See -a- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"singular",
"third-person"
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"class-7",
"class-8",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
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"form": "ya-",
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"singular",
"third-person"
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"form": "mwa-",
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"class-18",
"singular",
"third-person"
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"_dis1": "50 50",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"-i"
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"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present",
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"_dis1": "55 45",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive future",
"word": "-ta-"
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"_dis1": "55 45",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative subjunctive",
"word": "-si-1"
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"_dis1": "55 45",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-a-1"
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"english": "Already",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "past: -lisha-"
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"_dis1": "55 45",
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"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "present: -mesha-"
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"_dis1": "55 45",
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"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-sha-"
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"_dis1": "55 45",
"english": "If/When",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-ki-1"
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"_dis1": "55 45",
"english": "If not",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-sipo-"
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{
"_dis1": "55 45",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Perfect",
"word": "-me-"
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"_dis1": "54 46",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Consecutive",
"word": "-ka-1"
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"_dis1": "55 45",
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{
"_dis1": "55 45",
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative future",
"word": "-ta-"
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"_dis1": "55 45",
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"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord",
"word": "-ja-1"
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"word": "-li-"
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"sense": "Relative; Future",
"word": "-taka-"
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"word": "-si-"
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"Entry maintenance"
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"word": "-singe-"
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"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past conditional",
"word": "-ngali-"
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"_dis1": "60 40",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative past conditional",
"word": "-singali-"
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"ref": "2023, Brian Ambani, “Maelfu Ya Kampuni Zafungwa Kufuatia Hali Ngumu”, in Taifa Leo, archived from the original on 2023-07-21:",
"text": "Maelfu Ya Kampuni Zafungwa Kufuatia Hali Ngumu",
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"first-person",
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"second-person",
"singular"
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"class-2",
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"class-6",
"singular",
"third-person"
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"class-6",
"plural",
"third-person"
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"class-7",
"class-8",
"singular",
"third-person"
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"form": "vya-",
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"class-7",
"class-8",
"plural",
"third-person"
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"class-10",
"class-9",
"singular",
"third-person"
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"form": "za-",
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"class-10",
"class-9",
"plural",
"third-person"
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"form": "wa-",
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"class-11",
"singular",
"third-person"
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"form": "kwa-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-15",
"class-17",
"singular",
"third-person"
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"form": "pa-",
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"class-16",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
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"form": "mwa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
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"sense": "Initial; Positive infinitive",
"word": "ku-"
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{
"sense": "Initial; Positive infinitive",
"word": "kw-1"
},
{
"sense": "Initial; Negative infinitive",
"word": "kuto-"
},
{
"sense": "Initial; Habitual",
"word": "hu-1"
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{
"sense": "Initial",
"word": "ka-1"
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{
"sense": "Final; General (positive indicative)",
"word": "-a"
},
{
"sense": "Final; Positive subjunctive",
"word": "-e"
},
{
"sense": "Final",
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"-i"
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"word": "Negative present"
},
{
"sense": "Final; Second person plural",
"word": "-ni"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past",
"word": "-li-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present",
"word": "-na-"
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{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive future",
"word": "-ta-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative subjunctive",
"word": "-si-1"
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{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present conditional",
"word": "-nge-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative present conditional",
"word": "-singe-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past conditional",
"word": "-ngali-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative past conditional",
"word": "-singali-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-a-1"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Perfect",
"word": "-me-"
},
{
"english": "Already",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "past: -lisha-"
},
{
"english": "Already",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "present: -mesha-"
},
{
"english": "Already",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-sha-"
},
{
"english": "If/When",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-ki-1"
},
{
"english": "If not",
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
"word": "-sipo-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Consecutive",
"word": "-ka-1"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past",
"word": "-ku-1"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative future",
"word": "-ta-"
},
{
"english": "Not yet",
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord",
"word": "-ja-1"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative present conditional",
"word": "-nge-"
},
{
"sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past conditional",
"word": "-ngali-"
},
{
"sense": "Relative; Past",
"word": "-li-"
},
{
"sense": "Relative; Present",
"word": "-na-"
},
{
"sense": "Relative; Future",
"word": "-taka-"
},
{
"sense": "Relative; Negative",
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"(dated) gnomic aspect marker, indefinite present marker"
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"text": "Near-synonym: -na-"
},
{
"english": "Thousands of Companies Close After Difficult Situation",
"ref": "2023, Brian Ambani, “Maelfu Ya Kampuni Zafungwa Kufuatia Hali Ngumu”, in Taifa Leo, archived from the original on 2023-07-21:",
"text": "Maelfu Ya Kampuni Zafungwa Kufuatia Hali Ngumu",
"type": "quote"
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}
Download raw JSONL data for -a- meaning in Swahili (5.4kB)
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"msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: Telegrammic: ka-1 desc=Telegrammic rest=ka-1 cls=romanization cls2=romanization e1=False e2=False",
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"-a-"
],
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"title": "-a-",
"trace": ""
}
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"msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: Gnomic: -a-1 desc=Gnomic rest=-a-1 cls=romanization cls2=romanization e1=False e2=False",
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