Sotho verbs
Verbal derivatives
Columns: Type | Suffix | Valency change | Example | Meaning
Simple | -a | 0 | -qeta | finish | Passive | -wa | –1 | -qetwa | be finished | Passive | -uwa | –1 | -qetuwa | be finished | Neutro-active | -ahala | intr. | -qetahala | finishable | Neutro-passive | -eha | intr. | -qeteha | finishable | Applied | -ela | +1 | -qetela | finished for | Causative | -isa | +1 | -qetisa | cause to finish | Intensive | -isisa | 0 | -qetisisa | finish intensely | Perfective | -ella | 0 | -qetella | finish completely | Reciprocal | -ana | –1 | -qetana | finish each other | Associative | -ahana | –1 | -qetahana | (be finished together) | Reversive | -olla | 0 | -qetolla | unfinish | Augmentative | -olla | 0 | -qetolla | (finish extensively) | Extensive | -aka | 0 | -qetaka | (finish repeatedly and extensively) | Diminutive | (see text) | 0 | -qeta-qeta | finish a little | Positional (dead) | -ama | 0 | ( -tsorama ) | (squat) | Stative extensive (dead) | -ala | 0 | ( -robala ) | (sleep) | Contactive (dead) | -ara | 0 | ( -fupara ) | (clench the hand)