"opa" meaning in Chichewa

See opa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: -opa [canonical], kuópa [infinitive]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jòpa. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ny|bnt-pro|*-jògʊpa|*-jòpa||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Bantu *-jòpa, {{inh+|ny|bnt-pro|*-jògʊpa|alt=*-jòpa}} Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jòpa Head templates: {{head|ny|verb|infinitive|kuópa|head=-opa}} -opa (infinitive kuópa), {{ny-verb|opa}} -opa (infinitive kuópa)
  1. to fear, to be afraid
    Sense id: en-opa-ny-verb-N6T-DOvP Categories (other): Fear Disambiguation of Fear: 43 34 23 0
  2. to dread Derived forms (Reciprocal): -opana [verb]
    Sense id: en-opa-ny-verb-kJWZvd-U Categories (other): Emotions Disambiguation of Emotions: 32 50 16 3 Disambiguation of 'Reciprocal': 14 44 22 19
  3. to awe
    Sense id: en-opa-ny-verb-FVWCIn4I Categories (other): Chichewa entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chichewa entries with incorrect language header: 11 15 61 13
  4. to have dysphoria
    Sense id: en-opa-ny-verb-XM6MRFYE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: -opera [applicative, verb], -opetsa [causative, verb], -opaopa [verb], -opeka [stative, verb] Derived forms (Negative): -saopa [verb] Derived forms (Repetitive): -opanso [verb]
Disambiguation of 'Negative': 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Repetitive': 0 0 0 0
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
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      ],
      "word": "-opetsa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-opaopa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "stative",
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      ],
      "word": "-opeka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "sense": "Negative",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-saopa"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "sense": "Repetitive",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-opanso"
    }
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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      "name": "inh"
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      "form": "-opa",
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    },
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          "kuópa",
          "kuopa"
        ]
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      ]
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        ]
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          "name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to awe"
      ],
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          "awe",
          "awe"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to have dysphoria"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "dysphoria"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "opa"
}
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    "Chichewa lemmas",
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    "Chichewa verbs",
    "Pages with 21 entries",
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      ],
      "word": "-opera"
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        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-opetsa"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Negative",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-saopa"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Reciprocal",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-opaopa"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Repetitive",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-opanso"
    },
    {
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        "stative",
        "verb"
      ],
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    }
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      },
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        "tr": "",
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    },
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          "kuopa"
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        "infinitive"
      ]
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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      },
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        "to fear, to be afraid"
      ],
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    },
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      ],
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          "awe",
          "awe"
        ]
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    },
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      "glosses": [
        "to have dysphoria"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "dysphoria",
          "dysphoria"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "opa"
}

Download raw JSONL data for opa meaning in Chichewa (2.0kB)

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  "section": "Chichewa",
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