"-lika" meaning in Swahili

{
  "etymology_text": "What are now vowel-final verb stems originally had an -l-, which resurfaces whenever a suffix is added. The rule was then extended to borrowed words by analogy.",
  "head_templates": [
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "-ika used in verbs ending in two vowels that are neither i nor e"
        },
        {
          "word": "and in some verbs ending in -ia or -ea"
        }
      ],
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          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
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        },
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        },
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      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Swahili stative verbs"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "-vaa (“to wear”) + -lika → -valika (“to be wearable”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-sahau (“to forget”) + -lika → -sahaulika (“to be forgotten, to be forgettable”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-zoea (“to get used to”) + leka → -zoeleka (“to be familiar with”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-zuia (“to restrain”) + -lika → -zuilika (“to be restrained”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of -ika used in verbs ending in two vowels that are neither i nor e, and in some verbs ending in -ia or -ea"
      ],
      "id": "en--lika-sw-suffix-WEiKWzTB",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ika",
          "-ika#Swahili"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-lika"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Swahili stative verbs"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "What are now vowel-final verb stems originally had an -l-, which resurfaces whenever a suffix is added. The rule was then extended to borrowed words by analogy.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "-ika used in verbs ending in two vowels that are neither i nor e"
        },
        {
          "word": "and in some verbs ending in -ia or -ea"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili suffixes"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "-vaa (“to wear”) + -lika → -valika (“to be wearable”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-sahau (“to forget”) + -lika → -sahaulika (“to be forgotten, to be forgettable”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-zoea (“to get used to”) + leka → -zoeleka (“to be familiar with”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-zuia (“to restrain”) + -lika → -zuilika (“to be restrained”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of -ika used in verbs ending in two vowels that are neither i nor e, and in some verbs ending in -ia or -ea"
      ],
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        [
          "-ika",
          "-ika#Swahili"
        ]
      ],
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        "alternative",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-lika"
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: mid vowel harmony variant -leka",
  "path": [
    "-lika"
  ],
  "section": "Swahili",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-lika",
  "trace": ""
}