wa-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "wa"
Chuukese edit
Prefix edit
wa-
Curripaco edit
Prefix edit
wa-
- 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-
- creates nouns from some verbs.
- creates agent nouns
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-
- of; class 1 possessive concord.
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-.
Prefix edit
wa-
- of; class 3 possessive concord.
Etymology 3 edit
From Proto-Bantu *gá-.
Prefix edit
wa-
Phuthi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *gá-.
Prefix edit
wa-
Southern Ndebele edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-.
Prefix edit
wa-
- of; class 1 possessive concord.
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-.
Prefix edit
wa-
- of; class 3 possessive concord.
Etymology 3 edit
From Proto-Bantu *gá-.
Prefix edit
wa-
Swahili edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Bantu *bà-.
Prefix edit
wa- (singular m-)
- wa class(II) noun prefix and adjective agreement prefix, denoting plurals of m class(I)
- watoto wazuri ― nice children
- mtu (“person”) → watu (“people”)
- Mwingereza (“English person”) → Waingereza (“English people”)
Usage notes edit
Some words are irregular:
- mwizi (“thief”) → wezi (“thieves”)
- mwanamke (“woman”) → wanawake (“women”)
- -ingine (“other”) → wengine
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Bantu *bá-.
Prefix edit
wa-
- they, 3rd person plural (wa class(II)) subject concord
- Antonym: hawa-
- verb-initial form of -wa- (“them (3rd person plural (wa class(II)) object concord) or you (2nd person plural object concord)”)
See also edit
Swahili personal pronouns (m-wa class(I/II))
Number | Person | Independent | Subject concord | Object concord | Combined forms | Possessive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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. |
Etymology 3 edit
Prefix edit
wa-
- Contraction of u- + -a- (“2nd person singular, m class(III), and u class(XI) gnomic”).
- Contraction of wa- + -a- (“3rd person plural (wa class(II)) gnomic”).
Swazi edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Bantu *gá-.
Prefix edit
wa-
- they; class 6 subject concord; form of a- used when another prefix precedes.
- them; class 6 object concord.
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-.
Prefix edit
wa-
- of; class 1 possessive concord.
Etymology 3 edit
From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-.
Prefix edit
wa-
- of; class 3 possessive concord.
Xhosa edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-.
Prefix edit
wa-
- of; class 1 possessive concord.
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-.
Prefix edit
wa-
- of; class 3 possessive concord.
Etymology 3 edit
From Proto-Bantu *gá-.
Prefix edit
wa-
Zulu edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-.
Prefix edit
wa-
- of; class 1 possessive concord.
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-.
Prefix edit
wa-
- of; class 3 possessive concord.
Etymology 3 edit
From Proto-Bantu *gá-.
Prefix edit
wá-
- they; class 6 subject concord; form of a- used when another prefix precedes.
- them; class 6 object concord.
References edit
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “wa-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “wa-”