-eka

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-ɪka.

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.ka/

-eka

1. Stative suffix for verbs whose penultimate vowel is either 'e' or 'o'.
2. (rare) An additional causative or transitive suffix.

• -ika (“Stative suffix for verbs whose penultimate vowel is 'a', 'i' or 'u'”).

• Steven Paas (2016) Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford University Press, page 136

From Proto-Bantu *-ɪka.

-eka

1. Forms "neuter-passive" verbs from existing verbs, meaning "to be (verb)able" or "to be (verb)ing".

-eka

1. mid vowel variant of -ika

From Proto-Bantu *-ɪka.

-eka

1. Forms "neuter-passive" verbs from existing verbs, meaning "to be (verb)able" or "to be (verb)ing".

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-ɪka.

-eka

1. Stative and passive suffix for verbs whose penultimate vowel is either 'e' or 'o'
2. (rare) Causative or transitive suffix

Strictly speaking, this suffix is the stative suffix, but it has virtually replaced the passive suffix -iw- in all contexts. Thus, it is both the stative and passive suffix.

From Proto-Bantu *-ɪka.

-eka

1. Forms "neuter-passive" verbs from existing verbs, meaning "to be (verb)able" or "to be (verb)ing".

From Proto-Bantu *-ɪka.

-eka

1. Forms "neuter-passive" verbs from existing verbs, meaning "to be (verb)able" or "to be (verb)ing".

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-eka”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-eka”