-eska

Tumbuka

Etymology

Cognate with Chichewa -etsa (“causative suffix”), Swahili -esha (“causative suffix”) and Yao -esya (“causative suffix”).

Suffix

-eska

1. Causative suffix for verbs whose penultimate vowel is 'e' or 'o'
2. Causative suffix for monosyllabic verb stems

Derived terms

Tumbuka terms suffixed with -eska

goneska

lyeska

mweska

See also

• -iska (“Causative suffix for verbs whose penultimate vowel is 'a', 'i' or 'u'.”)