"tanta" meaning in Tumbuka

See tanta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: -tanta [canonical], kutanta [infinitive]
Head templates: {{head|tum|verb|infinitive|kutanta|head=-tanta}} -tanta (infinitive kutanta), {{tum-verb|kutanta}} -tanta (infinitive kutanta)
  1. to cross a stream using stepping stones.
    Sense id: en-tanta-tum-verb-8IGxFN9Z Categories (other): Pages with 14 entries, Pages with entries, Tumbuka entries with incorrect language header
     
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    },
    {
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      ]
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  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "-tanta (infinitive kutanta)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kutanta"
      },
      "expansion": "-tanta (infinitive kutanta)",
      "name": "tum-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tumbuka",
  "lang_code": "tum",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cross a stream using stepping stones."
      ],
      "id": "en-tanta-tum-verb-8IGxFN9Z",
      "links": [
        [
          "cross",
          "cross"
        ],
        [
          "stepping stones",
          "stepping stones"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tanta"
}

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      ]
    },
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      "form": "kutanta",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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        "2": "verb",
        "3": "infinitive",
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        "head": "-tanta"
      },
      "expansion": "-tanta (infinitive kutanta)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kutanta"
      },
      "expansion": "-tanta (infinitive kutanta)",
      "name": "tum-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tumbuka",
  "lang_code": "tum",
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  "senses": [
    {
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Tumbuka entries with incorrect language header",
        "Tumbuka lemmas",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cross a stream using stepping stones."
      ],
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          "cross",
          "cross"
        ],
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          "stepping stones"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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