Where does “jongeka” come from?

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

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Ancestry of “jongeka”, 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 →
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