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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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],
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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],
"word": "-kwawakwawa"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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],
"word": "-sakwawa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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}
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]
]
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}
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]
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"word": "-kwawira"
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"verb"
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"word": "-kwawitsa"
},
{
"sense": "Negative",
"tags": [
"verb"
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"word": "-sakwawa"
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{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "-kwawakwawa"
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"sense": "Repetitive",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "-kwawanso"
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],
"links": [
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]
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"glosses": [
"to crawl"
],
"links": [
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"crawl",
"crawl"
]
]
}
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}
],
"word": "kwawa"
}
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"args": {
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"2": "kwawa",
"3": "-kwawa",
"4": "to creep, to crawl"
},
"expansion": "Chichewa -kwawa (“to creep, to crawl”)",
"name": "cog"
},
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"args": {
"1": "yao",
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"3": "-kwaŵa",
"4": "to crawl"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognate with Chichewa -kwawa (“to creep, to crawl”) and Yao -kwaŵa (“to crawl”).",
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"tags": [
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}
],
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"name": "head"
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]
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"tags": [
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"infinitive"
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"form": "-kwawile",
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"3": "infinitive",
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"name": "head"
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"Yao entries with incorrect language header",
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],
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}
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