-isha
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”)