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"word": "-sachisa"
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"verb"
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},
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"form": "kuchísa",
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"kuchisa"
]
],
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"infinitive"
]
},
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"form": "-chesa",
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}
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"name": "head"
},
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},
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"pos": "verb",
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"to bewitch"
],
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]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "lodza"
},
{
"word": "tambira"
}
]
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"verb"
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"to cast a spell, to put a magic spell on"
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"to work magic on"
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"to make someone ill"
],
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}
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"Chichewa lemmas",
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"derived": [
{
"tags": [
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"word": "-chisira"
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{
"tags": [
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"verb"
],
"word": "-chisula"
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{
"sense": "Negative",
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"verb"
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"word": "-sachisa"
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{
"tags": [
"passive",
"verb"
],
"word": "-chisidwa"
},
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"verb"
],
"word": "-chisana"
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{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "-chisachisa"
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"sense": "Repetitive",
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"verb"
],
"word": "-chisanso"
},
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"stative",
"verb"
],
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}
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{
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]
},
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"kuchisa"
]
],
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"infinitive"
]
},
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},
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}
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"glosses": [
"to bewitch"
],
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]
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"word": "lodza"
},
{
"word": "tambira"
}
]
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"to cast a spell, to put a magic spell on"
],
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],
[
"spell",
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]
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}
]
},
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"glosses": [
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]
},
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],
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"ill",
"ill"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃi.sa/"
}
],
"word": "chisa"
}
Download raw JSONL data for chisa meaning in Chichewa (1.6kB)
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"msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: Reduplicative: -chisachisa desc=Reduplicative rest=-chisachisa cls=romanization cls2=romanization e1=False e2=False",
"path": [
"chisa"
],
"section": "Chichewa",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "chisa",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chichewa dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). 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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