"sa-" meaning in Xhosa

See sa- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *kíá-. Etymology templates: {{inh|xh|bnt-pro|*kíá-}} Proto-Bantu *kíá- Head templates: {{head|xh|prefix|cat2=possessive concords}} sa-
  1. of; class 7 possessive concord. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-sa--xh-prefix-JsTqwz6M Categories (other): Xhosa entries with incorrect language header, Xhosa possessive concords Disambiguation of Xhosa entries with incorrect language header: 68 0 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Prefix

Head templates: {{head|xh|prefix}} sa-
  1. (with a positive verb) still Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-sa--xh-prefix-lOhWbd~B
  2. (with a negative verb) no longer Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-sa--xh-prefix-~ZMFr4KN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xh",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*kíá-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *kíá-",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *kíá-.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xh",
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      },
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    }
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  "lang": "Xhosa",
  "lang_code": "xh",
  "pos": "prefix",
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        {
          "_dis": "68 0 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Xhosa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
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            "Concords",
            "Prefixes",
            "Morphemes",
            "Lemmas"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "of; class 7 possessive concord."
      ],
      "id": "en-sa--xh-prefix-JsTqwz6M",
      "links": [
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sa-"
}

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        "1": "xh",
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "xh",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "still"
      ],
      "id": "en-sa--xh-prefix-lOhWbd~B",
      "links": [
        [
          "still",
          "still"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with a positive verb) still"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with a positive verb"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "no longer"
      ],
      "id": "en-sa--xh-prefix-~ZMFr4KN",
      "links": [
        [
          "no longer",
          "no longer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with a negative verb) no longer"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with a negative verb"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sa-"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Xhosa entries with incorrect language header",
    "Xhosa lemmas",
    "Xhosa possessive concords",
    "Xhosa prefixes",
    "Xhosa terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
    "Xhosa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *kíá-.",
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  ],
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  "pos": "prefix",
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        "of; class 7 possessive concord."
      ],
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          "of",
          "of"
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        "morpheme"
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Xhosa entries with incorrect language header",
    "Xhosa lemmas",
    "Xhosa prefixes"
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      },
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  ],
  "lang": "Xhosa",
  "lang_code": "xh",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "still"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "still",
          "still"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with a positive verb) still"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with a positive verb"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "no longer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "no longer",
          "no longer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with a negative verb) no longer"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with a negative verb"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sa-"
}

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