-esya

Yao

Etymology

Cognate with Chichewa -etsa (“causative suffix”), Tumbuka -eska (“causative suffix”) and Swahili -esha (“causative suffix”).

Suffix

-esya

  1. Causative suffix for verbs where the penultimate vowel of the stem is either 'e' or 'o'.

See also

  • -isya (“Causative suffix for verbs whose penultimate vowel is 'i' or 'y'”)

References

  • Ciyawo - English Dictionary: Dikishonale ja Ŵakulijiganya
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.