"manya" meaning in Tumbuka

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Verb

Forms: -manya [canonical], kumanya [infinitive]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-mànya. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|tum|bnt-pro|*-mànya|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Bantu *-mànya, {{inh+|tum|bnt-pro|*-mànya}} Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-mànya Head templates: {{head|tum|verb|infinitive|kumanya|head=-manya}} -manya (infinitive kumanya), {{tum-verb|kumanya}} -manya (infinitive kumanya)
  1. to know
    Sense id: en-manya-tum-verb-Vk7G5aRj
  2. to be able to
    Sense id: en-manya-tum-verb-rQQtiMKr Categories (other): Tumbuka entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Tumbuka entries with incorrect language header: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: -manyiska (english: to know thoroughly, to know for certain, to understand), manyi (english: I don't know, maybe), umanyi (english: knowledge), -manyikwa (english: to be known)
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "I don't know, maybe",
      "word": "manyi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "knowledge",
      "word": "umanyi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to be known",
      "word": "-manyikwa"
    }
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      },
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  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-mànya.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-manya",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kumanya",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "verb",
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        "4": "kumanya",
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      },
      "expansion": "-manya (infinitive kumanya)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kumanya"
      },
      "expansion": "-manya (infinitive kumanya)",
      "name": "tum-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tumbuka",
  "lang_code": "tum",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to know"
      ],
      "id": "en-manya-tum-verb-Vk7G5aRj",
      "links": [
        [
          "know",
          "know"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
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          "name": "Tumbuka entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be able to"
      ],
      "id": "en-manya-tum-verb-rQQtiMKr",
      "links": [
        [
          "be able to",
          "be able to"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "manya"
}
{
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Tumbuka entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tumbuka lemmas",
    "Tumbuka terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
    "Tumbuka terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
    "Tumbuka verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to know thoroughly, to know for certain, to understand",
      "word": "-manyiska"
    },
    {
      "english": "I don't know, maybe",
      "word": "manyi"
    },
    {
      "english": "knowledge",
      "word": "umanyi"
    },
    {
      "english": "to be known",
      "word": "-manyikwa"
    }
  ],
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      },
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    },
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        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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    {
      "form": "-manya",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kumanya",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tum",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "infinitive",
        "4": "kumanya",
        "head": "-manya"
      },
      "expansion": "-manya (infinitive kumanya)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kumanya"
      },
      "expansion": "-manya (infinitive kumanya)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tumbuka",
  "lang_code": "tum",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to know"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "know",
          "know"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be able to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "be able to",
          "be able to"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "manya"
}

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