See -a- on Wiktionary
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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{
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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}
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[
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],
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],
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"-an-#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
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"alt-of",
"alternative",
"morpheme"
]
}
],
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}
{
"etymology_text": "See -a.",
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"1": "rom",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
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"pos": "interfix",
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{
"categories": [
"Pages with 11 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Romani entries with incorrect language header",
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"Romani lemmas"
],
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"Forms the oblique singular stem of oikoclitic feminine nouns"
],
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"morpheme"
]
}
],
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}
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"Pages with 11 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"Swahili infixes",
"Swahili lemmas"
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{
"form": "irregular",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
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{
"form": "sw-personal",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "na-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "twa-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wa-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mwa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "a-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ya-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "la-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ya-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "cha-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "vya-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ya-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-10",
"class-9",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "za-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-10",
"class-9",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wa-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-11",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "kwa-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-15",
"class-17",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "pa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "mwa-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-18",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "For more information",
"source": "conjugation"
}
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"name": "head"
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"word": "Positive infinitive"
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{
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},
{
"word": "kw-1"
},
{
"word": "Negative infinitive"
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{
"word": "kuto-"
},
{
"word": "Habitual"
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{
"word": "hu-1"
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{
"word": "Telegrammic"
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{
"word": "ka-1"
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{
"tags": [
"indicative",
"positive"
],
"word": "General"
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{
"word": "-a"
},
{
"word": "Positive subjunctive"
},
{
"word": "-e"
},
{
"word": "Negative present"
},
{
"word": "-i"
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{
"word": "Second person plural"
},
{
"word": "-ni"
},
{
"word": "Positive past"
},
{
"word": "-li-"
},
{
"word": "Positive present"
},
{
"word": "-na-"
},
{
"word": "Positive future"
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{
"word": "-ta-"
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{
"word": "Negative subjunctive"
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{
"word": "-si-1"
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{
"word": "Positive present conditional"
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{
"word": "-nge-"
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{
"word": "Negative present conditional"
},
{
"word": "-singe-"
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{
"word": "Positive past conditional"
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{
"word": "-ngali-"
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{
"word": "Negative past conditional"
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{
"word": "-singali-"
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{
"word": "Gnomic"
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{
"word": "-a-1"
},
{
"word": "Perfect"
},
{
"word": "-me-"
},
{
"english": "Already",
"word": "past"
},
{
"word": "-lisha-"
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{
"english": "Already",
"word": "present"
},
{
"word": "-mesha-"
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{
"word": "-sha-"
},
{
"word": "-ki-1"
},
{
"word": "-sipo-"
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{
"word": "Consecutive"
},
{
"word": "-ka-1"
},
{
"word": "Negative past"
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{
"word": "-ku-1"
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{
"word": "Negative future"
},
{
"word": "-ja-1"
},
{
"word": "Past"
},
{
"word": "Present"
},
{
"word": "Future"
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{
"word": "-taka-"
},
{
"word": "Negative"
},
{
"word": "-si-"
},
{
"word": "1 Can take stress and therefore does not require -ku-"
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{
"word": "-kw- in monosyllabic verbs"
}
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{
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"morpheme"
]
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{
"categories": [
"Swahili terms with quotations"
],
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"text": "Near-synonym: -na-"
},
{
"english": "Thousands of Companies Close After Difficult Situation",
"ref": "2023, Brian Ambani, “Maelfu Ya Kampuni Zafungwa Kufuatia Hali Ngumu”, in Taifa Leo, archived from the original on 2023-07-21:",
"text": "Maelfu Ya Kampuni Zafungwa Kufuatia Hali Ngumu",
"type": "quote"
}
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"present tense marker used in headlines"
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]
}
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"word": "bonna-"
}
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"name": "inh"
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"2": "gmq-osw",
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{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "viðartré"
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"name": "cog"
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"1": "sv",
"2": "gmq-osw",
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"1": "sv",
"2": "non",
"3": "-a"
},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "* In most words from an old plural genitive, Old Swedish -a, from Old Norse -a, e.g. gästabud (“feast, banquet”), from Old Swedish gæsta buþ, genitive plural of gæster (“guest”), modern Swedish gäst.\n* In some words from an old singular genitive, Old Swedish -a, -ar, from Old Norse -ar, e.g. dialectal veaträ (“log of wood”) from viþaträ, cf. Icelandic viðartré, standard Swedish vedträ.\n* Occasionally from an old singular genitive, Old Swedish -a, from Old Norse -a, the oblique form of weak masculines.",
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"word": "-e-"
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"Pages with 11 entries",
"Pages with entries",
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],
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],
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],
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"dialectal",
"morpheme"
]
}
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{
"ipa": "/a/"
}
],
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}
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