See baba in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"2": "bnt-pro",
"3": "*bààbá"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Bantu *bààbá",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *bààbá.",
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{
"form": "babá",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"class-1a"
]
},
{
"form": "vababá",
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"class-2",
"plural"
]
}
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},
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}
],
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"lang_code": "sn",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"glosses": [
"father"
],
"id": "en-baba-sn-noun-iKGIHwAl",
"links": [
[
"father",
"father"
]
]
},
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{
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"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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"Entry maintenance"
],
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 100",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "sn",
"name": "Male",
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"parents": [
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"Biology",
"Psychology",
"Sociology",
"Sciences",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Society",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
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],
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"Christianity"
],
[
"father",
"father"
]
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"(Christianity) father (priest)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "fata"
}
],
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"Christianity"
]
}
],
"word": "baba"
}
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"Pages with entries",
"Shona class 1a nouns",
"Shona entries with incorrect language header",
"Shona lemmas",
"Shona nouns",
"Shona terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
"Shona terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
"sn:Family",
"sn:Male"
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{
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"2": "bnt-pro",
"3": "*bààbá"
},
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}
],
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{
"form": "babá",
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]
},
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"plural"
]
}
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{
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},
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"glosses": [
"father"
],
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"father"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
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],
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"father (priest)"
],
"links": [
[
"Christianity",
"Christianity"
],
[
"father",
"father"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Christianity) father (priest)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "fata"
}
],
"topics": [
"Christianity"
]
}
],
"word": "baba"
}
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