wuka
التعريفات والمعاني
== Chichewa ==
=== Etymology ===
Cognate with Tumbuka -wuka (“to rise, to resurrect”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈwu.ka/
=== Verb ===
-wuka (infinitive kuwúka)
alternative form of -uka (“to rise”)
==== Derived terms ====
Verbal derivations:
Applicative: -wukira
Causative: -wutsa
Repetitive: -wukanso
Nominal derivations:
chowuka (“ghost”)
== Swazi ==
=== Verb ===
-wúka
to go down
==== Inflection ====
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
== Tumbuka ==
=== Etymology ===
Cognate with Chichewa -uka (“to rise, to resurrect”)
=== Verb ===
-wuka (infinitive kuwuka)
to rise
to awake
to start off
==== Derived terms ====
Ciwuka (“the Resurrection”)
-wukirana (“to rise up against each other (in a quarrel)”)
muwukirano (“adolescent”)
-wuska (“to lift, to raise”)
=== References ===
William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary[1], Central Africana Limited, page 158