guliska

Tumbuka

Etymology

From gula (“to buy”) +‎ -iska (“causative suffix for verbs whose penultimate vowel is 'i'”). Cognate with Chichewa -gulitsa (“to sell”).

Verb

-guliska (infinitive kuguliska)

  1. causative of gula
    1. to cause to buy
      1. (by extension) to sell

References

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