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{ "categories": [ "Hausa entries with incorrect language header", "Hausa entries with topic categories using raw markup", "Hausa feminine nouns", "Hausa lemmas", "Hausa nouns", "Hausa terms derived from Benue-Congo languages", "Hausa terms derived from Proto-Chadic", "Hausa terms inherited from Proto-Chadic", "Hausa terms with IPA pronunciation", "ha:Family" ], "coordinate_terms": [ { "word": "ùbā" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "ha", "2": "cdc-pro", "3": "*wəɗi" }, "expansion": "Proto-Chadic *wəɗi", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "ha", "2": "nic-bco" }, "expansion": "Benue-Congo", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "nbr", "2": "uwa", "3": "", "4": "wife" }, "expansion": "Numana uwa (“wife”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "kni", "2": "uwa", "3": "", "4": "woman" }, "expansion": "Kanufi uwa (“woman”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "jid", "2": "iwa", "3": "", "4": "wife" }, "expansion": "Bu iwa (“wife”)", "name": "cog" } ], "etymology_text": "Newman derives this from Proto-Chadic *wəɗi. Blench suggests a derivation from a Plateau Benue-Congo language; compare Ningye Numana uwa (“wife”), Kanufi uwa (“woman”), Bu iwa (“wife”).", "forms": [ { "form": "uwā", "tags": [ "canonical", "feminine" ] }, { "form": "iyā̀yē", "tags": [ "plural" ] }, { "form": "uwar̃", "tags": [ "possessed-form" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "f", "2": "uwā", "3": "iyā̀yē" }, "expansion": "uwā f (plural iyā̀yē, possessed form uwar̃)", "name": "ha-noun" } ], "lang": "Hausa", "lang_code": "ha", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "glosses": [ "mother" ], "links": [ [ "mother", "mother" ] ] }, { "glosses": [ "largest or chief part" ], "links": [ [ "large", "large" ], [ "chief", "chief" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(in compounds) largest or chief part" ], "tags": [ "in-compounds" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ʔú.wáː/" }, { "ipa": "[ʔʊ́.wáː]", "note": "Standard Kano Hausa" } ], "word": "uwa" }
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