cheka

== Pali == === Alternative forms === === Adjective === cheka clever skillful == Swahili == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-ceka, from Common Bantu *-cèka. In Sabaki, cognate with Ngazidja Comorian -tseha and Giryama -tseka. Other Bantu cognates include Rwanda-Rundi -seka and Zulu -hleka. === Pronunciation === === Verb === -cheka (infinitive kucheka) to laugh ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Verbal derivations: Applicative: -chekea (“laugh at”) Causative: -chekesha (“joke, kid”) Passive: -chekwa (“laughed at”) Reciprocal: -chekana (“to laugh with each other; ridicule each other”) Reduplicative: -chekacheka (“to giggle”) Stative: -chekeka Nominal derivations: kicheko (“laughter”) == Tumbuka == === Noun === cheka class 5 (euphemistic) dysmenorrhea === References === William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎[1], Central Africana Limited, page 14