kwa-
Mohawk edit
Prefix edit
kwa-
- pronominal prefix for
- I ____ you (pl.)
Alternative forms edit
- | Initial consonant | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Environment | t/s/h/k | n/r/w/’ | a | e/en | o/on | i | y |
Word-Initial | kwa- | kwa- | kw- | kw- | ti- | kwen- | kwa- |
References edit
- Nora Deering, Helga H. Delisle (1976) Mohawk: A teaching grammar (preliminary version), Quebec: Manitou College, page 383
Northern Ndebele edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-.
Prefix edit
kwa-
- of; class 15 possessive concord.
Southern Ndebele edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-.
Prefix edit
kwa-
- of; class 15 possessive concord.
Swahili edit
Prefix edit
kwa-
- Contraction of ku- + -a- (“ku class(XV/XVII) gnomic”).
Swazi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-.
Prefix edit
kwa-
- of; class 15 possessive concord.
Tocharian B edit
Verb edit
kwa-
Further reading edit
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN
Xhosa edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-.
Prefix edit
kwa-
- of; class 15 possessive concord.
Zulu edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-.
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
kwa-
- of; class 15 possessive concord.
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-.
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
kwa-
Usage notes edit
When used as sense 2, kwa- attaches to the noun without its augment. Hence kwamfundisi (at the reverend's house) rather than *komfundisi. When attached to pronouns, the pronouns take the possessive combining form when it exists (-ithu instead of -thi and so on).
References edit
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “kwa-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “kwa-”
Categories:
- Mohawk lemmas
- Mohawk prefixes
- Northern Ndebele terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Northern Ndebele terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Northern Ndebele lemmas
- Northern Ndebele prefixes
- Northern Ndebele possessive concords
- Southern Ndebele terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Southern Ndebele terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Southern Ndebele lemmas
- Southern Ndebele prefixes
- Southern Ndebele possessive concords
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili prefixes
- Swahili contractions
- Swazi terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Swazi terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Swazi lemmas
- Swazi prefixes
- Swazi possessive concords
- Tocharian B lemmas
- Tocharian B verbs
- Xhosa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Xhosa terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Xhosa lemmas
- Xhosa prefixes
- Xhosa possessive concords
- Zulu terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Zulu terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Zulu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Zulu lemmas
- Zulu prefixes
- Zulu possessive concords