Chichewa
Etymology
From mva (“to hear, listen, feel, sense, understand, perceive”) + -era (“applicative suffix for monosyllabic stems”).
Pronunciation
Verb
-mvera (infinitive kumvéra)
- Applicative form of -mva
- to listen to
- to hear unto, to hearken
Derived terms
- Verbal derivations:
- Negative: -samvera
- Reduplicative: -mveramvera