"gonetsa" meaning in Chichewa

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Verb

IPA: /ɡoˈne.t͡sa/ Forms: -gonetsa [canonical], kugónetsa [infinitive]
Etymology: From gona (“to sleep”) + -etsa (“causative suffix for verbs where the penultimate vowel of the stem is 'o'”). Cognate with Tumbuka -goneska (“to cause to sleep”). Etymology templates: {{af|ny|gona|-etsa|t1=to sleep|t2=causative suffix for verbs where the penultimate vowel of the stem is 'o'}} gona (“to sleep”) + -etsa (“causative suffix for verbs where the penultimate vowel of the stem is 'o'”), {{cog|tum|goneska|-goneska|to cause to sleep}} Tumbuka -goneska (“to cause to sleep”) Head templates: {{head|ny|verb|infinitive|kugónetsa|head=-gonetsa}} -gonetsa (infinitive kugónetsa), {{ny-verb|gonetsa}} -gonetsa (infinitive kugónetsa)
  1. Causative form of -gona Tags: causative, form-of Form of: -gona
    Sense id: en-gonetsa-ny-verb-JwgIaJJp
  2. Causative form of -gona
    to put to sleep
    Sense id: en-gonetsa-ny-verb-0sKnrxdp Categories (other): Chichewa entries with incorrect language header, Chichewa terms suffixed with -etsa, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chichewa entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Chichewa terms suffixed with -etsa: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms (Negative): -sagonetsa [verb] Derived forms (Repetitive): -gonetsanso [verb]
Disambiguation of 'Negative': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Repetitive': 0 0
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "sense": "Negative",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-sagonetsa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "sense": "Repetitive",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-gonetsanso"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "gona",
        "3": "-etsa",
        "t1": "to sleep",
        "t2": "causative suffix for verbs where the penultimate vowel of the stem is 'o'"
      },
      "expansion": "gona (“to sleep”) + -etsa (“causative suffix for verbs where the penultimate vowel of the stem is 'o'”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tum",
        "2": "goneska",
        "3": "-goneska",
        "4": "to cause to sleep"
      },
      "expansion": "Tumbuka -goneska (“to cause to sleep”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From gona (“to sleep”) + -etsa (“causative suffix for verbs where the penultimate vowel of the stem is 'o'”). Cognate with Tumbuka -goneska (“to cause to sleep”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-gonetsa",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kugónetsa",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "infinitive",
        "4": "kugónetsa",
        "head": "-gonetsa"
      },
      "expansion": "-gonetsa (infinitive kugónetsa)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gonetsa"
      },
      "expansion": "-gonetsa (infinitive kugónetsa)",
      "name": "ny-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chichewa",
  "lang_code": "ny",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "-gona"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Causative form of -gona"
      ],
      "id": "en-gonetsa-ny-verb-JwgIaJJp",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gona",
          "gona#Chichewa"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "form-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chichewa terms suffixed with -etsa",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Causative form of -gona",
        "to put to sleep"
      ],
      "id": "en-gonetsa-ny-verb-0sKnrxdp",
      "links": [
        [
          "-gona",
          "gona#Chichewa"
        ],
        [
          "put to sleep",
          "put to sleep"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡoˈne.t͡sa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gonetsa"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chichewa lemmas",
    "Chichewa terms suffixed with -etsa",
    "Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chichewa verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "sense": "Negative",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-sagonetsa"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Repetitive",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-gonetsanso"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "gona",
        "3": "-etsa",
        "t1": "to sleep",
        "t2": "causative suffix for verbs where the penultimate vowel of the stem is 'o'"
      },
      "expansion": "gona (“to sleep”) + -etsa (“causative suffix for verbs where the penultimate vowel of the stem is 'o'”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tum",
        "2": "goneska",
        "3": "-goneska",
        "4": "to cause to sleep"
      },
      "expansion": "Tumbuka -goneska (“to cause to sleep”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From gona (“to sleep”) + -etsa (“causative suffix for verbs where the penultimate vowel of the stem is 'o'”). Cognate with Tumbuka -goneska (“to cause to sleep”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-gonetsa",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kugónetsa",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "infinitive",
        "4": "kugónetsa",
        "head": "-gonetsa"
      },
      "expansion": "-gonetsa (infinitive kugónetsa)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gonetsa"
      },
      "expansion": "-gonetsa (infinitive kugónetsa)",
      "name": "ny-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chichewa",
  "lang_code": "ny",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chichewa causative verbs"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "-gona"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Causative form of -gona"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-gona",
          "gona#Chichewa"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "form-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chichewa causative verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Causative form of -gona",
        "to put to sleep"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-gona",
          "gona#Chichewa"
        ],
        [
          "put to sleep",
          "put to sleep"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡoˈne.t͡sa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gonetsa"
}

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