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Tumbuka
Etymology
Cognate with ny -dza-
Infix
tum infix
Forms the future tense in verbs
Usage notes
This is for a more distant future (tomorrow and later). For a near future (before tomorrow), the suffix tum enge -enge is used.
References
McNicholl, Duncan The No-Nonsense Guide to Learning ChiTumbuka: Volume 11, 2010