"-lia" meaning in Swahili

{
  "etymology_text": "What are now vowel-final verb stems originally had an -l-, which resurfaces whenever a suffix is added.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "mid vowel harmony variant",
        "4": "-lea"
      },
      "expansion": "-lia (mid vowel harmony variant -lea)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "-ia used after a stem ending in a vowel"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Swahili applicative verbs"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "-andaa (“to prepare”) + -lia → -andalia (“to prepare for”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-zoa (“to pick up”) + -lea → -zolea (“to pick up for”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of -ia used after a stem ending in a vowel"
      ],
      "id": "en--lia-sw-suffix-6NeZalIS",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ia",
          "-ia#Swahili"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-lia"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Swahili applicative verbs"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "What are now vowel-final verb stems originally had an -l-, which resurfaces whenever a suffix is added.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "mid vowel harmony variant",
        "4": "-lea"
      },
      "expansion": "-lia (mid vowel harmony variant -lea)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "-ia used after a stem ending in a vowel"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili suffixes"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "-andaa (“to prepare”) + -lia → -andalia (“to prepare for”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-zoa (“to pick up”) + -lea → -zolea (“to pick up for”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of -ia used after a stem ending in a vowel"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-ia",
          "-ia#Swahili"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-lia"
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: mid vowel harmony variant -lea",
  "path": [
    "-lia"
  ],
  "section": "Swahili",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-lia",
  "trace": ""
}