Where does “hlaziyeka” come from?

hlaziyeka (Xhosa) comes from Xhosa -eka, from Proto-Bantu -ɪka — Stative suffix or neutral-passive suffix, forming verbs which mean "to be (verb)able".

hlaziyeka (Xhosa): to renew

Definitions

  1. to renew

Ancestry of “hlaziyeka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Xhosa-ekaForms "neuter-passive" verbs from existing verbs,...
2Proto-Bantu-ɪkaStative suffix or neutral-passive suffix, forming verbs which mean "to be (verb)able"
Every word from Proto-Bantu -ɪka →Every word from Xhosa -eka →