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-sá

[-sá]

suffix

LanguageHamer-Banna (Ethiopia)

Meaning
  1. causative formant
  2. A suffix added to verbs to change their meaning to show that someone or something is making an action happen.
Examples

ayá + -sá → aisá

to be broken + causative formant → to break

Pronunciation-sá

Part of speechsuffix

Usage noteThis suffix is used to create causative verbs.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.