"-ula" meaning in Chichewa

See -ula in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-ʊda. Cognate with Swahili -ua/-oa and Rwanda-Rundi -ūra/-ōra. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ny|bnt-pro|*-ʊda|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Bantu *-ʊda, {{inh+|ny|bnt-pro|*-ʊda}} Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-ʊda, {{cog|sw|-ua}} Swahili -ua, {{cog|rw|-ūra}} Rwanda-Rundi -ūra Head templates: {{head|ny|suffix}} -ula
  1. Conversive suffix indicating that the action the verb is based on is undone. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ula-ny-suffix-UsVSBBqe Categories (other): Chichewa entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries
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  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*-ʊda",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-ʊda"
    ],
    [
      "-ua",
      "-ua#Swahili"
    ],
    [
      "-oa",
      "-oa#Swahili"
    ],
    [
      "-ūra",
      "-ura#Rwanda-Rundi"
    ],
    [
      "-ōra",
      "-ora#Rwanda-Rundi"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*-ʊda",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *-ʊda",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*-ʊda"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-ʊda",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "-ua"
      },
      "expansion": "Swahili -ua",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rw",
        "2": "-ūra"
      },
      "expansion": "Rwanda-Rundi -ūra",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-ʊda. Cognate with Swahili -ua/-oa and Rwanda-Rundi -ūra/-ōra.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-ula",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chichewa",
  "lang_code": "ny",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 7 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Conversive suffix indicating that the action the verb is based on is undone."
      ],
      "id": "en--ula-ny-suffix-UsVSBBqe",
      "links": [
        [
          "Conversive suffix",
          "Appendix:Chichewa verbal derivation#"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ula"
}
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*-ʊda",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-ʊda"
    ],
    [
      "-ua",
      "-ua#Swahili"
    ],
    [
      "-oa",
      "-oa#Swahili"
    ],
    [
      "-ūra",
      "-ura#Rwanda-Rundi"
    ],
    [
      "-ōra",
      "-ora#Rwanda-Rundi"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*-ʊda",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *-ʊda",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*-ʊda"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-ʊda",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "-ua"
      },
      "expansion": "Swahili -ua",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rw",
        "2": "-ūra"
      },
      "expansion": "Rwanda-Rundi -ūra",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-ʊda. Cognate with Swahili -ua/-oa and Rwanda-Rundi -ūra/-ōra.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-ula",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chichewa",
  "lang_code": "ny",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chichewa lemmas",
        "Chichewa suffixes",
        "Chichewa terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
        "Chichewa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
        "Pages with 7 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Conversive suffix indicating that the action the verb is based on is undone."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Conversive suffix",
          "Appendix:Chichewa verbal derivation#"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ula"
}

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