-wa

-wa

1. Rōmaji transcription of わ

• IPA^(key): /wa/

-wa

1. Post-back vowel allomorphic form of -jə (an evidential suffix marking verifiable action).

See the lemma.

• IPA^(key): /wa/
• Homophone: -ha

-wa

1. Alternative form of -a (feminine, plural, or singulative ending), used with stems ending in -u, -w.

From Proto-Bantu *-úa.

-wa

1. Forms passive verbs.

When affixed to monosyllabic stems, the suffix becomes -iwa.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-vъ.

• IPA^(key): /va/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: wa

-wa f

1. Forms feminine nouns

   ‎prukać + ‎-wa → ‎prukwa

• -wa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• -wa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Proto-Bantu *-úa.

-wa

1. Forms passive verbs.

When affixed to monosyllabic stems, the suffix becomes -iwa.

From Proto-Bantu *-úa.

-wa

1. Forms passive verbs.

When affixed to monosyllabic stems, the suffix becomes -iwa.

From Proto-Bantu *-ʊa.

-wa

1. Forms passive verbs.

When affixed to monosyllabic stems, the suffix becomes -iwa.

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-wa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-wa”