-isha
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Swahili
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-isha (mid vowel harmony variant -esha)
- causative suffix
- (added to a verb) to cause to, to make
- (added to an adjective) to cause to become, to make
- (added to a noun) to give a characteristic of, to turn into
- sababu (“cause”) + -isha → -sababisha (“to cause”)
- orodha (“list”) + -esha → -orodhesha (“to list”)