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"passive"
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},
{
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"4": "",
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"supple",
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"to become domesticated; to cool down (in temper); to be gentle, mild"
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"gentle",
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"to become limp"
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"limp",
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"(honorific) belch"
],
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"other": "/tʰaːmba/"
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"(transitive) to soften"
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"word": "thamba"
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"Zulu lemmas",
"Zulu terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Zulu verbs"
],
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"perfective"
]
},
{
"form": "thanjwa",
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"passive"
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},
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"form": "thambisa",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "thambisisa",
"tags": [
"emphatic"
]
},
{
"form": "thamba-thamba",
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"diminutive"
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}
],
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"4": "",
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"impressionable",
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"supple",
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"to become domesticated; to cool down (in temper); to be gentle, mild"
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"domesticated",
"domesticated"
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[
"cool down",
"cool down"
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[
"gentle",
"gentle"
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[
"mild",
"mild"
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"to become limp"
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"limp",
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"(honorific) belch"
],
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{
"word": "bodla"
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"other": "/tʰaːmba/"
}
],
"word": "thamba"
}
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