pasha

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pasha

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Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-i̧pasya (“to lend”). By surface analysis, -pata (“to get”) + -ya (causative).

This form is an irregular development. Doublet of -pasa, which is the regular form. Cognate with Ngazidja Comorian -patsa and Giryama -ahasa.

verb -pasha · kupasha · kutopasha · pasha · pasheni

causative Causative form of -pata: to cause to get
especially, in pasha moto to warm up
to inform, to tell
to be completely colored

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@misc{pasha_2026,
  title = {pasha},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/pasha},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}