werengera

From -ŵerenga (“to read”) +‎ -era (“applicative suffix for verbs whose penultimate vowel is 'e'”).

• IPA^(key): /w⁽ᵝ⁾e.ɽeˈᵑɡe.ɽa/

-ŵerengera (infinitive kuŵérengera)

1. Applicative form of -ŵerenga
   1. to read to someone
   2. to read for someone
   3. to read by (e.g. in candelight)
   4. to count to someone
   5. to count for someone
2. to count up
3. to count on someone
4. to account for
5. to calculate, to work out
6. to census, to take a census
7. to make statistics

• Verbal derivations:
  • Negative: -sawerengera
  • Reciprocal: -werengerana

• Nominal derivations:
  • mwerengeri (“accountant”)

• Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford University Press, page 576