"gonana" meaning in Chichewa

See gonana in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɡoˈna.na/ Forms: -gonana [canonical], kugónana [infinitive]
Head templates: {{head|ny|verb|infinitive|kugónana|head=-gonana}} -gonana (infinitive kugónana), {{ny-verb|gonana}} -gonana (infinitive kugónana)
  1. Reciprocal form of -gona Tags: form-of, reciprocal Form of: -gona
    Sense id: en-gonana-ny-verb-c1J5xxLI Categories (other): Chichewa entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chichewa entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
  2. Reciprocal form of -gona
    to sleep with each other
    Sense id: en-gonana-ny-verb-mU8IKmQs Categories (other): Chichewa entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chichewa entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: -gonanagonana [verb] Derived forms (Negative): -sagonana [verb] Derived forms (Repetitive): -gonananso [verb]
Disambiguation of 'Negative': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Repetitive': 0 0
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "sense": "Negative",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-sagonana"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-gonanagonana"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "sense": "Repetitive",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-gonananso"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-gonana",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kugónana",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "infinitive",
        "4": "kugónana",
        "head": "-gonana"
      },
      "expansion": "-gonana (infinitive kugónana)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gonana"
      },
      "expansion": "-gonana (infinitive kugónana)",
      "name": "ny-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chichewa",
  "lang_code": "ny",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "-gona"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Reciprocal form of -gona"
      ],
      "id": "en-gonana-ny-verb-c1J5xxLI",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gona",
          "gona#Chichewa"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "reciprocal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Reciprocal form of -gona",
        "to sleep with each other"
      ],
      "id": "en-gonana-ny-verb-mU8IKmQs",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gona",
          "gona#Chichewa"
        ],
        [
          "sleep with",
          "sleep with"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡoˈna.na/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gonana"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chichewa lemmas",
    "Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chichewa verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "sense": "Negative",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-sagonana"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-gonanagonana"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Repetitive",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-gonananso"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-gonana",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kugónana",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "infinitive",
        "4": "kugónana",
        "head": "-gonana"
      },
      "expansion": "-gonana (infinitive kugónana)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gonana"
      },
      "expansion": "-gonana (infinitive kugónana)",
      "name": "ny-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chichewa",
  "lang_code": "ny",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chichewa reciprocal verbs"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "-gona"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Reciprocal form of -gona"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-gona",
          "gona#Chichewa"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "reciprocal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chichewa reciprocal verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Reciprocal form of -gona",
        "to sleep with each other"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-gona",
          "gona#Chichewa"
        ],
        [
          "sleep with",
          "sleep with"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡoˈna.na/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gonana"
}

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