See kaa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"2": "bnt-pro",
"3": "*ìkádà"
},
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"name": "inh"
}
],
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"form": "kaa class V",
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]
},
{
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"plural"
]
}
],
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},
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}
],
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{
"glosses": [
"coal, charcoal"
],
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[
"coal",
"coal"
],
[
"charcoal",
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[
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]
]
}
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"ipa": "/kɑː/"
},
{
"audio": "Sw-ke-kaa.flac",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/Sw-ke-kaa.flac/Sw-ke-kaa.flac.mp3",
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}
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],
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}
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"tags": [
"applicative",
"verb"
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"verb"
],
"word": "-kaza"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"passive",
"verb"
],
"word": "-kaliwa"
},
{
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"stative",
"verb"
],
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},
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"_dis1": "0 0 100",
"sense": "Nominal derivations",
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"_dis1": "0 0 100",
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"2": "bnt-pro",
"3": "*-jìkada"
},
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"name": "inh"
}
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]
},
{
"form": "kukaa",
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},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "kukaa",
"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "kutokaa",
"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "kaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "kaeni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "hukaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"habitual"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -likaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -kukaa",
"source": "conjugation",
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"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "ninakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tunakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "unakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mnakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "anakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wanakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -nakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "sikai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"negative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hatukai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"negative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "hukai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hamkai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hakai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"negative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hawakai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"negative",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -kai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -takaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -takaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "nikae",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "tukae",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "ukae",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "mkae",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "akae",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wakae",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"plural",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -kae",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -sikae",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -ngekaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -singekaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"negative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -ngalikaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -singalikaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "nakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"gnomic",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "twakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"gnomic",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"gnomic",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mwakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"gnomic",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "akaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "lakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "chakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "vyakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "zakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "kwakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "pakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "mwakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -mekaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -meshakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"already-form"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -jakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"not-yet-form"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -kikaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"if-when-form"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -sipokaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"if-not-form"
]
},
{
"form": "kakaa / positive subject concord + -kakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"consecutive"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -kakae",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"consecutive",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaaye",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaao",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaao",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaayo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaalo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaayo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaacho",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaavyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaayo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaazo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaao",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaako",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaapo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaamo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "-yekaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-okaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-okaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-yokaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-lokaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-yokaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-chokaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-vyokaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-yokaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-zokaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-okaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kokaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-pokaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-mokaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "-kaa (infinitive kukaa)",
"name": "sw-verb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"intr": "y"
},
"name": "sw-conj"
}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to sit"
],
"id": "en-kaa-sw-verb-XSeCVgAL",
"links": [
[
"sit",
"sit"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to stay, to live"
],
"id": "en-kaa-sw-verb-NEM2rgDc",
"links": [
[
"stay",
"stay"
],
[
"live",
"live"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "sw",
"name": "Clothing",
"orig": "sw:Clothing",
"parents": [
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "19 12 11 11 11 35",
"kind": "other",
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"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
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"clothing",
"clothing#Noun"
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[
"fit",
"fit"
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],
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"(clothing) to fit"
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"clothing",
"fashion",
"lifestyle",
"manufacturing",
"textiles"
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{
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{
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"crab"
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"crab"
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{
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{
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"Swahili nouns",
"Swahili terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
"Swahili terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
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"yo:Body parts",
"yo:Vehicles"
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"2": "bnt-pro",
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"name": "inh"
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],
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"canonical"
]
},
{
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}
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],
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[
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"coal"
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[
"charcoal",
"charcoal"
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],
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{
"word": "mkaa"
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]
},
{
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"ember"
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[
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"ember"
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]
}
],
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{
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"Pages with entries",
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"Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
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"Swahili terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
"Swahili terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
"Swahili verbs",
"sw:Arthropods",
"yo:Body parts",
"yo:Vehicles"
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"verb"
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{
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"verb"
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{
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"causative",
"verb"
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{
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"verb"
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{
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"stative",
"verb"
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{
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{
"sense": "Nominal derivations",
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{
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"3": "*-jìkada"
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{
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"tags": [
"canonical"
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},
{
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"tags": [
"infinitive"
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"table-tags"
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},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "kukaa",
"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "kutokaa",
"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "kaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "kaeni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "hukaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"habitual"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -likaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -kukaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tunakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "unakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mnakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "anakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wanakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -nakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "sikai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"negative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hatukai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"negative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "hukai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hamkai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hakai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"negative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hawakai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"negative",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -kai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -takaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -takaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "nikae",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "tukae",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "ukae",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "mkae",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "akae",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wakae",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"plural",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -kae",
"source": "conjugation",
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"subjunctive",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -sikae",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -ngekaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -singekaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"negative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -ngalikaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -singalikaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "nakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"gnomic",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "twakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"gnomic",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"gnomic",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mwakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"gnomic",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "akaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "lakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "chakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "vyakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-10",
"class-9",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "zakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-10",
"class-9",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "kwakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "pakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "mwakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -mekaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -meshakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"already-form"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -jakaa",
"source": "conjugation",
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"not-yet-form"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -kikaa",
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"tags": [
"if-when-form"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -sipokaa",
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"tags": [
"if-not-form"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"consecutive"
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},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -kakae",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"consecutive",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaaye",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaao",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaao",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-3",
"class-4",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaayo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaalo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaayo",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-5",
"class-6",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaacho",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-7",
"class-8",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaavyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaayo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaazo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaao",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaako",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaapo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kaamo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"general-mood",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "-yekaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-okaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-okaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-yokaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-lokaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-yokaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-chokaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-vyokaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-yokaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-zokaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-okaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kokaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-pokaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-mokaa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "-kaa (infinitive kukaa)",
"name": "sw-verb"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"intr": "y"
},
"name": "sw-conj"
}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to sit"
],
"links": [
[
"sit",
"sit"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to stay, to live"
],
"links": [
[
"stay",
"stay"
],
[
"live",
"live"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"sw:Clothing"
],
"glosses": [
"to fit"
],
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[
"clothing",
"clothing#Noun"
],
[
"fit",
"fit"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(clothing) to fit"
],
"topics": [
"business",
"clothing",
"fashion",
"lifestyle",
"manufacturing",
"textiles"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/kɑː/"
},
{
"audio": "Sw-ke-kaa.flac",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/Sw-ke-kaa.flac/Sw-ke-kaa.flac.mp3",
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}
],
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}
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"Pages with 16 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Swahili class IX nouns",
"Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"Swahili lemmas",
"Swahili nouns",
"Swahili terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
"Swahili terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
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"yo:Body parts",
"yo:Vehicles"
],
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"2": "bnt-pro",
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},
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"name": "inh"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "kaa class IX",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "kaa class X",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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},
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}
],
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"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"crab"
],
"links": [
[
"crab",
"crab"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/kʰɑː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɑː/"
},
{
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}
],
"word": "kaa"
}
Download raw JSONL data for kaa meaning in Swahili (16.2kB)
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}
{
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"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Object concord'",
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