"umsebenzi" meaning in Xhosa

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Noun

IPA: [úḿ̩séɓéⁿd̥zi̤] Forms: úḿsébénzi [canonical, class-1], ábásébénzi [class-2, plural]
Etymology: From um- + -sebenza + -i. Etymology templates: {{affix|xh|um-|sebenza|-i|alt2=-sebenza|id1=class 1}} um- + -sebenza + -i Head templates: {{xh-noun|úḿsébénzi|1|2|ábásébénzi}} úḿsébénzi class 1 (plural ábásébénzi class 2)
  1. worker, labourer
    Sense id: en-umsebenzi-xh-noun-OhY~udA0 Categories (other): Xhosa entries with incorrect language header, Xhosa terms prefixed with um- (class 1), Xhosa terms suffixed with -i, Xhosa terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Xhosa entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of Xhosa terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 96 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [úḿ̩séɓêːⁿd̥zi̤] Forms: úḿsébênzi [canonical, class-3], ímísébênzi [class-4, plural]
Head templates: {{xh-noun|úḿsébênzi|3|4|ímísébênzi}} úḿsébênzi class 3 (plural ímísébênzi class 4)
  1. work Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-umsebenzi-xh-noun-AOE-169V Disambiguation of Occupations: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for umsebenzi meaning in Xhosa (2.2kB)

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    }
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    }
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}

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            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
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      "ipa": "[úḿ̩séɓêːⁿd̥zi̤]"
    }
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}
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    "Xhosa entries with incorrect language header",
    "Xhosa lemmas",
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    "Xhosa terms suffixed with -i",
    "Xhosa terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "form": "ábásébénzi",
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    {
      "ipa": "[úḿ̩séɓéⁿd̥zi̤]"
    }
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[úḿ̩séɓêːⁿd̥zi̤]"
    }
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