tsala

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sa.ɽa/

-tsala (infinitive kutsála)

1. to be left behind
   1. to be the rest
   2. to stay, to remain behind
   3. to be left for someone
2. to be absent
3. to be left uncultivated

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -tsalira
  • Causative: -tsalitsa
  • Negative: -satsala
  • Reduplicative: -tsalatsala
  • Repetitive: -tsalanso

From the verb above.

tsala class 5 (plural masala class 6)

1. fallow land
2. land left to rest for a year
3. uncultivated land
4. untilled land

• Steven Paas (2016) Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford University Press, page 533

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-tsala

1. to pull

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From Proto-Bantu *-bíada.

tsala

1. to bear

-tsala

1. (transitive) to pull

This verb needs an inflection-table template.