Chuukese Edit

Prefix Edit

wa-

  1. to put
  2. to place

Curripaco Edit

Prefix Edit

wa-

  1. first person plural agent marker

References Edit

  • 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

Lakota Edit

Prefix Edit

wa-

  1. creates nouns from some verbs.
    wa- + ‎pȟóštaŋ (to put something on one's head) → ‎wapȟóštaŋ (hat)
  2. creates agent nouns
    wa- + ‎oyúspa (to seize, grab, hold on to, arrest) → ‎wawóyuspa (policeman)

Usage notes Edit

  • Most verbs that start with o contract the prefix wa- into wó-.

Northern Ndebele Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-.

Prefix Edit

wa-

  1. of; class 1 possessive concord.

Etymology 2 Edit

From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-.

Prefix Edit

wa-

  1. of; class 3 possessive concord.

Etymology 3 Edit

From Proto-Bantu *gá-.

Prefix Edit

wa-

  1. they; class 6 subject concord; form of a- used when another prefix precedes.
  2. them; class 6 object concord.

Phuthi Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Bantu *gá-.

Prefix Edit

wa-

  1. they; class 6 subject concord; form of a- used when another prefix precedes.
  2. them; class 6 object concord.

Southern Ndebele Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-.

Prefix Edit

wa-

  1. of; class 1 possessive concord.

Etymology 2 Edit

From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-.

Prefix Edit

wa-

  1. of; class 3 possessive concord.

Etymology 3 Edit

From Proto-Bantu *gá-.

Prefix Edit

wa-

  1. they; class 6 subject concord; form of a- used when another prefix precedes.
  2. them; class 6 object concord.

Swahili Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • (file)

Etymology 1 Edit

From Proto-Bantu *bà-.

Prefix Edit

wa- (singular m-)

  1. The prefix for noun class 2 denoting plurals of noun class 1.
See also Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

From Proto-Bantu *bá-.

Prefix Edit

wa-

  1. they, 3rd person plural (wa class(II)) subject concord
    Antonym: hawa-
See also Edit

Etymology 3 Edit

Prefix Edit

wa-

  1. Contraction of u- + -a- (2nd person singular, m class(III), and u class(XI) gnomic).
  2. Contraction of wa- + -a- (3rd person plural (wa class(II)) gnomic).

Swazi Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Proto-Bantu *gá-.

Prefix Edit

wa-

  1. they; class 6 subject concord; form of a- used when another prefix precedes.
  2. them; class 6 object concord.

Etymology 2 Edit

From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-.

Prefix Edit

wa-

  1. of; class 1 possessive concord.

Etymology 3 Edit

From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-.

Prefix Edit

wa-

  1. of; class 3 possessive concord.

Xhosa Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-.

Prefix Edit

wa-

  1. of; class 1 possessive concord.

Etymology 2 Edit

From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-.

Prefix Edit

wa-

  1. of; class 3 possessive concord.

Etymology 3 Edit

From Proto-Bantu *gá-.

Prefix Edit

wa-

  1. they; class 6 subject concord; form of a- used when another prefix precedes.
  2. them; class 6 object concord.

Zulu Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-.

Prefix Edit

wa-

  1. of; class 1 possessive concord.

Etymology 2 Edit

From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-.

Prefix Edit

wa-

  1. of; class 3 possessive concord.

Etymology 3 Edit

From Proto-Bantu *gá-.

Prefix Edit

wá-

  1. they; class 6 subject concord; form of a- used when another prefix precedes.
  2. them; class 6 object concord.

References Edit