21. to shame
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-f7nwaOV3
  22. to pollute
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-MGtLB5CT
  23. to disturb
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-ycf5410h
  24. to be deleterious
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-x~C2a72t
  25. to ravage
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-iwpWdzEH
  26. to ruin
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-pJTg4BTa
  27. to aggravate
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-HsY0mB4O
  28. to be malicious
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-FJoT1gIS
  29. to be rampage
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-n3iddwZz
  30. to subvert
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-p7NzwmED
  31. to be a sacrilege
    Sense id: en-ononga-ny-verb-UTVJc8MI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: -onongetsa [causative, verb], -onongedwa [passive, verb], -onongaononga [verb], -onongeka [stative, verb] Derived forms (Negative): -saononga [verb] Derived forms (Repetitive): -ononganso [verb]
Disambiguation of 'Negative': 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Repetitive': 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-onongetsa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-onongedwa"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-onongaononga"
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      "tags": [
        "stative",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-onongeka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "sense": "Negative",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-saononga"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "sense": "Repetitive",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-ononganso"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "-jonanga",
      "jonanga#Yao_(Africa)"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yao",
        "2": "jonanga",
        "3": "-jonanga",
        "4": "to break, to destroy"
      },
      "expansion": "Yao (Africa) -jonanga (“to break, to destroy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Yao (Africa) -jonanga (“to break, to destroy”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ononga",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kuónonga",
      "links": [
        [
          "kuónonga",
          "kuononga"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wononga",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ononja",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "verb",
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      },
      "expansion": "-ononga (infinitive kuónonga)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ononga"
      },
      "expansion": "-ononga (infinitive kuónonga)",
      "name": "ny-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chichewa",
  "lang_code": "ny",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to destroy"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-z~oZCw4l",
      "links": [
        [
          "destroy",
          "destroy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to demolish, to knock down"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-1v2eNt9~",
      "links": [
        [
          "demolish",
          "demolish"
        ],
        [
          "knock down",
          "knock down"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to damage"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-d-fIATFT",
      "links": [
        [
          "damage",
          "damage"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to devastate"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-PJSzQWeu",
      "links": [
        [
          "devastate",
          "devastate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to spoil"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-ZXpH0j1X",
      "links": [
        [
          "spoil",
          "spoil"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to harm, to be harmful"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-cRL6uHaL",
      "links": [
        [
          "harm",
          "harm"
        ],
        [
          "harmful",
          "harmful"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 5 2 2 2 3 15 2 2 7 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 3 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 5 3 3 3 3 9 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 4 2 2 2 3 28 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2",
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to mar"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-KNJCHVcl",
      "links": [
        [
          "mar",
          "mar"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to waste, to squander (e.g. money)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-8F5Eo6rT",
      "links": [
        [
          "waste",
          "waste"
        ],
        [
          "squander",
          "squander"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to make bad"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-Fl1zL7Y0",
      "links": [
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to misuse"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-n-sNfPwN",
      "links": [
        [
          "misuse",
          "misuse"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to blemish"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-UYijTjaH",
      "links": [
        [
          "blemish",
          "blemish"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to crush"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-39f~5eug",
      "links": [
        [
          "crush",
          "crush"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to break"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-uvkE5ojw",
      "links": [
        [
          "break",
          "break"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to liquidate"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-Ik0DAY~v",
      "links": [
        [
          "liquidate",
          "liquidate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to vandalise"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-3GOyXUWW",
      "links": [
        [
          "vandalise",
          "vandalise"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to sabotage"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-TlBygx7-",
      "links": [
        [
          "sabotage",
          "sabotage"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be violent"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-04vqhoi3",
      "links": [
        [
          "violent",
          "violent"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to scupper"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-jvgKu4Su",
      "links": [
        [
          "scupper",
          "scupper"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to debase"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-R~8AsvS-",
      "links": [
        [
          "debase",
          "debase"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to dishonour"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-NMROJ6iG",
      "links": [
        [
          "dishonour",
          "dishonour"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to shame"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-f7nwaOV3",
      "links": [
        [
          "shame",
          "shame"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to pollute"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-MGtLB5CT",
      "links": [
        [
          "pollute",
          "pollute"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to disturb"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-ycf5410h",
      "links": [
        [
          "disturb",
          "disturb"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be deleterious"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-x~C2a72t",
      "links": [
        [
          "deleterious",
          "deleterious"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to ravage"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-iwpWdzEH",
      "links": [
        [
          "ravage",
          "ravage"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to ruin"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-pJTg4BTa",
      "links": [
        [
          "ruin",
          "ruin"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to aggravate"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-HsY0mB4O",
      "links": [
        [
          "aggravate",
          "aggravate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be malicious"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-FJoT1gIS",
      "links": [
        [
          "malicious",
          "malicious"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be rampage"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-n3iddwZz",
      "links": [
        [
          "rampage",
          "rampage"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to subvert"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-p7NzwmED",
      "links": [
        [
          "subvert",
          "subvert"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be a sacrilege"
      ],
      "id": "en-ononga-ny-verb-UTVJc8MI",
      "links": [
        [
          "sacrilege",
          "sacrilege"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈno.ᵑɡa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ononga"
}
{
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    "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chichewa lemmas",
    "Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chichewa verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-onongetsa"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Negative",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-saononga"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-onongedwa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-onongaononga"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Repetitive",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-ononganso"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "stative",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-onongeka"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "-jonanga",
      "jonanga#Yao_(Africa)"
    ]
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "yao",
        "2": "jonanga",
        "3": "-jonanga",
        "4": "to break, to destroy"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Yao (Africa) -jonanga (“to break, to destroy”).",
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    {
      "form": "-ononga",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kuónonga",
      "links": [
        [
          "kuónonga",
          "kuononga"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wononga",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ononja",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "infinitive",
        "4": "kuónonga",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
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  "lang_code": "ny",
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      "glosses": [
        "to destroy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "destroy",
          "destroy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to demolish, to knock down"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "demolish",
          "demolish"
        ],
        [
          "knock down",
          "knock down"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to damage"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "damage",
          "damage"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to devastate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "devastate",
          "devastate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to spoil"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spoil",
          "spoil"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to harm, to be harmful"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "harm",
          "harm"
        ],
        [
          "harmful",
          "harmful"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to mar"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mar",
          "mar"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to waste, to squander (e.g. money)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "waste",
          "waste"
        ],
        [
          "squander",
          "squander"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to make bad"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to misuse"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "misuse",
          "misuse"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to blemish"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blemish",
          "blemish"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to crush"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crush",
          "crush"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to break"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "break",
          "break"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to liquidate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "liquidate",
          "liquidate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to vandalise"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vandalise",
          "vandalise"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to sabotage"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sabotage",
          "sabotage"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be violent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "violent",
          "violent"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to scupper"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scupper",
          "scupper"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to debase"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "debase",
          "debase"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to dishonour"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dishonour",
          "dishonour"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to shame"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shame",
          "shame"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to pollute"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pollute",
          "pollute"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to disturb"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "disturb",
          "disturb"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be deleterious"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deleterious",
          "deleterious"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to ravage"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ravage",
          "ravage"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to ruin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ruin",
          "ruin"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to aggravate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "aggravate",
          "aggravate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be malicious"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "malicious",
          "malicious"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be rampage"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rampage",
          "rampage"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to subvert"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "subvert",
          "subvert"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be a sacrilege"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sacrilege",
          "sacrilege"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈno.ᵑɡa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ononga"
}

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