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},
{
"word": "haki-"
},
{
"word": "-ki-"
},
{
"word": "-cho"
},
{
"word": "vi-"
},
{
"word": "havi-"
},
{
"word": "-vi-"
},
{
"word": "-vyo"
},
{
"word": "zi-"
},
{
"word": "hazi-"
},
{
"word": "-zi-"
},
{
"word": "-zo"
},
{
"word": "ku-"
},
{
"word": "haku-"
},
{
"word": "-ku-"
},
{
"word": "-ko"
},
{
"word": "pa-"
},
{
"word": "hapa-"
},
{
"word": "-pa-"
},
{
"word": "-po"
},
{
"word": "m-"
},
{
"word": "mu-"
},
{
"word": "ham-"
},
{
"word": "hamw-"
},
{
"word": "hamu-"
},
{
"word": "-mo"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "hamw-"
}
],
"glosses": [
"therein, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Mu locative class|mu class_((XVIII))]] subject concord used before vowels"
],
"links": [
[
"therein",
"therein"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "mw-"
}
Download raw JSONL data for mw- meaning in Swahili (6.6kB)
{
"called_from": "page/1412",
"msg": "gloss may contain unhandled list items: [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|m class_((I))]] noun prefix and adjective agreement prefix used before vowels",
"path": [
"mw-"
],
"section": "Swahili",
"subsection": "prefix",
"title": "mw-",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "page/1412",
"msg": "gloss may contain unhandled list items: [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|m class_((III))]] noun prefix and adjective agreement prefix used before vowels",
"path": [
"mw-"
],
"section": "Swahili",
"subsection": "prefix",
"title": "mw-",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "page/1412",
"msg": "gloss may contain unhandled list items: [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#U class|u class_((XI))]] adjective agreement prefix used before vowels",
"path": [
"mw-"
],
"section": "Swahili",
"subsection": "prefix",
"title": "mw-",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "page/1412",
"msg": "gloss may contain unhandled list items: verb-initial form of -mw- (“her, him; 3rd person singular ([[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|m class_((I))]]) object concord used before vowels”)",
"path": [
"mw-"
],
"section": "Swahili",
"subsection": "prefix",
"title": "mw-",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "page/1412",
"msg": "gloss may contain unhandled list items: therein, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Mu locative class|mu class_((XVIII))]] subject concord used before vowels",
"path": [
"mw-"
],
"section": "Swahili",
"subsection": "prefix",
"title": "mw-",
"trace": ""
}
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