Where does “phunzira” come from?

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

phunzira (Chichewa): learn

Definitions

  1. learn

Ancestry of “phunzira”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chichewapunsira—
2Chichewa-ira[[Appendix:Chichewa verbal derivation#Applicative
3Proto-Bantu-ɪdaSuffix for forming the applicative form of verbs

Words derived from “phunzira”

Every word from Proto-Bantu -ɪda →Every word from Chichewa -ira →Every word from Chichewa punsira →