"-lisha" meaning in Swahili

{
  "etymology_text": "What are now vowel-final verb stems originally had an -l-, which resurfaces whenever a suffix is added. The rule was then extended to borrowed words by analogy.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "mid vowel harmony variant",
        "4": "-lesha"
      },
      "expansion": "-lisha (mid vowel harmony variant -lesha)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "-isha used in verbs ending in -aa"
        },
        {
          "word": "-au"
        },
        {
          "word": "-oa"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ua"
        },
        {
          "word": "or -uu"
        },
        {
          "word": "and in dysillabic verbs ending in -ia"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Swahili causative verbs"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "-vaa (“to wear”) + -lisha → -valisha (“to dress”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-sahau (“to forget”) + -lisha → -sahaulisha (“to cause to forget”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-toboa (“to reveal”) + lesha → -tobolesha (“to cause to reveal”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-tia (“to put”) + -lisha → -tilisha (“to cause to put”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of -isha used in verbs ending in -aa, -au, -oa, -ua, or -uu, and in dysillabic verbs ending in -ia"
      ],
      "id": "en--lisha-sw-suffix-GKYMOtwn",
      "links": [
        [
          "-isha",
          "-isha#Swahili"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-lisha"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Swahili causative verbs"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "What are now vowel-final verb stems originally had an -l-, which resurfaces whenever a suffix is added. The rule was then extended to borrowed words by analogy.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "mid vowel harmony variant",
        "4": "-lesha"
      },
      "expansion": "-lisha (mid vowel harmony variant -lesha)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "-isha used in verbs ending in -aa"
        },
        {
          "word": "-au"
        },
        {
          "word": "-oa"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ua"
        },
        {
          "word": "or -uu"
        },
        {
          "word": "and in dysillabic verbs ending in -ia"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili suffixes"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "-vaa (“to wear”) + -lisha → -valisha (“to dress”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-sahau (“to forget”) + -lisha → -sahaulisha (“to cause to forget”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-toboa (“to reveal”) + lesha → -tobolesha (“to cause to reveal”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-tia (“to put”) + -lisha → -tilisha (“to cause to put”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of -isha used in verbs ending in -aa, -au, -oa, -ua, or -uu, and in dysillabic verbs ending in -ia"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-isha",
          "-isha#Swahili"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-lisha"
}