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Where does “-ela” come from?

-ela (Xhosa) comes from Proto-Bantu -ɪda.

-ela (Xhosa): Forms applicative verbs, meaning to do something...

Definitions

  1. Forms applicative verbs, meaning to do something...

Ancestry of “-ela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantu-ɪda—

Words derived from “-ela”

  • buyela
  • bukekela
Every word from Proto-Bantu -ɪda →