-isha

Swahili Alternative forms sw -lisha/-lesha Etymology sw :inh bnt-sab-pro:*-išya + y, from sw bnt-pro *-ɪkia. sw -ika<alt:-ik-><pos:stative><naf> -ya<pos:causative>. Cognate with zdj -isa/zdj -esa, shr <alt:-isaà>, and chw -eca. May be cognate with many other Bantu causative suffixes, but regular sound changes in many languages have merged the reflexes of bnt-pro *-ica and bnt-pro *-ɪkia. Suffix sw suffix mid vowel harmony variant -esha causative suffix sw added to a verb to cause to, to make sw -ya -iza/-eza sw la<alt:-la><t:to eat> lisha<alt:-lisha><t:to feed> sw weza<alt:-weza><t:to be able> -esha wezesha<alt:-wezesha><t:to enable> sw added to an adjective to cause to become, to make sw imara<t:strong> imarisha<alt:-imarisha><t:to strengthen> sw added to a noun to give a characteristic of, to turn into sw sababu<t:cause> sababisha<alt:-sababisha><t:to cause> sw orodha<t:list> -esha orodhesha<alt:-orodhesha><t:to list> Derived terms sw Swahili causative verbs