"kita" meaning in Lingala

See kita in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: -kita [canonical], kokita [infinitive]
Etymology: Borrowed from Bangi kita. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ln|bni|kita}} Borrowed from Bangi kita Head templates: {{ln-verb}} -kita (infinitive kokita)
  1. to fall down
    Sense id: en-kita-ln-verb-AnKY2Tcv
  2. to descend, go down
    Sense id: en-kita-ln-verb--hqRdgPK Categories (other): Lingala entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Lingala entries with incorrect language header: 20 80
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    {
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        "1": "ln",
        "2": "bni",
        "3": "kita"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Bangi kita",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Bangi kita.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-kita",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-kita (infinitive kokita)",
      "name": "ln-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Lingala",
  "lang_code": "ln",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to fall down"
      ],
      "id": "en-kita-ln-verb-AnKY2Tcv",
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Lingala entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to descend, go down"
      ],
      "id": "en-kita-ln-verb--hqRdgPK",
      "links": [
        [
          "descend",
          "descend"
        ],
        [
          "go down",
          "go down"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kita"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Lingala entries with incorrect language header",
    "Lingala lemmas",
    "Lingala terms borrowed from Bangi",
    "Lingala terms derived from Bangi",
    "Lingala verbs",
    "Pages with 41 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Zacatepec Chatino entries with incorrect language header",
    "Zacatepec Chatino lemmas",
    "Zacatepec Chatino nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ln",
        "2": "bni",
        "3": "kita"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Bangi kita",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Bangi kita.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-kita",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kokita",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-kita (infinitive kokita)",
      "name": "ln-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Lingala",
  "lang_code": "ln",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to fall down"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to descend, go down"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "descend",
          "descend"
        ],
        [
          "go down",
          "go down"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kita"
}

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