-eska

Tumbuka

Etymology

Cognate with Chichewa -etsa (“causative suffix”), Swahili -esha (“causative suffix”) and Yao -esya (“causative suffix”).

Suffix

-eska

  1. Causative suffix for verbs whose penultimate vowel is 'e' or 'o'
  2. Causative suffix for monosyllabic verb stems

Derived terms

Tumbuka terms suffixed with -eska
goneska
lyeska
mweska

See also

  • -iska (“Causative suffix for verbs whose penultimate vowel is 'a', 'i' or 'u'.”)
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