"xobula" meaning in Xhosa

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Verb

IPA: [kǁóɓuːla] Forms: -xóbula [canonical]
Etymology: Cognate with Khoekhoe ǁ'ūb (“old tree bark”). Etymology templates: {{cognate|naq|ǁ'ūb|4=old tree bark}} Khoekhoe ǁ'ūb (“old tree bark”) Head templates: {{xh-verb|xóbula}} -xóbula
  1. to peel off the bark
    Sense id: en-xobula-xh-verb-zOvVyEzK Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Xhosa entries with incorrect language header
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      },
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      "name": "cognate"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Khoekhoe ǁ'ūb (“old tree bark”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-xóbula",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xóbula"
      },
      "expansion": "-xóbula",
      "name": "xh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Xhosa",
  "lang_code": "xh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "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 peel off the bark"
      ],
      "id": "en-xobula-xh-verb-zOvVyEzK",
      "links": [
        [
          "peel",
          "peel"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kǁóɓuːla]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "xobula"
}
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "cognate"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Khoekhoe ǁ'ūb (“old tree bark”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-xóbula",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Xhosa entries with incorrect language header",
        "Xhosa lemmas",
        "Xhosa verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to peel off the bark"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "peel",
          "peel"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kǁóɓuːla]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "xobula"
}

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