-eka
See also: Appendix:Variations of "eka"
Phuthi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *-ɪka.
Suffix
[edit]-eka
- Forms "neuter-passive" verbs from existing verbs, meaning "to be (verb)able" or "to be (verb)ing".
Derived terms
[edit]Swahili
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-eka
- mid vowel variant of -ika
Swazi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *-ɪka.
Suffix
[edit]-eka
- Forms "neuter-passive" verbs from existing verbs, meaning "to be (verb)able" or "to be (verb)ing".
Derived terms
[edit]Xhosa
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *-ɪka.
Suffix
[edit]-eka
- Forms "neuter-passive" verbs from existing verbs, meaning "to be (verb)able" or "to be (verb)ing".
Derived terms
[edit]Zulu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *-ɪka.
Suffix
[edit]-eka
- Forms "neuter-passive" verbs from existing verbs, meaning "to be (verb)able" or "to be (verb)ing".
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-eka”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-eka”
Categories:
- Phuthi terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Phuthi terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Phuthi lemmas
- Phuthi suffixes
- Phuthi verb-forming suffixes
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili suffixes
- Swazi terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Swazi terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Swazi lemmas
- Swazi suffixes
- Swazi verb-forming suffixes
- Xhosa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Xhosa terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Xhosa lemmas
- Xhosa suffixes
- Xhosa verb-forming suffixes
- Zulu terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Zulu terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Zulu lemmas
- Zulu suffixes
- Zulu verb-forming suffixes