See tandara in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "to spread out",
"translation": "to spread out",
"word": "-tandazga"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ny",
"2": "tandala",
"3": "-tandala",
"4": "to spend time"
},
"expansion": "Chichewa -tandala (“to spend time”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognate with Chichewa -tandala (“to spend time”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-tandara",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "kutandara",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tum",
"2": "verb",
"3": "infinitive",
"4": "kutandara",
"head": "-tandara"
},
"expansion": "-tandara (infinitive kutandara)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kutandara"
},
"expansion": "-tandara (infinitive kutandara)",
"name": "tum-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Tumbuka",
"lang_code": "tum",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "24 24 24 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 27 27 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 27 27 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tumbuka entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to wait"
],
"id": "en-tandara-tum-verb-g4ppckIk",
"links": [
[
"wait",
"wait"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "24 24 24 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 27 27 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 27 27 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tumbuka entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to linger"
],
"id": "en-tandara-tum-verb-tjY5Xohq",
"links": [
[
"linger",
"linger"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "24 24 24 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 27 27 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 27 27 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tumbuka entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to delay"
],
"id": "en-tandara-tum-verb-4wIF8INI",
"links": [
[
"delay",
"delay"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "24 24 24 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 27 27 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 27 27 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tumbuka entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to spend a day or two at a place"
],
"id": "en-tandara-tum-verb-Ghd4lnjK",
"links": [
[
"spend",
"spend"
]
]
}
],
"word": "tandara"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Tumbuka entries with incorrect language header",
"Tumbuka lemmas",
"Tumbuka verbs"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "to spread out",
"translation": "to spread out",
"word": "-tandazga"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ny",
"2": "tandala",
"3": "-tandala",
"4": "to spend time"
},
"expansion": "Chichewa -tandala (“to spend time”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognate with Chichewa -tandala (“to spend time”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-tandara",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "kutandara",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tum",
"2": "verb",
"3": "infinitive",
"4": "kutandara",
"head": "-tandara"
},
"expansion": "-tandara (infinitive kutandara)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kutandara"
},
"expansion": "-tandara (infinitive kutandara)",
"name": "tum-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Tumbuka",
"lang_code": "tum",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to wait"
],
"links": [
[
"wait",
"wait"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to linger"
],
"links": [
[
"linger",
"linger"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to delay"
],
"links": [
[
"delay",
"delay"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to spend a day or two at a place"
],
"links": [
[
"spend",
"spend"
]
]
}
],
"word": "tandara"
}
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