-za

See also: Appendix:Variations of "za"

Japanese

Romanization

-za

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ざ

Swahili

Alternative forms

  • (after a consonant) -ya

Etymology

What are now vowel-final verb stems originally had an -l-, which resurfaces whenever a suffix is added. After addition of the suffix -ya, this -l- was then spirantized to -z-.

Suffix

-za

  1. alternative form of -ya used after a vowel
    ‎-kimbia (“to run”) + ‎-za → ‎-kimbiza (“to chase”)
    ‎-pungua (“to decrease”) + ‎-za → ‎-punguza (“to reduce”)

Derived terms

  • Swahili causative verbs
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