"etswa" meaning in Nupe

See etswa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ē.t͡sʷā/ Forms: etswazhì [plural]
Etymology: Cognate with Gupa-Abawa ecwa. Blench suggest this is a back-formation from tswan̄gi (“star”). Etymology templates: {{cog|gpa|ecwa}} Gupa-Abawa ecwa, {{backformation|nup|tswan̄gi|nocap=1|t=star}} back-formation from tswan̄gi (“star”) Head templates: {{head|nup|noun|head=etswa}} etswa, {{nup-pos|noun|etswa}} etswa, {{nup-noun|etswa|etswazhì}} etswa (plural etswazhì)
  1. moon
    Sense id: en-etswa-nup-noun-nni0PqAO Categories (other): Nupe back-formations, Nupe entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Celestial bodies Disambiguation of Nupe back-formations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Nupe entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Celestial bodies: 50 50
  2. month
    Sense id: en-etswa-nup-noun-pcfRcZ4o Categories (other): Nupe back-formations, Nupe entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Celestial bodies, Time Disambiguation of Nupe back-formations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Nupe entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Celestial bodies: 50 50 Disambiguation of Time: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tswan̄gi (english: star)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "star",
      "word": "tswan̄gi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gpa",
        "2": "ecwa"
      },
      "expansion": "Gupa-Abawa ecwa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nup",
        "2": "tswan̄gi",
        "nocap": "1",
        "t": "star"
      },
      "expansion": "back-formation from tswan̄gi (“star”)",
      "name": "backformation"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Gupa-Abawa ecwa. Blench suggest this is a back-formation from tswan̄gi (“star”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "etswazhì",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nup",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "etswa"
      },
      "expansion": "etswa",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "etswa"
      },
      "expansion": "etswa",
      "name": "nup-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "etswa",
        "2": "etswazhì"
      },
      "expansion": "etswa (plural etswazhì)",
      "name": "nup-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Nupe",
  "lang_code": "nup",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Nupe back-formations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Nupe entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nup",
          "name": "Celestial bodies",
          "orig": "nup:Celestial bodies",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "moon"
      ],
      "id": "en-etswa-nup-noun-nni0PqAO",
      "links": [
        [
          "moon",
          "moon"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Nupe back-formations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Nupe entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nup",
          "name": "Celestial bodies",
          "orig": "nup:Celestial bodies",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nup",
          "name": "Time",
          "orig": "nup:Time",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "month"
      ],
      "id": "en-etswa-nup-noun-pcfRcZ4o",
      "links": [
        [
          "month",
          "month"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ē.t͡sʷā/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "etswa"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Nupe back-formations",
    "Nupe entries with incorrect language header",
    "Nupe lemmas",
    "Nupe nouns",
    "Nupe terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "nup:Celestial bodies",
    "nup:Time"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "star",
      "word": "tswan̄gi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gpa",
        "2": "ecwa"
      },
      "expansion": "Gupa-Abawa ecwa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nup",
        "2": "tswan̄gi",
        "nocap": "1",
        "t": "star"
      },
      "expansion": "back-formation from tswan̄gi (“star”)",
      "name": "backformation"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Gupa-Abawa ecwa. Blench suggest this is a back-formation from tswan̄gi (“star”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "etswazhì",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nup",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "etswa"
      },
      "expansion": "etswa",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "etswa"
      },
      "expansion": "etswa",
      "name": "nup-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "etswa",
        "2": "etswazhì"
      },
      "expansion": "etswa (plural etswazhì)",
      "name": "nup-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Nupe",
  "lang_code": "nup",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "moon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "moon",
          "moon"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "month"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "month",
          "month"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ē.t͡sʷā/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "etswa"
}

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