wa-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "wa"
Chuukese
Prefix
wa-
- to put
- to place
Curripaco
Prefix
wa-
- first person plural agent marker
References
- Swintha Danielsen, Tania Granadillo, Agreement in two Arawak languages, in The Typology of Semantic Alignment (edited by Mark Donohue, Søren Wichmann) (2008, →ISBN, page 398
Northern Ndebele
Etymology 1
From Proto-Nguni *wá-, from Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-
Prefix
wa-
- of; class 1 possessive concord.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Nguni *wá-, from Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-
Prefix
wa-
- of; class 3 possessive concord.
Etymology 3
From Proto-Nguni *wá-, from Proto-Bantu *gá-.
Prefix
wa-
- they; class 6 subject concord; form of a- used when another prefix precedes.
- them; class 6 object concord.
Phuthi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *wá-, from Proto-Bantu *gá-.
Prefix
wa-
- they; class 6 subject concord; form of a- used when another prefix precedes.
- them; class 6 object concord.
Swahili
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *bà-.
Prefix
wa- (singular m-)
- The prefix for noun class 2 denoting plurals of noun class 1.
See also
- Appendix:Swahili noun classes
Swazi
Etymology 1
From Proto-Nguni *wá-, from Proto-Bantu *gá-.
Prefix
wa-
- they; class 6 subject concord; form of a- used when another prefix precedes.
- them; class 6 object concord.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Nguni *wá-, from Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-
Prefix
wa-
- of; class 1 possessive concord.
Etymology 3
From Proto-Nguni *wá-, from Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-
Prefix
wa-
- of; class 3 possessive concord.
Xhosa
Etymology 1
From Proto-Nguni *wá-, from Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-
Prefix
wa-
- of; class 1 possessive concord.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Nguni *wá-, from Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-
Prefix
wa-
- of; class 3 possessive concord.
Etymology 3
From Proto-Nguni *wá-, from Proto-Bantu *gá-.
Prefix
wa-
- they; class 6 subject concord; form of a- used when another prefix precedes.
- them; class 6 object concord.
Zulu
Etymology 1
From Proto-Nguni *wá-, from Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-
Prefix
wa-
- of; class 1 possessive concord.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Nguni *wá-, from Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-
Prefix
wa-
- of; class 3 possessive concord.
Etymology 3
From Proto-Nguni *wá-, from Proto-Bantu *gá-.
Prefix
wa-
- they; class 6 subject concord; form of a- used when another prefix precedes.
- them; class 6 object concord.
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “wa-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “wa-”