"umThwa" meaning in Xhosa

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Noun

IPA: [úm̩ːtʰʷá] Forms: úmThwá [canonical, class-1], ábaThwá [class-2, plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tʊ́à. Etymology templates: {{inh|xh|bnt-pro|*mʊ̀tʊ́à}} Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tʊ́à Head templates: {{xh-noun|úmThwá|1|2|ábaThwá}} úmThwá class 1 (plural ábaThwá class 2)
  1. Bushman Categories (topical): Demonyms

Download JSON data for umThwa meaning in Xhosa (1.3kB)

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        "2": "bnt-pro",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tʊ́à.",
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    },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "xh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Xhosa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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          "name": "Xhosa terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "xh",
          "name": "Demonyms",
          "orig": "xh:Demonyms",
          "parents": [
            "Names",
            "People",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "Bushman"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "Bushman",
          "Bushman"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[úm̩ːtʰʷá]"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "ábaThwá",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Xhosa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
        "Xhosa terms with IPA pronunciation",
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[úm̩ːtʰʷá]"
    }
  ],
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}

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