ononga
التعريفات والمعاني
== Chichewa ==
=== Alternative forms ===
-wononga
-ononja
=== Etymology ===
Cognate with Yao (Africa) -jonanga (“to break, to destroy”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /oˈno.ᵑɡa/
=== Verb ===
-ononga (infinitive kuónonga)
to destroy
to demolish, to knock down
to damage
to devastate
to spoil
to harm, to be harmful
to mar
to waste, to squander (e.g. money)
to make bad
to misuse
to blemish
to crush
to break
to liquidate
to vandalise
to sabotage
to be violent
to scupper
to debase
to dishonour
to shame
to pollute
to disturb
to be deleterious
to ravage
to ruin
to aggravate
to be malicious
to be rampage
to subvert
to be a sacrilege
==== Derived terms ====
Verbal derivations:
Causative: -onongetsa
Negative: -saononga
Passive: -onongedwa
Reduplicative: -onongaononga
Repetitive: -ononganso
Stative: -onongeka
=== References ===
Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary[1], Oxford University Press, page 440