-itsa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "itsa"

Chichewa

Etymology

Cognate with Tumbuka -iska, Yao -isya, Swahili -isha, Kongo -isa, Phuthi -isa, Southern Ndebele -isa, Swazi -isa, Xhosa -isa, and Zulu -isa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.t͡sa/

Suffix

-itsa

1. Causative suffix for verbs whose penultimate vowel is 'a', 'i' or 'u'.
2. Alternative intensive suffix

Derived terms

Chichewa terms suffixed with -itsa

gulitsa

zimitsa

See also

• -etsa (“Causative suffix for monosyllabic verbs and verbs whose penultimate vowel is either 'e' or 'o'”)

References

• Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎, Oxford University Press, page 172

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-icca, from Proto-Uralic [Term?]. Cognate with Livvi -čču.

Suffix

-itsa (front vowel harmony variant -itsä, linguistic notation -itsA)

1. A diminutive suffix. No longer productive.

Derived terms

Finnish terms suffixed with -itsa

kammitsa

karitsa

vaskitsa