kwa-
See also: kwa, Kwa, and -kʷa
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *kwá-, from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-
Prefix
kwa-
- of; class 15 possessive concord.
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *kwá-, from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-
Prefix
kwa-
- of; class 15 possessive concord.
Tocharian B
Verb
kwa-
- to call out
- to invite
Further reading
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *kwá-, from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-
Prefix
kwa-
- of; class 15 possessive concord.
Zulu
Etymology 1
From Proto-Nguni *kwá-, from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɠwá/
Prefix
kwa-
- of; class 15 possessive concord.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Nguni *kwá-, from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɠwá/
Prefix
kwa-
- of; class 17 possessive concord.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɠwá/
Preposition
kwa-
- at/to/from the home/place of
Usage notes
Unlike other prepositions, kwa- is not attached to the full form of the noun, but rather to the stem (without the noun prefix). When attached to pronouns, the pronouns take the possessive combining form when it exists (-ithu instead of -thi and so on).
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “kwa-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “kwa-”