wao
See also: waö
Lindu Edit
Noun Edit
wao
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) | ||||
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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