Where does “tsha” come from?

tsha (Northern Ndebele) comes from Proto-Bantu -pɪ́à, from Proto-Bantu -pɪ́a — to be burnt, hot, cooked; to be ripe.

tsha (Northern Ndebele): to catch fire, to burn

Definitions

  1. to catch fire, to burn

Ancestry of “tsha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantu-pɪ́ànew
2Proto-Bantu-pɪ́ato be burnt, hot, cooked; to be ripe
Every word from Proto-Bantu -pɪ́aEvery word from Proto-Bantu -pɪ́à