gonetsa

Chichewa

Etymology

From gona (“to sleep”) +‎ -etsa (“causative suffix for verbs where the penultimate vowel of the stem is 'o'”). Cognate with Tumbuka -goneska (“to cause to sleep”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡoˈne.t͡sa/

Verb

-gonetsa (infinitive kugónetsa)

  1. Causative form of -gona
    1. to put to sleep

Derived terms

  • Verbal derivations:
    • Negative: -sagonetsa
    • Repetitive: -gonetsanso
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