-esya

Yao (Africa)

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'.

Derived terms

Yao (Africa) terms suffixed with -esya
jendesya
mwesya

See also

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

References

  • Ciyawo - English Dictionary: Dikishonale ja Ŵakulijiganya
  • Rev. Alexander Hetherwick, M.A., F.R.G.S. (1902), A Handbook of the Yao Language‎[1], Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 79
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