"-era" meaning in Chichewa

See -era in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˈe.ɽa/
Etymology: Compare with Swahili -ea Etymology templates: {{cog|sw|-ea}} Swahili -ea Head templates: {{head|ny|suffix}} -era
  1. Applicative suffix for verbs where the penultimate vowel of the stem is either 'e' or 'o'. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--era-ny-suffix-HXOa115x
  2. Applicative suffix for monosyllabic stems. Tags: morpheme Related terms: -ira (english: applicative suffix for verbs where the penultimate vowel of the stem is either 'a', 'i' or 'u')
    Sense id: en--era-ny-suffix-sR8l~dPS Categories (other): Chichewa entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chichewa entries with incorrect language header: 41 59
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          "translation": "applicative suffix for verbs where the penultimate vowel of the stem is either 'a', 'i' or 'u'",
          "word": "-ira"
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      "ipa": "/ˈe.ɽa/"
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  "word": "-era"
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    "Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages using catfix",
    "Pages with 12 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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      "translation": "applicative suffix for verbs where the penultimate vowel of the stem is either 'a', 'i' or 'u'",
      "word": "-ira"
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      ],
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          "Applicative suffix",
          "Appendix:Chichewa verbal derivation#Applicative"
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.ɽa/"
    }
  ],
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