mwesya

Yao

Etymology

From -mwa (“to drink”) +‎ -esya (“causative suffix”). Cognate with Tumbuka -mweska (“to cause to drink”) and Chichewa -mwetsa (“to cause to drink”). Also cognates with Swahili -nywesha (“to cause to drink”) which comes from the main Proto-Bantu stem.

Verb

-mwesya (infinitive kumwesya)

  1. causative of -mwa
    1. to cause to drink
      1. to make someone drink

Derived terms

  • -mwesya mwavi (“to give someone the poison ordeal to drink”).

References

  • Alexander Hetherwick, A Handbook of the Yao Language, 1902
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