"na-" meaning in Chichewa

See na- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /ná/ Forms: ná- [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|ny|prefix|head=ná-}} ná-
  1. Prefixed to a traditional Chewa clan name to denote a woman belonging to that clan. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-na--ny-prefix-Ta595dVN Categories (other): Chichewa entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for na- meaning in Chichewa (0.6kB)

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    {
      "form": "ná-",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "prefix",
        "head": "ná-"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chichewa",
  "lang_code": "ny",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Prefixed to a traditional Chewa clan name to denote a woman belonging to that clan."
      ],
      "id": "en-na--ny-prefix-Ta595dVN",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ná/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "na-"
}
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    {
      "form": "ná-",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "prefix",
        "head": "ná-"
      },
      "expansion": "ná-",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chichewa",
  "lang_code": "ny",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chichewa lemmas",
        "Chichewa prefixes",
        "Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Prefixed to a traditional Chewa clan name to denote a woman belonging to that clan."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ná/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "na-"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chichewa dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). 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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