lyeska

Tumbuka

Etymology

From lya (“to eat”) +‎ -eska (“causative suffix of monosyllabic stems”). Cognate with Swahili -lisha (“to feed”), Yao -liisya (“to feed”), Nyole (Uganda) -liisa (“to feed”), and Chichewa -dyetsa (“to feed”).

Verb

-lyeska (infinitive kulyeska)

  1. causative of -lya
    1. to cause someone to eat
      1. to feed

References

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