"gxaleka" meaning in Xhosa

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Verb

IPA: [ɡ̊ǁǎ̤leːka] Forms: -gxáleka [canonical]
Etymology: Cognate with Khoekhoe ǁgare (“unable to speak from excitement”). Etymology templates: {{cognate|naq|ǁgare|4=unable to speak from excitement}} Khoekhoe ǁgare (“unable to speak from excitement”) Head templates: {{xh-verb|gxáleka}} -gxáleka
  1. to go astray (in walking and speaking)
    Sense id: en-gxaleka-xh-verb-r~so0wwk Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Xhosa entries with incorrect language header
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    {
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        "1": "naq",
        "2": "ǁgare",
        "4": "unable to speak from excitement"
      },
      "expansion": "Khoekhoe ǁgare (“unable to speak from excitement”)",
      "name": "cognate"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Khoekhoe ǁgare (“unable to speak from excitement”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-gxáleka",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gxáleka"
      },
      "expansion": "-gxáleka",
      "name": "xh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Xhosa",
  "lang_code": "xh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Xhosa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to go astray (in walking and speaking)"
      ],
      "id": "en-gxaleka-xh-verb-r~so0wwk",
      "links": [
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ],
        [
          "astray",
          "astray"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡ̊ǁǎ̤leːka]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gxaleka"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "naq",
        "2": "ǁgare",
        "4": "unable to speak from excitement"
      },
      "expansion": "Khoekhoe ǁgare (“unable to speak from excitement”)",
      "name": "cognate"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Khoekhoe ǁgare (“unable to speak from excitement”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-gxáleka",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gxáleka"
      },
      "expansion": "-gxáleka",
      "name": "xh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Xhosa",
  "lang_code": "xh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Xhosa entries with incorrect language header",
        "Xhosa lemmas",
        "Xhosa verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to go astray (in walking and speaking)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ],
        [
          "astray",
          "astray"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡ̊ǁǎ̤leːka]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gxaleka"
}

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