Shona

`-pwirika'



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<!DOCTYPE Lexeme SYSTEM "lexicon-v0.1.dtd">

<Lexeme id="L1">
   <Head> 
       <Affix type="prefix">
           <OrthographicForm/>
       </Affix>
       <Headword>
           <OrthographicForm>pwirika</OrthographicForm>
       </Headword>
   </Head>
   <Body>
       <MSI id="M1">
           <POS type="verb">
	       <Feature name="transitivity">transitive</Feature>
	   </POS>
           <Comment>-ana, -anya, ... </Comment>
       </MSI>       
       <Sense id="S1">
	   <Gloss>
	       <OrthographicForm>sob tearfully, sniffle</OrthographicForm>
	   </Gloss>
       </Sense>
       <Aux id="A1">
	   <CrossRef type="sourceword" entry="pwiri" />
	   <CrossRef entry="pfikura" type="synonym" />
       </Aux>
   </Body>
</Lexeme>

Source: Hannan, M. Standard Shona dictionary. London, Macmillan; New York, St Martin's Press, 1959.

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