mukaŵa
Tumbuka
Etymology
From
mu-
(
“
Class 18 subject concord
”
)
+
-ka-
(
“
remote past tense infix
”
)
+
-ŵa
(
“
to be
”
)
.
Verb
mukaŵa
class 18 remote past of
-ŵa
See also
ghakaŵa
(
“
Class 6 remote past of
-ŵa
(
“
to be
”
)
”
)
References
Bible Society of Malawi,
New Tumbuka Bible
, Yohane 1:1