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-za

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-za

Japanese Romanization Swahili Alternative forms Etymology Suffix Derived terms

See also: Appendix:Variations of "za"

Japanese

Romanization

-za

Rōmaji transcription of ざ

Swahili

Alternative forms

(after a consonant) -ya

Etymology

What are now vowel-final verb stems originally had an -l-, which resurfaces whenever a suffix is added. After addition of the suffix -ya, this -l- was then spirantized to -z-.

Suffix

-za

Alternative form of -ya used after a vowel
‎-kimbia (“to run”) + ‎-za → ‎-kimbiza (“to chase”)

‎-pungua (“to decrease”) + ‎-za → ‎-punguza (“to reduce”)

Derived terms

Swahili causative verbs

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