See ba in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"args": {
"1": "ny",
"2": "bnt-pro",
"3": "*-jíba"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Bantu *-jíba",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *-jíba.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-ba",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "kubá",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ny",
"2": "verb",
"3": "infinitive",
"4": "kubá",
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},
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"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
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},
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}
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"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"tags": [
"applicative",
"verb"
],
"word": "-bera"
},
{
"english": "eavesdrop",
"sense": "Other formations",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "-ba mawu"
},
{
"english": "thief",
"sense": "Nominal derivations",
"word": "wakuba"
}
],
"glosses": [
"steal"
],
"id": "en-ba-ny-verb-oP1Ag1K9",
"links": [
[
"steal",
"steal"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɓa/"
}
],
"word": "ba"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 73 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"tags": [
"applicative",
"verb"
],
"word": "-bera"
},
{
"english": "eavesdrop",
"sense": "Other formations",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "-ba mawu"
},
{
"english": "thief",
"sense": "Nominal derivations",
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}
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{
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"2": "bnt-pro",
"3": "*-jíba"
},
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}
],
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{
"form": "-ba",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "kubá",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ny",
"2": "verb",
"3": "infinitive",
"4": "kubá",
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},
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"name": "head"
},
{
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},
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}
],
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"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"Chichewa lemmas",
"Chichewa terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
"Chichewa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
"Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Chichewa verbs",
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"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"steal"
],
"links": [
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"steal",
"steal"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɓa/"
}
],
"word": "ba"
}
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