< Reconstruction:Proto-Nguni
Reconstruction:Proto-Nguni/wá-
Proto-Nguni
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-.
Prefix
*wá-
- Class 1 possessive concord.
Descendants
- Northern Ndebele: wa-
- Phuthi: wa-, we-
- Swazi: wa-, we-
- Xhosa: wa-
- Zulu: wa-
Etymology 2
From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-.
Prefix
*wá-
- Class 3 possessive concord.
Descendants
- Northern Ndebele: wa-, we-
- Phuthi: wa-, we-
- Swazi: wa-, we-
- Xhosa: wa-
- Zulu: wa-
Etymology 3
From Proto-Bantu *gá-.
Prefix
*wá-
- Class 6 subject concord; form of *á- used when another prefix precedes.
- Class 6 object concord.
Descendants
- Northern Ndebele: wa-
- Phuthi: wa-
- Swazi: wa-
- Xhosa: wa-
- Zulu: wa-