"phunzitsa" meaning in Chichewa

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Verb

IPA: /pʰuˈⁿzi.t͡sá/ Forms: -phunzitsá [canonical], kuphúnzitsá [infinitive]
Etymology: Causative of -phunzira (“learn”). Head templates: {{head|ny|verb|infinitive|kuphúnzitsá|head=-phunzitsá}} -phunzitsá (infinitive kuphúnzitsá), {{ny-verb|phunzitsá}} -phunzitsá (infinitive kuphúnzitsá)
  1. Causative form of -phunzira Tags: causative, form-of Form of: -phunzira
    Sense id: en-phunzitsa-ny-verb-MZVkNwnK Categories (other): Chichewa entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chichewa entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. Causative form of -phunzira
    teach
    Sense id: en-phunzitsa-ny-verb-CLcFH8bx Categories (other): Chichewa entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chichewa entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mphunzitsi, uphunzitsi
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mphunzitsi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "uphunzitsi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Causative of -phunzira (“learn”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-phunzitsá",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kuphúnzitsá",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "infinitive",
        "4": "kuphúnzitsá",
        "head": "-phunzitsá"
      },
      "expansion": "-phunzitsá (infinitive kuphúnzitsá)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phunzitsá"
      },
      "expansion": "-phunzitsá (infinitive kuphúnzitsá)",
      "name": "ny-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chichewa",
  "lang_code": "ny",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "-phunzira"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Causative form of -phunzira"
      ],
      "id": "en-phunzitsa-ny-verb-MZVkNwnK",
      "links": [
        [
          "-phunzira",
          "phunzira#Chichewa"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "form-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Causative form of -phunzira",
        "teach"
      ],
      "id": "en-phunzitsa-ny-verb-CLcFH8bx",
      "links": [
        [
          "-phunzira",
          "phunzira#Chichewa"
        ],
        [
          "teach",
          "teach"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰuˈⁿzi.t͡sá/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "phunzitsa"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chichewa lemmas",
    "Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chichewa verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "mphunzitsi"
    },
    {
      "word": "uphunzitsi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Causative of -phunzira (“learn”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-phunzitsá",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kuphúnzitsá",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "infinitive",
        "4": "kuphúnzitsá",
        "head": "-phunzitsá"
      },
      "expansion": "-phunzitsá (infinitive kuphúnzitsá)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phunzitsá"
      },
      "expansion": "-phunzitsá (infinitive kuphúnzitsá)",
      "name": "ny-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chichewa",
  "lang_code": "ny",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chichewa causative verbs"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "-phunzira"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Causative form of -phunzira"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-phunzira",
          "phunzira#Chichewa"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "form-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chichewa causative verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Causative form of -phunzira",
        "teach"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-phunzira",
          "phunzira#Chichewa"
        ],
        [
          "teach",
          "teach"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰuˈⁿzi.t͡sá/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "phunzitsa"
}

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