kwezga

Tumbuka

Etymology

From -kwera (“to climb, to ascend”) +‎ -ezga (“causative suffix for verbs whose penultimate vowel is 'e'”).

Verb

-kwezga (infinitive kukwezga)

  1. causative of -kwera
    1. to cause to go up
      1. (causative) to raise
      2. (causative) to exalt
      3. (causative) to promote

References

  • William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎[1], Central Africana Limited, page 60
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