"gwetsa" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Chichewa]

Forms: -gwetsa [canonical], kugwétsa [infinitive]
Etymology: From -gwa (“to fall”) + -etsa (“causative suffix for monosyllabic stems”). Cognate with Yao -gwisya (“to drop”). Etymology templates: {{af|ny|gwa|-etsa|alt1=-gwa|t1=to fall|t2=causative suffix for monosyllabic stems}} -gwa (“to fall”) + -etsa (“causative suffix for monosyllabic stems”), {{cog|yao|gwisya|-gwisya|to drop}} Yao -gwisya (“to drop”) Head templates: {{head|ny|verb|infinitive|kugwétsa|head=-gwetsa}} -gwetsa (infinitive kugwétsa), {{ny-verb|gwetsa}} -gwetsa (infinitive kugwétsa)
  1. Causative form of -gwa Tags: causative, form-of Form of: -gwa
    Sense id: en-gwetsa-ny-verb-nbv4pbR7 Categories (other): Chichewa entries with incorrect language header, Chichewa terms suffixed with -etsa, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chichewa entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Chichewa terms suffixed with -etsa: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. Causative form of -gwa
    to cause to fall
    Sense id: en-gwetsa-ny-verb-8MtEPb7s Categories (other): Chichewa entries with incorrect language header, Chichewa terms suffixed with -etsa, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chichewa entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Chichewa terms suffixed with -etsa: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms (Negative): -sagwetsa [verb] Derived forms (Repetitive): -gwetsanso [verb]
Disambiguation of 'Negative': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Repetitive': 0 0
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "sense": "Negative",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-sagwetsa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "sense": "Repetitive",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-gwetsanso"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "gwa",
        "3": "-etsa",
        "alt1": "-gwa",
        "t1": "to fall",
        "t2": "causative suffix for monosyllabic stems"
      },
      "expansion": "-gwa (“to fall”) + -etsa (“causative suffix for monosyllabic stems”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yao",
        "2": "gwisya",
        "3": "-gwisya",
        "4": "to drop"
      },
      "expansion": "Yao -gwisya (“to drop”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From -gwa (“to fall”) + -etsa (“causative suffix for monosyllabic stems”). Cognate with Yao -gwisya (“to drop”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-gwetsa",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kugwétsa",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "infinitive",
        "4": "kugwétsa",
        "head": "-gwetsa"
      },
      "expansion": "-gwetsa (infinitive kugwétsa)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gwetsa"
      },
      "expansion": "-gwetsa (infinitive kugwétsa)",
      "name": "ny-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chichewa",
  "lang_code": "ny",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chichewa terms suffixed with -etsa",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "-gwa"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Causative form of -gwa"
      ],
      "id": "en-gwetsa-ny-verb-nbv4pbR7",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gwa",
          "gwa#Chichewa"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "form-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chichewa terms suffixed with -etsa",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Causative form of -gwa",
        "to cause to fall"
      ],
      "id": "en-gwetsa-ny-verb-8MtEPb7s",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gwa",
          "gwa#Chichewa"
        ],
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/ˈɡʷe.t͡sa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gwetsa"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chichewa lemmas",
    "Chichewa terms suffixed with -etsa",
    "Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chichewa verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "sense": "Negative",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-sagwetsa"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Repetitive",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-gwetsanso"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "gwa",
        "3": "-etsa",
        "alt1": "-gwa",
        "t1": "to fall",
        "t2": "causative suffix for monosyllabic stems"
      },
      "expansion": "-gwa (“to fall”) + -etsa (“causative suffix for monosyllabic stems”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yao",
        "2": "gwisya",
        "3": "-gwisya",
        "4": "to drop"
      },
      "expansion": "Yao -gwisya (“to drop”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From -gwa (“to fall”) + -etsa (“causative suffix for monosyllabic stems”). Cognate with Yao -gwisya (“to drop”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-gwetsa",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kugwétsa",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "infinitive",
        "4": "kugwétsa",
        "head": "-gwetsa"
      },
      "expansion": "-gwetsa (infinitive kugwétsa)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gwetsa"
      },
      "expansion": "-gwetsa (infinitive kugwétsa)",
      "name": "ny-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chichewa",
  "lang_code": "ny",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chichewa causative verbs"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "-gwa"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Causative form of -gwa"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-gwa",
          "gwa#Chichewa"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "form-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chichewa causative verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Causative form of -gwa",
        "to cause to fall"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-gwa",
          "gwa#Chichewa"
        ],
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/ˈɡʷe.t͡sa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gwetsa"
}

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