la-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "la"
Northern Ndebele edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́á-.
Prefix edit
la-
- of; class 5 possessive concord.
Oneida edit
Alternative forms edit
- l- (before vowel stems)
Prefix edit
la-
- pronominal prefix for
- He ______
- He ______ it/her
References edit
- Floyd Lounsbury (1953), “Chapter 5, Table 6: Pronominal Prefixes”, in Oneida Verb Morphology, Yale University Press
Phuthi edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix edit
la-
- Class 1 relative concord.
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix edit
la-
- Class 6 relative concord.
Southern Ndebele edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́á-.
Prefix edit
la-
- of; class 5 possessive concord.
Swahili edit
Prefix edit
la-
- Contraction of li- + -a- (“ji class(V) gnomic”).
Swazi edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́á-.
Prefix edit
la-
- of; class 5 possessive concord.
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix edit
la-
- Class 6 relative concord.
Xhosa edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́á-.
Prefix edit
la-
- of; class 5 possessive concord.
Zulu edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́á-.
Prefix edit
la-
- of; class 5 possessive concord.
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix edit
lá-
- Used to form demonstratives.
References edit
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “la-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “la-”