"mzimu" meaning in Chichewa

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Holy Spirit",
      "translation": "Holy Spirit",
      "word": "Mzimu Woyera"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "ancestral spirit",
      "translation": "ancestral spirit",
      "word": "mzimu wa makolo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "soothsayer",
      "translation": "soothsayer",
      "word": "mzimu wa mbwebwe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "in the true spirit",
      "translation": "in the true spirit",
      "word": "mzimuzimu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to be spiritual",
      "translation": "to be spiritual",
      "word": "-zimuka"
    }
  ],
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      },
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        "4": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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    },
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    },
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        "5": "spirit"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-dim- (“spirit”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dímʊ̀ (“spirit - zone N”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-dim- (“spirit”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mzímu",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "class-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mizímu",
      "tags": [
        "class-4",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "mzímu",
        "2": "3"
      },
      "expansion": "mzímu class 3 (plural mizímu class 4)",
      "name": "ny-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chichewa",
  "lang_code": "ny",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "spirit"
      ],
      "id": "en-mzimu-ny-noun-pomZrdMl",
      "links": [
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ghost"
      ],
      "id": "en-mzimu-ny-noun-6tbvA9Ye",
      "links": [
        [
          "ghost",
          "ghost"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "chiŵanda"
        },
        {
          "word": "mzukwa"
        },
        {
          "word": "chidude"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "soul"
      ],
      "id": "en-mzimu-ny-noun-rg-szPCj",
      "links": [
        [
          "soul",
          "soul"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "apparition"
      ],
      "id": "en-mzimu-ny-noun-cY4JDWX6",
      "links": [
        [
          "apparition",
          "apparition"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "chiŵanda"
        },
        {
          "word": "mzukwa"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 7 7 32 40 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "psyche"
      ],
      "id": "en-mzimu-ny-noun-ENPf7OKl",
      "links": [
        [
          "psyche",
          "psyche"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "demon"
      ],
      "id": "en-mzimu-ny-noun-vxQeszUG",
      "links": [
        [
          "demon",
          "demon"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "chiŵanda"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mˈzí.mu/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mzimu"
}

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    "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chichewa lemmas",
    "Chichewa nouns",
    "Chichewa terms derived from Proto-Atlantic-Congo",
    "Chichewa terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
    "Chichewa terms inherited from Proto-Atlantic-Congo",
    "Chichewa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
    "Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ziw:Ghosts"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "Holy Spirit",
      "translation": "Holy Spirit",
      "word": "Mzimu Woyera"
    },
    {
      "english": "ancestral spirit",
      "translation": "ancestral spirit",
      "word": "mzimu wa makolo"
    },
    {
      "english": "soothsayer",
      "translation": "soothsayer",
      "word": "mzimu wa mbwebwe"
    },
    {
      "english": "in the true spirit",
      "translation": "in the true spirit",
      "word": "mzimuzimu"
    },
    {
      "english": "to be spiritual",
      "translation": "to be spiritual",
      "word": "-zimuka"
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "Inherited",
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    {
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        "2": "bnt-pro",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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      "name": "inh+"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "alv-pro",
        "3": "*-dim-",
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        "5": "spirit"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-dim- (“spirit”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dímʊ̀ (“spirit - zone N”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-dim- (“spirit”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mzímu",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "class-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mizímu",
      "tags": [
        "class-4",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "mzímu",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chichewa",
  "lang_code": "ny",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "spirit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ghost"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ghost",
          "ghost"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "chiŵanda"
        },
        {
          "word": "mzukwa"
        },
        {
          "word": "chidude"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "soul"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soul",
          "soul"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "apparition"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "apparition",
          "apparition"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "chiŵanda"
        },
        {
          "word": "mzukwa"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "psyche"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "psyche",
          "psyche"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "demon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "demon",
          "demon"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "chiŵanda"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mˈzí.mu/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mzimu"
}