-etsa

== Chichewa == === Etymology === Cognate with Tumbuka -eska (“causative suffix”), Swahili -esha (“causative suffix”) and Yao (Africa) -esya (“causative suffix”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈe.t͡sa/ === Suffix === -etsa Causative suffix for verbs where the penultimate vowel of the stem is either 'e' or 'o'. Causative suffix for monosyllabic verbs. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== -itsa (“Causative suffix for verbs where the penultimate vowel of the stem is either 'a', 'i' or 'u'”). === References === Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎[1], Oxford University Press, page 137