"nyama" meaning in Shona

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Noun

Forms: nyama [class-10, plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà. Etymology templates: {{inh|sn|bnt-pro|*nɲàmà}} Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà Head templates: {{sn-noun|nyama|9}} nyama class 9 (plural nyama class 10)
  1. meat Tags: class-9 Categories (topical): Foods
    Sense id: en-nyama-sn-noun-WdbWFDH8 Categories (other): Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Shona entries with incorrect language header
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        "2": "bnt-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nyama",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "sn-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 9 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Shona entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sn",
          "name": "Foods",
          "orig": "sn:Foods",
          "parents": [
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "meat"
      ],
      "id": "en-nyama-sn-noun-WdbWFDH8",
      "links": [
        [
          "meat",
          "meat"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-9"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nyama"
}
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.",
  "forms": [
    {
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  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sn",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Shona class 9 nouns",
        "Shona entries with incorrect language header",
        "Shona lemmas",
        "Shona nouns",
        "Shona terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
        "Shona terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
        "Shona terms with redundant head parameter",
        "sn:Foods"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "meat"
      ],
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        [
          "meat",
          "meat"
        ]
      ],
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        "class-9"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nyama"
}

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