Chuukese

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Prefix

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wa-

  1. to put
  2. to place

Curripaco

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Prefix

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wa-

  1. first person plural agent marker

References

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  • 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

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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

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

Northern Ndebele

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-.

Prefix

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wa-

  1. of; class 1 possessive concord.

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-.

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wa-

  1. of; class 3 possessive concord.

Etymology 3

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From Proto-Bantu *gá-.

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wa-

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

Phuthi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *gá-.

Prefix

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wa-

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

Southern Ndebele

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-.

Prefix

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wa-

  1. of; class 1 possessive concord.

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-.

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wa-

  1. of; class 3 possessive concord.

Etymology 3

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From Proto-Bantu *gá-.

Prefix

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wa-

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

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Bantu *bà-.

Prefix

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wa- (singular m-)

  1. wa class(II) noun prefix and adjective agreement prefix, denoting plurals of m class(I)
    watoto wazurinice children
    mtu (person) → ‎watu (people)
    Mwingereza (English person) → ‎Waingereza (English people)
Usage notes
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Some words are irregular:

mwizi (thief) → ‎wezi (thieves)
mwanamke (woman) → ‎wanawake (women)
-ingine (other) → ‎wengine
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Bantu *bá-.

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wa-

  1. they, 3rd person plural (wa class(II)) subject concord
    Antonym: hawa-
  2. verb-initial form of -wa- (them (3rd person plural (wa class(II)) object concord) or you (2nd person plural object concord))
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Etymology 3

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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

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Bantu *gá-.

Prefix

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wa-

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

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-.

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wa-

  1. of; class 1 possessive concord.

Etymology 3

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From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-.

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wa-

  1. of; class 3 possessive concord.

Xhosa

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-.

Prefix

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wa-

  1. of; class 1 possessive concord.

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-.

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wa-

  1. of; class 3 possessive concord.

Etymology 3

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From Proto-Bantu *gá-.

Prefix

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wa-

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

Zulu

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-.

Prefix

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wa-

  1. of; class 1 possessive concord.

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-.

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wa-

  1. of; class 3 possessive concord.

Etymology 3

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From Proto-Bantu *gá-.

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wá-

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

References

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