-zi
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "zi"
Swahili[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (after a consonant) -i
Etymology[edit]
What are now vowel-final verb stems originally had an -l-, which resurfaces whenever a suffix is added. After addition of the suffix -i, this -l- was then spirantized to -z-.
Suffix[edit]
-zi
- suffix used after a vowel in nominal forms of verbs, in conjunction with a noun class prefix