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},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *n-.",
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},
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"[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#N class|n class_((IX/X))]] noun prefix and adjective agreement prefix, denoting animals and miscellaneous nouns as well as their plurals, and plurals of some [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#U class|u class_((XI))]] nouns"
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}
],
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}
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