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{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "ar",
"3": "نَقْل"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic نَقْل (naql)",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "ar",
"3": "ن ق ل"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic نَقْل (naql).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "nakala class IX",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "nakala class X",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "n"
},
"expansion": "nakala class IX (plural nakala class X)",
"name": "sw-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "to copy",
"word": "-nakili"
}
],
"senses": [
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"categories": [
{
"_dis": "58 42",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "77 23",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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{
"_dis": "67 33",
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"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"a copy (result of copying; often a newspaper article)"
],
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"links": [
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"copy",
"copy"
]
],
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{
"word": "kopi"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "photo caption",
"text": "nakala ya picha",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"a passage of text to be typeset"
],
"id": "en-nakala-sw-noun-y8c-vdqf",
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[
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"text"
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}
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}
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"Pages with entries",
"Swahili class IX nouns",
"Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"Swahili lemmas",
"Swahili nouns",
"Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic",
"Swahili terms derived from Arabic",
"Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root ن ق ل"
],
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"args": {
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},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "ar",
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},
"expansion": "",
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],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic نَقْل (naql).",
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{
"form": "nakala class IX",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "nakala class X",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"1": "n"
},
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],
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"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"english": "to copy",
"word": "-nakili"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"a copy (result of copying; often a newspaper article)"
],
"links": [
[
"copy",
"copy"
]
],
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{
"word": "kopi"
}
]
},
{
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{
"english": "photo caption",
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}
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"word": "nakala"
}
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