-za
See also: Appendix:Variations of "za"
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
-za
Swahili edit
Alternative forms edit
- (after a consonant) -ya
Etymology edit
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 edit
-za
- Alternative form of -ya used after a vowel