"be" meaning in Lingala

See be in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Borrowed from Bangi be. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ln|bni|be}} Borrowed from Bangi be Head templates: {{head|ln|adj}} be
  1. bad
    Sense id: en-be-ln-adj-LwXUtonS Categories (other): Lingala entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 60 entries, Pages with entries
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ln",
        "2": "bni",
        "3": "be"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Bangi be",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Bangi be.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ln",
        "2": "adj"
      },
      "expansion": "be",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Lingala",
  "lang_code": "ln",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Lingala entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 60 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bad"
      ],
      "id": "en-be-ln-adj-LwXUtonS",
      "links": [
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "be"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ln",
        "2": "bni",
        "3": "be"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Bangi be",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Bangi be.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ln",
        "2": "adj"
      },
      "expansion": "be",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Lingala",
  "lang_code": "ln",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Lingala adjectives",
        "Lingala entries with incorrect language header",
        "Lingala lemmas",
        "Lingala terms borrowed from Bangi",
        "Lingala terms derived from Bangi",
        "Pages with 60 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bad"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "be"
}

Download raw JSONL data for be meaning in Lingala (0.6kB)

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  ],
  "section": "Lingala",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "be",
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}

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}

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