"-ea" meaning in Swahili

See -ea in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: Compare with Chichewa -era. Etymology templates: {{cog|ny|-era}} Chichewa -era Head templates: {{head|sw|suffix}} -ea
  1. mid vowel variant of -ia Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ea-sw-suffix-DfTmAMF7 Categories (other): Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "-era"
      },
      "expansion": "Chichewa -era",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare with Chichewa -era.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-ea",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 8 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mid vowel variant of -ia"
      ],
      "id": "en--ea-sw-suffix-DfTmAMF7",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ia",
          "-ia#Swahili"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ea"
}
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ny",
        "2": "-era"
      },
      "expansion": "Chichewa -era",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare with Chichewa -era.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-ea",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 8 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili suffixes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mid vowel variant of -ia"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-ia",
          "-ia#Swahili"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ea"
}

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