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"etymology_number": 1,
"forms": [
{
"form": "bála",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"class-5"
]
},
{
"form": "mabála",
"tags": [
"class-6",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
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"2": "5"
},
"expansion": "bála class 5 (plural mabála class 6)",
"name": "ny-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Chichewa",
"lang_code": "ny",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"wound, injury"
],
"id": "en-bala-ny-noun-VvJXMz~7",
"links": [
[
"wound",
"wound"
],
[
"injury",
"injury"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"defect, physical problem"
],
"id": "en-bala-ny-noun-LnUlJvrW",
"links": [
[
"defect",
"defect"
],
[
"problem",
"problem"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɓá.ɽa/"
}
],
"word": "bala"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "ny",
"2": "en",
"3": "bar"
},
"expansion": "English bar",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from English bar.",
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{
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"tags": [
"canonical",
"class-5"
]
},
{
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"class-6",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
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"2": "5"
},
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}
],
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"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "14 21 45 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
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}
],
"glosses": [
"bar (establishment where alcoholic beverages can be sold)"
],
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"links": [
[
"bar",
"bar"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbá.ɽa/"
}
],
"word": "bala"
}
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},
"expansion": "Proto-Bantu *-bíada",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *-bíada.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-bala",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "kubála",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
}
],
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{
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"1": "ny",
"2": "verb",
"3": "infinitive",
"4": "kubála",
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},
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"name": "head"
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{
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},
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}
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"lang_code": "ny",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
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{
"english": "be born",
"tags": [
"passive",
"verb"
],
"word": "-badwa"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to bear, give forth"
],
"id": "en-bala-ny-verb-Z94EzqcL",
"links": [
[
"bear",
"bear"
],
[
"give forth",
"give forth"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɓa.ɽa/"
}
],
"word": "bala"
}
{
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"Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
"Chichewa lemmas",
"Chichewa nouns",
"Chichewa terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
"Chichewa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
"Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Chichewa verbs"
],
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{
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"canonical",
"class-5"
]
},
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"class-6",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
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"2": "5"
},
"expansion": "bála class 5 (plural mabála class 6)",
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}
],
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"lang_code": "ny",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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"wound, injury"
],
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[
"wound",
"wound"
],
[
"injury",
"injury"
]
]
},
{
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"defect, physical problem"
],
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[
"defect",
"defect"
],
[
"problem",
"problem"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɓá.ɽa/"
}
],
"word": "bala"
}
{
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"Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
"Chichewa lemmas",
"Chichewa nouns",
"Chichewa terms borrowed from English",
"Chichewa terms derived from English",
"Chichewa terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
"Chichewa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
"Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Chichewa verbs"
],
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"3": "bar"
},
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"name": "bor"
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],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from English bar.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bála",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"class-5"
]
},
{
"form": "mabála",
"tags": [
"class-6",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
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"2": "5"
},
"expansion": "bála class 5 (plural mabála class 6)",
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],
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"lang_code": "ny",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"glosses": [
"bar (establishment where alcoholic beverages can be sold)"
],
"links": [
[
"bar",
"bar"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbá.ɽa/"
}
],
"word": "bala"
}
{
"categories": [
"Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
"Chichewa lemmas",
"Chichewa terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
"Chichewa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
"Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Chichewa verbs"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "be born",
"tags": [
"passive",
"verb"
],
"word": "-badwa"
}
],
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"2": "bnt-pro",
"3": "*-bíada"
},
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"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *-bíada.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-bala",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "kubála",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ny",
"2": "verb",
"3": "infinitive",
"4": "kubála",
"head": "-bala"
},
"expansion": "-bala (infinitive kubála)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bala"
},
"expansion": "-bala (infinitive kubála)",
"name": "ny-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Chichewa",
"lang_code": "ny",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to bear, give forth"
],
"links": [
[
"bear",
"bear"
],
[
"give forth",
"give forth"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɓa.ɽa/"
}
],
"word": "bala"
}
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