ambulizga

Tumbuka

Etymology

From ambuka (“to infect”) +‎ -izga (“causative suffix of verbs whose penultimate vowel is 'u'.”)

Verb

-ambulizga (infinitive kwambulizga)

  1. causative of ambuka
    1. to infect, to give someone an infection
      1. (by extension) to make someone else yawn by yawning oneself.

References

  • William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎[1], Central Africana Limited, page 1
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