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"word": "-lo"
},
{
"word": "ya-"
},
{
"word": "haya-"
},
{
"word": "-ya-"
},
{
"word": "ki-"
},
{
"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": "mw-"
},
{
"word": "mu-"
},
{
"word": "ham-"
},
{
"word": "hamw-"
},
{
"word": "hamu-"
},
{
"word": "-mo"
},
{
"word": "For a full table including first and second person"
}
],
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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "hau-"
}
],
"glosses": [
"it, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|m class_((III))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#U class|u class_((XI))]] subject concord"
],
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"it",
"it"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"verb-initial form of -u- (“it, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|m class_((III))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#U class|u class_((XI))]] object concord”)"
],
"links": [
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"-u-",
"-u-#Swahili"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
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{
"tags": [
"before-vowel"
],
"word": "w-"
}
],
"word": "u-"
}
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"msg": "''[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classe'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
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"u-"
],
"section": "Swahili",
"subsection": "prefix",
"title": "u-",
"trace": ""
}
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"u-"
],
"section": "Swahili",
"subsection": "prefix",
"title": "u-",
"trace": ""
}
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"msg": "gloss may contain unhandled list items: it, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|m class_((III))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#U class|u class_((XI))]] subject concord",
"path": [
"u-"
],
"section": "Swahili",
"subsection": "prefix",
"title": "u-",
"trace": ""
}
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"called_from": "page/1412",
"msg": "gloss may contain unhandled list items: verb-initial form of -u- (“it, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|m class_((III))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#U class|u class_((XI))]] object concord”)",
"path": [
"u-"
],
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"subsection": "prefix",
"title": "u-",
"trace": ""
}
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