"chisana" meaning in Chichewa

See chisana in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /t͡ʃiˈsa.na/ Forms: -chisana [canonical], kuchísana [infinitive]
Head templates: {{head|ny|verb|infinitive|kuchísana|head=-chisana}} -chisana (infinitive kuchísana), {{ny-verb|chisana}} -chisana (infinitive kuchísana)
  1. Reciprocal form of -chisa Tags: form-of, reciprocal Form of: -chisa
    Sense id: en-chisana-ny-verb-QuaYM0iR Categories (other): Chichewa entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chichewa entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. Reciprocal form of -chisa
    to bewitch each other, to cast spells upon each other
    Sense id: en-chisana-ny-verb-c6HAlQA2 Categories (other): Chichewa entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chichewa entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-chisana",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kuchísana",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "infinitive",
        "4": "kuchísana",
        "head": "-chisana"
      },
      "expansion": "-chisana (infinitive kuchísana)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "chisana"
      },
      "expansion": "-chisana (infinitive kuchísana)",
      "name": "ny-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chichewa",
  "lang_code": "ny",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "-chisa"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Reciprocal form of -chisa"
      ],
      "id": "en-chisana-ny-verb-QuaYM0iR",
      "links": [
        [
          "-chisa",
          "chisa#Chichewa"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "reciprocal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Reciprocal form of -chisa",
        "to bewitch each other, to cast spells upon each other"
      ],
      "id": "en-chisana-ny-verb-c6HAlQA2",
      "links": [
        [
          "-chisa",
          "chisa#Chichewa"
        ],
        [
          "bewitch",
          "bewitch"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃiˈsa.na/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chisana"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chichewa lemmas",
    "Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chichewa verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-chisana",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kuchísana",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "infinitive",
        "4": "kuchísana",
        "head": "-chisana"
      },
      "expansion": "-chisana (infinitive kuchísana)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "chisana"
      },
      "expansion": "-chisana (infinitive kuchísana)",
      "name": "ny-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chichewa",
  "lang_code": "ny",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chichewa reciprocal verbs"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "-chisa"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Reciprocal form of -chisa"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-chisa",
          "chisa#Chichewa"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "reciprocal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chichewa reciprocal verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Reciprocal form of -chisa",
        "to bewitch each other, to cast spells upon each other"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-chisa",
          "chisa#Chichewa"
        ],
        [
          "bewitch",
          "bewitch"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃiˈsa.na/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chisana"
}

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