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Download raw JSONL data for otcha meaning in Chichewa (3.1kB)
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"msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: Reduplicative: -otchaotcha desc=Reduplicative rest=-otchaotcha cls=romanization cls2=romanization e1=False e2=False",
"path": [
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],
"section": "Chichewa",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "otcha",
"trace": ""
}
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