lachilwa

== Yao (Africa) == === Etymology === Suffixed with lachil +‎ -wa (“passive suffix”). The passivity of the verb is reflected in the meaning below. === Verb === -lachilwa (infinitive kulachilwa) to be choked because food has gone down the trachea instead of the oesophagus (i.e. to be choked because food has gone down the wrong tube). === References === Alexander Hetherwick, A Handbook of the Yao Language, 1902 - page 180