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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"sense": "Negative",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "-saphera"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
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}
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"2": "pha",
"3": "-era",
"t1": "to kill",
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},
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"name": "af"
}
],
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{
"form": "-phera",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
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"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
}
],
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},
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},
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{
"categories": [],
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"Applicative form of -pha",
"to kill for someone or something"
],
"id": "en-phera-ny-verb-yi9sBj0e",
"links": [
[
"-pha",
"pha#Chichewa"
],
[
"kill",
"kill"
]
]
},
{
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"Applicative form of -pha",
"to kill with something"
],
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[
"-pha",
"pha#Chichewa"
],
[
"kill",
"kill"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Applicative form of -pha",
"to finish"
],
"id": "en-phera-ny-verb-zbJPlXg2",
"links": [
[
"-pha",
"pha#Chichewa"
],
[
"finish",
"finish"
]
],
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"Applicative form of -pha",
"(figurative) to finish"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
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},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "17 17 17 34 13 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "18 18 18 29 12 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chichewa terms suffixed with -era",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 15 15 34 13 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 16 16 39 10 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
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}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "21 21 21 27 9 1",
"english": "sorcerer who kills out of jealousy or on demand",
"sense": "Nominal derivations",
"translation": "sorcerer who kills out of jealousy or on demand",
"word": "mpheranjiru"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to come across something, to discover"
],
"id": "en-phera-ny-verb-78rT9tNt",
"links": [
[
"come across",
"come across"
],
[
"discover",
"discover"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to knock down the last skittle (maize cob) in the game nsikwa so that the next player can play."
],
"id": "en-phera-ny-verb-R93GQems",
"links": [
[
"knock down",
"knock down"
],
[
"nsikwa",
"nsikwa#Chichewa"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to cut lots of small trees."
],
"id": "en-phera-ny-verb-cmcbSqoY",
"links": [
[
"cut",
"cut"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpʰe.ɽa/"
}
],
"word": "phera"
}
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"Chichewa lemmas",
"Chichewa terms suffixed with -era",
"Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Chichewa verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"sense": "Negative",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "-saphera"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "-pheraphera"
},
{
"english": "sorcerer who kills out of jealousy or on demand",
"sense": "Nominal derivations",
"translation": "sorcerer who kills out of jealousy or on demand",
"word": "mpheranjiru"
}
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"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From pha (“to kill”) + -era (“applicative suffix for monosyllabic stems”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-phera",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "kuphéra",
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]
}
],
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],
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"Applicative form of -pha",
"to kill for someone or something"
],
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"-pha",
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],
[
"kill",
"kill"
]
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],
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"Applicative form of -pha",
"to kill with something"
],
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"-pha",
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],
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]
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"Applicative form of -pha",
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[
"-pha",
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"finish",
"finish"
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"Applicative form of -pha",
"(figurative) to finish"
],
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"figuratively"
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"glosses": [
"to come across something, to discover"
],
"links": [
[
"come across",
"come across"
],
[
"discover",
"discover"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to knock down the last skittle (maize cob) in the game nsikwa so that the next player can play."
],
"links": [
[
"knock down",
"knock down"
],
[
"nsikwa",
"nsikwa#Chichewa"
]
]
},
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"glosses": [
"to cut lots of small trees."
],
"links": [
[
"cut",
"cut"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈpʰe.ɽa/"
}
],
"word": "phera"
}
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