ligwa
Yao
Etymology
From
-lya
(
“
to eat
”
)
+
-wa
(
“
passive suffix
”
)
.
Verb
-ligwa
(
infinitive
kuligwa
)
passive of
-lya
(
passive voice
)
to be
eaten
stative of
-lya
(
stative
)
to be
eaten
References
Alexander Hetherwick,
A Handbook of the Yao Language
, 1902