See sifu on Wiktionary
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"2": "si1 fu6-2",
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],
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1998, Dana Stabenow, Fire and Ice, page 134:",
"text": "Who is -- don't get cute with me, you dumb bastard, I'm your sifu.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A master or teacher in the context of martial arts, especially kung fu and tai chi."
],
"id": "en-sifu-en-noun-ihf2FXW5",
"links": [
[
"master",
"master"
],
[
"teacher",
"teacher"
],
[
"martial arts",
"martial arts"
],
[
"kung fu",
"kung fu"
],
[
"tai chi",
"tai chi"
]
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"word": "師傅"
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{
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"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "si¹ fu⁶, si¹ fu²",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
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"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"word": "師傅"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shīfu",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"word": "师傅"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"word": "mestari"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "sifu"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"alt": "せんせい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sensei",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"word": "先生"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sabu",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"word": "사부"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seonsaengnim",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"word": "선생님"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "si-fu",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"word": "سیفو"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šífu",
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"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ши́фу"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
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"feminine",
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "máster",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "ма́стер"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "guru",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "गुरु"
}
]
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"A spiritual father in esoteric contexts."
],
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[
"spiritual",
"spiritual"
],
[
"father",
"father"
],
[
"esoteric",
"esoteric"
]
],
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{
"_dis1": "10 90",
"sense": "esoteric",
"word": "guru"
}
]
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"topics": [
"martial-arts",
"sports",
"military",
"war",
"government",
"politics",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle"
],
"word": "sensei"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "from Mandarin",
"word": "shifu"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"sifu"
],
"word": "sifu"
}
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{
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"2": "ar"
},
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"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].",
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{
"form": "-sifu",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "kusifu",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
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]
},
{
"form": "kusifu",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "kutosifu",
"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "sifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sifuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "husifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"habitual"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -lisifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -kusifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "ninasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tunasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "unasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mnasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "anasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wanasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -nasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "sisifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"negative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hatusifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"negative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "husifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hamsifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"negative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hawasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"negative",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -sifu",
"source": "conjugation",
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"negative",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -tasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -tasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"negative"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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},
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "nisifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "tusifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "usifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "msifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "asifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"plural",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -sifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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"table-tags"
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},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
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{
"form": "positive subject concord + -sisifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -ngesifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -singesifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"negative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -ngalisifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -singalisifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "nasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"gnomic",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "twasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"gnomic",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"gnomic",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mwasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"gnomic",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "asifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "lasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "chasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "vyasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-8",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "zasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "kwasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "pasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "mwasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -mesifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -meshasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"already-form"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -jasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"not-yet-form"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -kisifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"if-when-form"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -siposifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"if-not-form"
]
},
{
"form": "kasifu / positive subject concord + -kasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"consecutive"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -kasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"consecutive",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "-nisifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tusifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-kusifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-wasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-kusifuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-wasifuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-msifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-wasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-usifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-isifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-lisifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-yasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-kisifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-visifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-isifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-zisifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-usifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-kusifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-pasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-musifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-jisifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"reflexive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sifu- + relative marker)",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-sifuye",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-sifuo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-sifuo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-sifuyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-sifulo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-sifuyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-sifucho",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-sifuvyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-sifuyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-sifuzo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-sifuo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-sifuko",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-sifupo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-sifumo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sifu)",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-yesifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-osifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-osifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-yosifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-losifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-yosifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-chosifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-vyosifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-yosifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-zosifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-osifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kosifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-posifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-mosifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "-sifu (infinitive kusifu)",
"name": "sw-verb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "sw-conj"
}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swahili verbs in the Arabic conjugation",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to praise, admire"
],
"id": "en-sifu-sw-verb-fOGt0W9O",
"links": [
[
"praise",
"praise"
],
[
"admire",
"admire"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "sifa"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "Sw-ke-sifu.flac",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bb/Sw-ke-sifu.flac/Sw-ke-sifu.flac.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bb/Sw-ke-sifu.flac/Sw-ke-sifu.flac.ogg"
}
],
"word": "sifu"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English indeclinable nouns",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English nouns with irregular plurals",
"English terms derived from Cantonese",
"English undefined derivations",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Cantonese translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Hokkien translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Persian translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Sanskrit translations",
"en:Martial arts"
],
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"2": "yue",
"3": "-"
},
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"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "師傅",
"2": "si1 fu6-2",
"3": "master"
},
"expansion": "師傅／师傅 (si1 fu6-2, “master”)",
"name": "zh-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "師父",
"2": "si1 fu6-2",
"3": "my master"
},
"expansion": "師父／师父 (si1 fu6-2, “my master”)",
"name": "zh-l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Cantonese 師傅／师傅 (si1 fu6-2, “master”) and 師父／师父 (si1 fu6-2, “my master”), both also conveying the sense of teacher.",
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{
"form": "sifu",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sifus",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sifu",
"2": "s"
},
"expansion": "sifu (plural sifu or sifus)",
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}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1998, Dana Stabenow, Fire and Ice, page 134:",
"text": "Who is -- don't get cute with me, you dumb bastard, I'm your sifu.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A master or teacher in the context of martial arts, especially kung fu and tai chi."
