wao
Lindu edit
Noun edit
wao
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
wao
- Nonstandard spelling of wāo.
Usage notes edit
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Swahili edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Pronoun edit
wao
- they (third-person plural pronoun)
See also edit
Swahili personal pronouns (m-wa class(I/II))
Number | Person | Independent | Subject concord | Object concord | Combined forms | Possessive | |||
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affirmative | negative | na | ndi- | si- | |||||
Singular | First | mimi | ni- | si- | -ni- | nami, na mimi | ndimi, ndiye | simi, siye | -angu |
Second | wewe | u- | hu- | -ku- | nawe, na wewe | ndiwe, ndiye | siwe, siye | -ako | |
Third | yeye | a-, yu- | ha-, hayu- | -m-, -mw-, -mu- | naye, na yeye | ndiye | siye | -ake | |
Plural | First | sisi | tu- | hatu- | -tu- | nasi, na sisi | ndisi, ndio | sio | -etu |
Second | ninyi | m-, mw-, mu- | ham-, hamw-, hamu- | -wa- | nanyi, na ninyi | ndinyi, ndio | sinyi, sio | -enu | |
Third | wao | wa- | hawa- | -wa- | nao | ndio | sio | -ao | |
Reflexive | — | — | -ji- | — | — | ||||
For a full table including other classes, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns. |
Adjective edit
wao
West Makian edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
wao
- (intransitive) to play
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of wao (action verb) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | |||
inclusive | exclusive | |||
1st person | tawao | mawao | awao | |
2nd person | nawao | fawao | ||
3rd person | inanimate | iwao | dawao | |
animate | ||||
imperative | nawao, wao | fawao, wao |
Alternative forms edit
References edit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics
Wolio edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
wao
References edit
- Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris
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