"-liwa" 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.",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "-wa used in nonderived verbs ending in -ia or -ea"
        },
        {
          "word": "as well as any verb ending in -aa"
        },
        {
          "word": "-au"
        },
        {
          "word": "-oa"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ua"
        },
        {
          "word": "or -uu"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Swahili passive verbs"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "-tia (“to put”) + -liwa → -tiliwa (“to be put”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-pokea (“to receive”) + -lewa → -pokelewa (“to be received”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-sahau (“to forget”) + -liwa → -sahauliwa (“to be forgotten”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of -wa used in nonderived verbs ending in -ia or -ea, as well as any verb ending in -aa, -au, -oa, -ua, or -uu"
      ],
      "id": "en--liwa-sw-suffix--d2b9yLH",
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        [
          "-wa",
          "-wa#Swahili"
        ]
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "-liwa"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Swahili passive 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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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "-wa used in nonderived verbs ending in -ia or -ea"
        },
        {
          "word": "as well as any verb ending in -aa"
        },
        {
          "word": "-au"
        },
        {
          "word": "-oa"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ua"
        },
        {
          "word": "or -uu"
        }
      ],
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Swahili suffixes"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "-tia (“to put”) + -liwa → -tiliwa (“to be put”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-pokea (“to receive”) + -lewa → -pokelewa (“to be received”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-sahau (“to forget”) + -liwa → -sahauliwa (“to be forgotten”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of -wa used in nonderived verbs ending in -ia or -ea, as well as any verb ending in -aa, -au, -oa, -ua, or -uu"
      ],
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        [
          "-wa",
          "-wa#Swahili"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-liwa"
}

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