Meaning of -isha | Babel Free

Definitions

1. causative suffix
   morpheme
2. to cause to, to make
   morpheme
3. to cause to become, to make
   morpheme
4. to give a characteristic of, to turn into
   morpheme

Equivalents

Examples

“Near-synonyms: -ya, -iza/-eza”

“-la (“to eat”) + -isha → -lisha (“to feed”)”

“-weza (“to be able”) + -esha → -wezesha (“to enable”)”

“imara (“strong”) + -isha → -imarisha (“to strengthen”)”

“sababu (“cause”) + -isha → -sababisha (“to cause”)”

“orodha (“list”) + -esha → -orodhesha (“to list”)”

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