mwetsa

Chichewa

Etymology

From mwa (“to drink”) +‎ -etsa (“causative suffix for monosyllabic verbs”). Cognate with Tumbuka -mweska (“to cause someone to drink”) and Yao -mwesya (“to cause to drink”). Also cognate with Swahili -nywesha which comes from the main Proto-Bantu stem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʷe.t͡sa/

Verb

-mwetsa (infinitive kumwétsa)

  1. Causative form of -mwa:
    1. to cause to drink
    2. to give someone a liquid to drink
    3. to water
    4. to fill
    5. (intensive) to drink a lot
    6. to inebriate

Derived terms

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References

  • Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎[1], Oxford University Press, page 378
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