ya-
Northern Ndebele edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Bantu *gíá-.
Prefix edit
ya-
- of; class 4 possessive concord.
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Bantu *jɪ̀á-.
Prefix edit
ya-
- of; class 9 possessive concord.
Southern Ndebele edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Bantu *gíá-.
Prefix edit
ya-
- of; class 4 possessive concord.
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Bantu *jɪ̀á-.
Prefix edit
ya-
- of; class 9 possessive concord.
Swahili edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Bantu *gá-.
Prefix edit
ya-
- it, they; ma class(VI) subject concord
- verb-initial form of -ya- (“them, ma class(VI) object concord”)
See also edit
Swahili verbal concords (third person)
| Class | Subject concord | Object concord | Relative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| affirmative | negative | |||
| m(I) | a-, yu- | ha-, hayu- | -m-, -mw-, -mu- | -ye |
| wa(II) | wa- | hawa- | -wa- | -o |
| m(III) | u- | hau- | -u- | -o |
| mi(IV) | i- | hai- | -i- | -yo |
| ji(V) | li- | hali- | -li- | -lo |
| ma(VI) | ya- | haya- | -ya- | -yo |
| ki(VII) | ki- | haki- | -ki- | -cho |
| vi(VIII) | vi- | havi- | -vi- | -vyo |
| n(IX) | i- | hai- | -i- | -yo |
| n(X) | zi- | hazi- | -zi- | -zo |
| u(XI) | u- | hau- | -u- | -o |
| ku(XV/XVII) | ku- | haku- | -ku- | -ko |
| pa(XVI) | pa- | hapa- | -pa- | -po |
| mu(XVIII) | m-, mw-, mu- | ham-, hamw-, hamu- | -mu- | -mo |
| For a full table including first and second person, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns. | ||||
Etymology 2 edit
Prefix edit
ya-
- Contraction of i- + -a- (“mi class(IV) and n class(IX) gnomic”).
- Contraction of ya- + -a- (“ma class(VI) gnomic”).
Swazi edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Bantu *gíá-.
Prefix edit
ya-
- of; class 4 possessive concord.
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Bantu *jɪ̀á-.
Prefix edit
ya-
- of; class 9 possessive concord.
Xhosa edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Bantu *gíá-.
Prefix edit
ya-
- of; class 4 possessive concord.
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Bantu *jɪ̀á-.
Prefix edit
ya-
- of; class 9 possessive concord.
Zulu edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Bantu *gíá-.
Prefix edit
ya-
- of; class 4 possessive concord.
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Bantu *jɪ̀á-.
Prefix edit
ya-
- of; class 9 possessive concord.
References edit
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “ya-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ya-”