],
"links": [
[
"master",
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[
"teacher",
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[
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"martial arts"
],
[
"kung fu",
"kung fu"
],
[
"tai chi",
"tai chi"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A spiritual father in esoteric contexts."
],
"links": [
[
"spiritual",
"spiritual"
],
[
"father",
"father"
],
[
"esoteric",
"esoteric"
]
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"topics": [
"martial-arts",
"sports",
"military",
"war",
"government",
"politics",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle"
],
"word": "sensei"
},
{
"sense": "esoteric",
"word": "guru"
},
{
"english": "from Mandarin",
"word": "shifu"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"word": "師傅"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "si¹ fu⁶, si¹ fu²",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"word": "师傅"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "師傅"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "师傅"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"word": "師傅"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shīfu",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"word": "师傅"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"word": "mestari"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "sifu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "shifu"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "Shifu"
},
{
"alt": "せんせい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sensei",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"word": "先生"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sabu",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"word": "사부"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seonsaengnim",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"word": "선생님"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "si-fu",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"word": "سیفو"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šífu",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ши́фу"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sífu",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "си́фу"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "máster",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ма́стер"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "guru",
"sense": "martial arts instructor",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "गुरु"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"sifu"
],
"word": "sifu"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "ar"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic [Term?]",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-sifu",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "kusifu",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "kusifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "kutosifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "sifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sifuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "husifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"habitual"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -lisifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -kusifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "ninasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tunasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "unasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mnasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "anasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wanasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -nasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "sisifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"negative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hatusifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"negative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "husifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hamsifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"negative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hawasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"negative",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -sifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -tasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -tasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "nisifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "tusifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "usifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "msifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "asifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"plural",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -sifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -sisifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -ngesifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -singesifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"negative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -ngalisifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -singalisifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "nasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"gnomic",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "twasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"gnomic",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"gnomic",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mwasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"gnomic",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "asifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "lasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "chasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "vyasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "zasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "kwasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "pasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "mwasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -mesifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -meshasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"already-form"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -jasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"not-yet-form"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -kisifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"if-when-form"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -siposifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"if-not-form"
]
},
{
"form": "kasifu / positive subject concord + -kasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"consecutive"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -kasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"consecutive",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
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"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
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"inflection-template"
]
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{
"form": "-nisifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tusifu",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"indicative",
"object-concord",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-wasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-kusifuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-wasifuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-msifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-wasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-2",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-usifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-isifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-lisifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-yasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-kisifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-visifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-isifu",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-10",
"class-9",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-zisifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-usifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-kusifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-pasifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
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{
"form": "-musifu",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-18",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-jisifu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"reflexive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
]
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"source": "conjugation",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
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"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
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"class-4",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
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{
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"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
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{
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"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
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{
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"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"class-9",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-sifuzo",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
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"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"class-17",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
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{
"form": "-sifupo",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-16",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-sifumo",
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"class-18",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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"table-tags"
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{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"class-2",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
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"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-yosifu",
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"class-4",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-losifu",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
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{
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"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
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{
"form": "-chosifu",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-8",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
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{
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{
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"class-9",
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"relative",
"singular"
]
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"class-9",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
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"class-17",
"object-concord",
"relative",
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"relative",
"singular"
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"class-18",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
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"form": "Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.",
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