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"lang": "Polish",
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"feminine nominative/vocative singular of -liwy"
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"-liwy",
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"ipa": "/ˈli.va/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iva"
}
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"etymology_text": "What are now vowel-final verb stems originally had an -l-, which resurfaces whenever a suffix is added. The rule was then extended to borrowed words by analogy.",
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"lang": "Swahili",
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{
"word": "-wa used in nonderived verbs ending in -ia or -ea"
},
{
"word": "as well as any verb ending in -aa"
},
{
"word": "-au"
},
{
"word": "-oa"
},
{
"word": "-ua"
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{
"word": "or -uu"
}
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"text": "-tia (“to put”) + -liwa → -tiliwa (“to be put”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "-pokea (“to receive”) + -lewa → -pokelewa (“to be received”)",
"type": "example"
},
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"text": "-sahau (“to forget”) + -liwa → -sahauliwa (“to be forgotten”)",
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"type": "example"
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{
"text": "-pokea (“to receive”) + -lewa → -pokelewa (“to be received”)",
"type": "example"
},
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"text": "-sahau (“to forget”) + -liwa → -sahauliwa (“to be forgotten”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Alternative form of -wa used in nonderived verbs ending in -ia or -ea, as well as any verb ending in -aa, -au, -oa, -ua, or -uu"
],
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]
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]
}
],
"word": "-liwa"
}
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