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Verb [Amharic]

IPA: /nəbˈbəɾə/ Forms: näbbärä [romanization]
Etymology: Cognates include Ge'ez ነበረ (näbärä), Tigrinya ነበረ (näbärä), Tigre ነብረ (näbrä) and Harari ነበረ (näbärä). Etymology templates: {{xlit|am|ነ-በ-ረ}} nä-bä-rä, {{am root|ነ-በ-ረ}}, {{cog|gez|ነበረ}} Ge'ez ነበረ (näbärä), {{cog|ti|ነበረ}} Tigrinya ነበረ (näbärä), {{cog|tig|ነብረ}} Tigre ነብረ (näbrä), {{cog|har|ነበረ}} Harari ነበረ (näbärä) Head templates: {{head|am|verb|||autotrinfl=1|f1sc=Ethi|f1tr=|head=|sort=|tr=näbbärä}} ነበረ • (näbbärä), {{am-verb|tr=näbbärä}} ነበረ • (näbbärä)
  1. (intransitive) to stay Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-ነበረ-am-verb-RNAqLDXN Categories (other): Amharic entries with incorrect language header, Amharic terms belonging to the root ነ-በ-ረ, Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Amharic entries with incorrect language header: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Amharic terms belonging to the root ነ-በ-ረ: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 14 14 14 14 16 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 14 14 14 14 17 14
  2. (intransitive) to sit Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-ነበረ-am-verb-XSeCVgAL Categories (other): Amharic entries with incorrect language header, Amharic terms belonging to the root ነ-በ-ረ, Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Amharic entries with incorrect language header: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Amharic terms belonging to the root ነ-በ-ረ: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 14 14 14 14 16 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 14 14 14 14 17 14
  3. (intransitive) to settle Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-ነበረ-am-verb-yWuHcWTe Categories (other): Amharic entries with incorrect language header, Amharic terms belonging to the root ነ-በ-ረ, Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Amharic entries with incorrect language header: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Amharic terms belonging to the root ነ-በ-ረ: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 14 14 14 14 16 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 14 14 14 14 17 14
  4. (intransitive) to live Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-ነበረ-am-verb-ipZlC7B7 Categories (other): Amharic entries with incorrect language header, Amharic terms belonging to the root ነ-በ-ረ, Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Amharic entries with incorrect language header: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Amharic terms belonging to the root ነ-በ-ረ: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 14 14 14 14 16 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 14 14 14 14 17 14
  5. (copulative) to have been Tags: copulative
    Sense id: en-ነበረ-am-verb-MySgPC5G Categories (other): Amharic entries with incorrect language header, Amharic terms belonging to the root ነ-በ-ረ, Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Amharic entries with incorrect language header: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Amharic terms belonging to the root ነ-በ-ረ: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 14 14 14 14 16 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 14 14 14 14 17 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ወምበር (wämbär)

Verb [Tigrinya]

