See be in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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[
"-ba",
"ba#Zulu"
]
],
"etymology_text": "From -ba (“to be”).",
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{
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"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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"1": "be"
},
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"name": "zu-verb"
}
],
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 64 entries",
"parents": [],
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},
{
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},
{
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"parents": [],
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"bold_text_offsets": [
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22,
29
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
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17,
19
]
],
"english": "Next week I will be working a lot.",
"text": "Ngesonto elilandelayo ngizobe ngisebenza kakhulu.",
"translation": "Next week I will be working a lot.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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],
"id": "en-be-zu-verb-z3khVtbv",
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"2": "participial"
},
"expansion": "[with participial]",
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"name": "+obj"
}
],
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"(auxiliary) forms continuous tenses [with participial]"
],
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}
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}
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}
{
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]
],
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]
}
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},
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}
],
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{
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"Pages with entries",
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"Zulu entries with incorrect language header",
"Zulu lemmas",
"Zulu terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Zulu terms with usage examples",
"Zulu verbs"
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17,
19
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"text": "Ngesonto elilandelayo ngizobe ngisebenza kakhulu.",
"translation": "Next week I will be working a lot.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"forms continuous tenses"
],
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"args": {
"1": "zu",
"2": "participial"
},
"expansion": "[with participial]",
"extra_data": {
"words": [
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]
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}
],
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],
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]
}
],
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{
"other": "/ɓe/"
}
],
"word": "be"
}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Zulu dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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