"bere" meaning in Chichewa

See bere in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɓé.ɽe/ Forms: bére [canonical, class-5], maŵére [class-6, plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *ìbéèdè. Etymology templates: {{inh|ny|bnt-pro|*ìbéèdè}} Proto-Bantu *ìbéèdè Head templates: {{ny-noun|bére|5|maŵére}} bére class 5 (plural maŵére class 6)
  1. breast, teat
    Sense id: en-bere-ny-noun-9ijJso3T Categories (other): Chichewa entries with incorrect language header, Anatomy Disambiguation of Chichewa entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 89 11
  2. part of a bunch of bananas, about a handful in size
    Sense id: en-bere-ny-noun-UqL-owGd Categories (other): Chichewa entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chichewa entries with incorrect language header: 65 35

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*ìbéèdè"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *ìbéèdè",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *ìbéèdè.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bére",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "class-5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maŵére",
      "links": [
        [
          "maŵére",
          "mawere"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-6",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bére",
        "2": "5",
        "3": "maŵére"
      },
      "expansion": "bére class 5 (plural maŵére class 6)",
      "name": "ny-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chichewa",
  "lang_code": "ny",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "65 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ny",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "ny:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "breast, teat"
      ],
      "id": "en-bere-ny-noun-9ijJso3T",
      "links": [
        [
          "breast",
          "breast"
        ],
        [
          "teat",
          "teat"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "65 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "part of a bunch of bananas, about a handful in size"
      ],
      "id": "en-bere-ny-noun-UqL-owGd",
      "links": [
        [
          "bunch",
          "bunch"
        ],
        [
          "banana",
          "banana"
        ],
        [
          "handful",
          "handful"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɓé.ɽe/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bere"
}
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    "Chichewa class 5 nouns",
    "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",
    "Pages with 20 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ny:Anatomy"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*ìbéèdè"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *ìbéèdè",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *ìbéèdè.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bére",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "class-5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maŵére",
      "links": [
        [
          "maŵére",
          "mawere"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-6",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bére",
        "2": "5",
        "3": "maŵére"
      },
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      "name": "ny-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chichewa",
  "lang_code": "ny",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "breast, teat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "breast",
          "breast"
        ],
        [
          "teat",
          "teat"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "part of a bunch of bananas, about a handful in size"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bunch",
          "bunch"
        ],
        [
          "banana",
          "banana"
        ],
        [
          "handful",
          "handful"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɓé.ɽe/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bere"
}

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