tengera

Chichewa

Etymology

From tenga (“to take”) +‎ -era (“applicative suffix for verbs where the final vowel in the stem is 'e' or 'o'”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /teˈᵑɡe.ɽa/

Verb

-tengera (infinitive kuténgera)

  1. Applicative form of -tenga
    1. to take something for someone
    2. to take from something or someone

Derived terms

  • Verbal derivations:
    • Negative: -satengera
    • Reduplicative: -tengeratengera
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