goneska

Tumbuka

Etymology

From gona (“to sleep”) +‎ -eska (“causative suffix for verbs whose penultimate vowel is 'o'”). Cognate with Chichewa -gonetsa (“to cause to sleep”).

Verb

-goneska (infinitive kugoneska)

  1. causative of gona
    1. to cause to lie down or sleep
      1. to make someone lie down
        1. (by extension) to make someone sleep

References

  • Jean Josephine Chavula, Verbal Derivation and Valency in Citumbuka - The -isk causative suffix, 2016
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