Forms: näbärä [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|ti|verb}} ነበረ • (näbärä) Inflection templates: {{ti-conj|n|b|r}}
  1. to be (past tense)
    Sense id: en-ነበረ-ti-verb-r2HmLyOW Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Tigrinya entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 14 14 14 14 16 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 14 14 14 14 17 14 Disambiguation of Tigrinya entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. to live, to reside
    Sense id: en-ነበረ-ti-verb-JM5VyUy1 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Tigrinya entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 14 14 14 14 16 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 14 14 14 14 17 14 Disambiguation of Tigrinya entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wämbär",
      "word": "ወምበር"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "am",
        "2": "ነ-በ-ረ"
      },
      "expansion": "nä-bä-rä",
      "name": "xlit"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ነ-በ-ረ"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "am root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "ነበረ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ge'ez ነበረ (näbärä)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ti",
        "2": "ነበረ"
      },
      "expansion": "Tigrinya ነበረ (näbärä)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tig",
        "2": "ነብረ"
      },
      "expansion": "Tigre ነብረ (näbrä)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "har",
        "2": "ነበረ"
      },
      "expansion": "Harari ነበረ (näbärä)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognates include Ge'ez ነበረ (näbärä), Tigrinya ነበረ (näbärä), Tigre ነብረ (näbrä) and Harari ነበረ (näbärä).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "näbbärä",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "am",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "autotrinfl": "1",
        "f1sc": "Ethi",
        "f1tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "näbbärä"
      },
      "expansion": "ነበረ • (näbbärä)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "näbbärä"
      },
      "expansion": "ነበረ • (näbbärä)",
      "name": "am-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ነ‧በ‧ረ"
  ],
  "lang": "Amharic",
  "lang_code": "am",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Amharic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Amharic terms belonging to the root ነ-በ-ረ",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 14 14 14 16 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 14 14 14 17 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to stay"
      ],
      "id": "en-ነበረ-am-verb-RNAqLDXN",
      "links": [
        [
          "stay",
          "stay"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to stay"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Amharic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Amharic terms belonging to the root ነ-በ-ረ",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 14 14 14 16 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 14 14 14 17 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to sit"
      ],
      "id": "en-ነበረ-am-verb-XSeCVgAL",
      "links": [
        [
          "sit",
          "sit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to sit"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Amharic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Amharic terms belonging to the root ነ-በ-ረ",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 14 14 14 16 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 14 14 14 17 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to settle"
      ],
      "id": "en-ነበረ-am-verb-yWuHcWTe",
      "links": [
        [
          "settle",
          "settle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to settle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Amharic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Amharic terms belonging to the root ነ-በ-ረ",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 14 14 14 16 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 14 14 14 17 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to live"
      ],
      "id": "en-ነበረ-am-verb-ipZlC7B7",
      "links": [
        [
          "live",
          "live"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to live"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Amharic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Amharic terms belonging to the root ነ-በ-ረ",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 14 14 14 16 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 14 14 14 17 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have been"
      ],
      "id": "en-ነበረ-am-verb-MySgPC5G",
      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(copulative) to have been"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "copulative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nəbˈbəɾə/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Semitic root"
  ],
  "word": "ነበረ"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "näbärä",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ti",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "ነበረ • (näbärä)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "b",
        "3": "r"
      },
      "name": "ti-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tigrinya",
  "lang_code": "ti",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 14 14 14 16 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 14 14 14 17 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tigrinya entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be (past tense)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ነበረ-ti-verb-r2HmLyOW",
      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 14 14 14 16 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 14 14 14 17 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tigrinya entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to live, to reside"
      ],
      "id": "en-ነበረ-ti-verb-JM5VyUy1",
      "links": [
        [
          "live",
          "live"
        ],
        [
          "reside",
          "reside"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ነበረ"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Amharic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Amharic lemmas",
    "Amharic terms belonging to the root ነ-በ-ረ",
    "Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Amharic verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "wämbär",
      "word": "ወምበር"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "am",
        "2": "ነ-በ-ረ"
      },
      "expansion": "nä-bä-rä",
      "name": "xlit"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ነ-በ-ረ"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "am root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "ነበረ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ge'ez ነበረ (näbärä)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ti",
        "2": "ነበረ"
      },
      "expansion": "Tigrinya ነበረ (näbärä)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tig",
        "2": "ነብረ"
      },
      "expansion": "Tigre ነብረ (näbrä)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "har",
        "2": "ነበረ"
      },
      "expansion": "Harari ነበረ (näbärä)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognates include Ge'ez ነበረ (näbärä), Tigrinya ነበረ (näbärä), Tigre ነብረ (näbrä) and Harari ነበረ (näbärä).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "näbbärä",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "am",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "autotrinfl": "1",
        "f1sc": "Ethi",
        "f1tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "näbbärä"
      },
      "expansion": "ነበረ • (näbbärä)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "näbbärä"
      },
      "expansion": "ነበረ • (näbbärä)",
      "name": "am-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ነ‧በ‧ረ"
  ],
  "lang": "Amharic",
  "lang_code": "am",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Amharic intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to stay"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stay",
          "stay"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to stay"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Amharic intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to sit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sit",
          "sit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to sit"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Amharic intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to settle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "settle",
          "settle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to settle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Amharic intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to live"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "live",
          "live"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to live"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Amharic copulative verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have been"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(copulative) to have been"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "copulative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nəbˈbəɾə/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Semitic root"
  ],
  "word": "ነበረ"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Tigrinya entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tigrinya lemmas",
    "Tigrinya verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "näbärä",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ti",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "ነበረ • (näbärä)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "b",
        "3": "r"
      },
      "name": "ti-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tigrinya",
  "lang_code": "ti",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be (past tense)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to live, to reside"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "live",
          "live"
        ],
        [
          "reside",
          "reside"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ነበረ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ነበረ meaning in All languages combined (3.1kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/328",
  "msg": "TABLE not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "ነበረ"
  ],
  "section": "Tigrinya",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ነበረ",
  "trace": "started on line 3, detected on line 151"
}

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