Where does “saphunzira” come from?

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

Ancestry of “saphunzira”, 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 →
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