"hota" meaning in Kikuyu

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Verb

IPA: /hɔta/ Forms: kũhota [infinitive]
Head templates: {{head|ki|verb}} hota
  1. to be able, to be capable
    Sense id: en-hota-ki-verb-EuqCXREl Categories (other): Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kũhota",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ki",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "hota",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Kikuyu",
  "lang_code": "ki",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be able, to be capable"
      ],
      "id": "en-hota-ki-verb-EuqCXREl",
      "links": [
        [
          "able",
          "able"
        ],
        [
          "capable",
          "capable"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔta/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hota"
}

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    {
      "form": "kũhota",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "ki",
        "2": "verb"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ki",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header",
        "Kikuyu lemmas",
        "Kikuyu terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Kikuyu verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be able, to be capable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "able",
          "able"
        ],
        [
          "capable",
          "capable"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔta/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hota"
}

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