-isha

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Swahili

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Alternative forms

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Suffix

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-isha (mid vowel harmony variant -esha)

  1. causative suffix
    1. (added to a verb) to cause to, to make
      Near-synonyms: -ya, -iza/-eza
      -la (to eat) + ‎-isha → ‎-lisha (to feed)
      -weza (to be able) + ‎-esha → ‎-wezesha (to enable)
    2. (added to an adjective) to cause to become, to make
      imara (strong) + ‎-isha → ‎-imarisha (to strengthen)
    3. (added to a noun) to give a characteristic of, to turn into
      sababu (cause) + ‎-isha → ‎-sababisha (to cause)
      orodha (list) + ‎-esha → ‎-orodhesha (to list)

Derived terms

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