"sekgwa" meaning in Sotho

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Noun

Forms: 8 [canonical, class-7, class-8], dikgwa [plural]
Etymology: From a Kx'a language. Compare Juǀ'hoan ǃòʼá (“thicket”). Also cognate with Northern Sotho sethokgwa and Makhuwa etakhwa. Etymology templates: {{der|st|khi-kxa}} Kx'a, {{cog|ktz|ǃòʼá||thicket}} Juǀ'hoan ǃòʼá (“thicket”), {{cog|nso|sethokgwa}} Northern Sotho sethokgwa, {{cog|vmw|etakhwa}} Makhuwa etakhwa Head templates: {{head|st|noun|plural|dikgwa|f1request=|g=c7|g2=c8|head=|sort=sekgwa}} sekgwa class 7/8 (plural dikgwa), {{st-noun|7|8|dikgwa}} sekgwa class 7/8 (plural dikgwa)
  1. forest, thicket Tags: class-7, class-8
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    },
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  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sotho entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forest, thicket"
      ],
      "id": "en-sekgwa-st-noun-D8yQM6Xv",
      "links": [
        [
          "forest",
          "forest"
        ],
        [
          "thicket",
          "thicket"
        ]
      ],
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        "class-8"
      ]
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    {
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        "1": "ktz",
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        "3": "",
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    },
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    },
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a Kx'a language. Compare Juǀ'hoan ǃòʼá (“thicket”). Also cognate with Northern Sotho sethokgwa and Makhuwa etakhwa.",
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        "class-7",
        "class-8"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "dikgwa",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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        "head": "",
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        "Sotho nouns",
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        "Sotho terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Sotho terms with redundant sortkeys"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forest, thicket"
      ],
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          "forest",
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        ],
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          "thicket"
        ]
      ],
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        "class-7",
        "class-8"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sekgwa"
}

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