"lwa" meaning in Xhosa

See lwa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [lʷa] Forms: -lwa [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *-dʊ̀a. Etymology templates: {{inh|xh|bnt-pro|*-dʊ̀a}} Proto-Bantu *-dʊ̀a Head templates: {{xh-verb|lwa}} -lwa
  1. (intransitive) to fight, to struggle Tags: intransitive Derived forms: umlo
    Sense id: en-lwa-xh-verb-kCs~MJvV Categories (other): Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries, Xhosa entries with incorrect language header
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xh",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*-dʊ̀a"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *-dʊ̀a",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *-dʊ̀a.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-lwa",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lwa"
      },
      "expansion": "-lwa",
      "name": "xh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Xhosa",
  "lang_code": "xh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 12 entries",
          "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"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "umlo"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fight, to struggle"
      ],
      "id": "en-lwa-xh-verb-kCs~MJvV",
      "links": [
        [
          "fight",
          "fight"
        ],
        [
          "struggle",
          "struggle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to fight, to struggle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[lʷa]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lwa"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "umlo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xh",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*-dʊ̀a"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *-dʊ̀a",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *-dʊ̀a.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-lwa",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lwa"
      },
      "expansion": "-lwa",
      "name": "xh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Xhosa",
  "lang_code": "xh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 12 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Xhosa entries with incorrect language header",
        "Xhosa intransitive verbs",
        "Xhosa lemmas",
        "Xhosa terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
        "Xhosa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
        "Xhosa verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fight, to struggle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fight",
          "fight"
        ],
        [
          "struggle",
          "struggle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to fight, to struggle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[lʷa]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lwa"
}

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