Where does “kusaphunzira” come from?

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

kusaphunzira (Chichewa): the act of not learning

Definitions

  1. the act of not learning

Ancestry of “kusaphunzira”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chichewaphunziralearn
2Chichewapunsira—
3Chichewa-ira[[Appendix:Chichewa verbal derivation#Applicative
4Proto-Bantu-ɪdaSuffix for forming the applicative form of verbs
Every word from Proto-Bantu -ɪda →Every word from Chichewa -ira →Every word from Chichewa punsira →