gonetsa

== Chichewa == === Etymology === From gona (“to sleep”) +‎ -etsa (“causative suffix for verbs where the penultimate vowel of the stem is 'o'”). Cognate with Tumbuka -goneska (“to cause to sleep”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡoˈne.t͡sa/ === Verb === -gonetsa (infinitive kugónetsa) Causative form of -gona to put to sleep ==== Derived terms ==== Verbal derivations: Negative: -sagonetsa Repetitive: -gonetsanso