See -be in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Cognate with Tumbuka -ve",
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"english": "He does not have a family.",
"text": "Alibe banja.",
"translation": "He does not have a family.",
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"english": "I still have not gone to school.",
"text": "Sindinapitebe ku sukulu.",
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"word": "-be"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chichewa dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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