thembisa

== Xhosa == === Etymology === From -themba +‎ -isa. === Verb === -thémbisa (transitive) to promise ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. ==== Derived terms ==== isithembiso == Zulu == === Verb === -thembisa? (transitive) to cause to hope (transitive) to encourage, to enthuse, to motivate (transitive) to assure, to promise ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== isithembiso === References === C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “thembisa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “thembisa (3.2.9)”