-esya

Yao

Etymology

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

Suffix

-esya

1. Causative suffix for verbs where the penultimate vowel of the stem is either 'e' or 'o'.

Derived terms

Yao terms suffixed with -esya

jendesya

mwesya

See also

• -isya (“Causative suffix for verbs whose penultimate vowel is 'i' or 'y'”)

References

• Ciyawo - English Dictionary: Dikishonale ja Ŵakulijiganya
• Rev. Alexander Hetherwick, M.A., F.R.G.S. (1902), A Handbook of the Yao Language‎, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 79