Where does “funira” come from?

funira (Chichewa) comes from Chichewa -ira, from Proto-Bantu -ɪda — Suffix for forming the applicative form of verbs.

Ancestry of “funira”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chichewa-ira[[Appendix:Chichewa verbal derivation#Applicative
2Proto-Bantu-ɪdaSuffix for forming the applicative form of verbs
Every word from Proto-Bantu -ɪda →Every word from Chichewa -ira →