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"etymology_text": "From vi- before a vowel.",
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"form": "ch-",
"tags": [
"singular"
]
}
],
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}
],
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"senses": [
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{
"_dis": "23 1 31 35 5 5",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
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"_dis": "69 16 16",
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"english": "rooms",
"text": "vyumba",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "good things",
"text": "vitu vyema",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"form of vi- used before a vowel in certain words",
"[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ki-vi class|vi class_((VIII))]] noun prefix and adjective agreement prefix"
],
"id": "en-vy--sw-prefix-MVobRmPW",
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"vi-",
"vi-#Swahili"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "It is nice to thank them.",
"text": "Ni vyema kuwashukuru.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"form of vi- used before a vowel in certain words",
"impersonal adjective agreement prefix"
],
"id": "en-vy--sw-prefix-IvyMhKrw",
"links": [
[
"vi-",
"vi-#Swahili"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "vy- + -ema (“nice”) → vyema (“nicely”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"form of vi- used before a vowel in certain words",
"Forms adverbs of manner from declinable adjectives."
],
"id": "en-vy--sw-prefix-XF1cdo4k",
"links": [
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"vi-",
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]
],
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}
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"tags": [
"singular"
]
}
],
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"text": "vyumba",
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},
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"english": "good things",
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}
],
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"form of vi- used before a vowel in certain words",
"[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ki-vi class|vi class_((VIII))]] noun prefix and adjective agreement prefix"
],
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[
"vi-",
"vi-#Swahili"
]
],
"tags": [
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]
},
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],
"examples": [
{
"english": "It is nice to thank them.",
"text": "Ni vyema kuwashukuru.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"form of vi- used before a vowel in certain words",
"impersonal adjective agreement prefix"
],
"links": [
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]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
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}
],
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"form of vi- used before a vowel in certain words",
"Forms adverbs of manner from declinable adjectives."
],
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]
],
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}
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"word": "vy-"
}
Download raw JSONL data for vy- meaning in Swahili (1.7kB)
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