-ɪka in Proto-Bantu

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "descendants": [
                    {
                      "lang": "unknown",
                      "lang_code": "sw",
                      "word": "-eka"
                    }
                  ],
                  "lang": "Swahili",
                  "lang_code": "sw"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Sabaki",
              "lang_code": "bnt-sab"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Northeast Coast Bantu",
          "lang_code": "bnt-ncb"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Northeast Bantu",
      "lang_code": "bnt-bne"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "unknown",
          "lang_code": "tum",
          "word": "-ika"
        },
        {
          "lang": "unknown",
          "lang_code": "ny",
          "word": "-ika"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Nyasa",
      "lang_code": "mgs"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Nguni",
          "lang_code": "bnt-ngu"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Southern Bantu",
      "lang_code": "bnt-bso"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-pro",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "verb-forming suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "*-ɪka",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Bantu",
  "lang_code": "bnt-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-ɪka",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Bantu entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "to be visible",
          "translation": "to be visible",
          "word": "-bónɪka"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Stative suffix or neutral-passive suffix, forming verbs which mean \"to be (verb)able\""
      ],
      "id": "en--ɪka-bnt-pro-suffix-ML3ao8Og",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ɪka"
}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to be visible",
      "translation": "to be visible",
      "word": "-bónɪka"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "descendants": [
                    {
                      "lang": "unknown",
                      "lang_code": "sw",
                      "word": "-eka"
                    }
                  ],
                  "lang": "Swahili",
                  "lang_code": "sw"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Sabaki",
              "lang_code": "bnt-sab"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Northeast Coast Bantu",
          "lang_code": "bnt-ncb"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Northeast Bantu",
      "lang_code": "bnt-bne"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "unknown",
          "lang_code": "tum",
          "word": "-ika"
        },
        {
          "lang": "unknown",
          "lang_code": "ny",
          "word": "-ika"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Nyasa",
      "lang_code": "mgs"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Nguni",
          "lang_code": "bnt-ngu"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Southern Bantu",
      "lang_code": "bnt-bso"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-pro",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "verb-forming suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "*-ɪka",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Bantu",
  "lang_code": "bnt-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-ɪka",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Bantu entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Bantu lemmas",
        "Proto-Bantu suffixes",
        "Proto-Bantu verb-forming suffixes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Stative suffix or neutral-passive suffix, forming verbs which mean \"to be (verb)able\""
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ɪka"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Proto-Bantu dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-08-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-08-05 using wiktextract (872fc7b and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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"-ɪka" meaning in Proto-Bantu

Suffix