-ana in Southern Ndebele

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Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà (“child”). The development of this suffix in Nguni seems to be due to influence from Khoe languages. Etymology templates: {{inh|nr|bnt-pro|*mʊ̀jánà||child}} Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà (“child”) Head templates: {{head|nr|suffix|cat2=diminutive suffixes}} -ana

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nr",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*mʊ̀jánà",
        "4": "",
        "5": "child"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà (“child”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà (“child”). The development of this suffix in Nguni seems to be due to influence from Khoe languages.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nr",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "diminutive suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-ana",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Southern Ndebele",
  "lang_code": "nr",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 19 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Southern Ndebele entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Noun diminutive suffix, creates a noun meaning something smaller or younger, or a small amount."
      ],
      "id": "en--ana-nr-suffix-nr:diminutive",
      "senseid": [
        "nr:diminutive"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ana"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Pages using catfix",
    "Pages with 19 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nr",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*mʊ̀jánà",
        "4": "",
        "5": "child"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà (“child”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà (“child”). The development of this suffix in Nguni seems to be due to influence from Khoe languages.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nr",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "diminutive suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-ana",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Southern Ndebele",
  "lang_code": "nr",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 19 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Southern Ndebele diminutive suffixes",
        "Southern Ndebele entries with incorrect language header",
        "Southern Ndebele lemmas",
        "Southern Ndebele suffixes",
        "Southern Ndebele terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
        "Southern Ndebele terms inherited from Proto-Bantu"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Noun diminutive suffix, creates a noun meaning something smaller or younger, or a small amount."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "nr:diminutive"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ana"
}

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"-ana" meaning in Southern Ndebele

Suffix