werengera

== Chichewa == === Etymology === From -ŵerenga (“to read”) +‎ -era (“applicative suffix for verbs whose penultimate vowel is 'e'”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /w⁽ᵝ⁾e.ɽeˈᵑɡe.ɽa/ === Verb === -ŵerengera (infinitive kuŵérengera) Applicative form of -ŵerenga to read to someone to read for someone to read by (e.g. in candelight) to count to someone to count for someone to count up to count on someone to account for to calculate, to work out to census, to take a census to make statistics ==== Derived terms ==== Verbal derivations: Negative: -sawerengera Reciprocal: -werengerana Nominal derivations: mwerengeri (“accountant”) === References === Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎[1], Oxford University Press, page 576