wa-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "wa"

Chuukese

Prefix

wa-

  1. to put
  2. to place

Curripaco

Prefix

wa-

  1. first person plural agent marker

References
  • 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

Prefix

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

Northern Ndebele

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-.

Prefix

wa-

  1. of; class 1 possessive concord.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-.

Prefix

wa-

  1. of; class 3 possessive concord.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *gá-.

Prefix

wa-

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

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *gá-.

Prefix

wa-

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

Southern Ndebele

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-.

Prefix

wa-

  1. of; class 1 possessive concord.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-.

Prefix

wa-

  1. of; class 3 possessive concord.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *gá-.

Prefix

wa-

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

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *bà-.

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Prefix

wa- (singular m-)

  1. The prefix for noun class 2 denoting plurals of noun class 1.

See also
  • Appendix:Swahili noun classes

Swazi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *gá-.

Prefix

wa-

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-.

Prefix

wa-

  1. of; class 1 possessive concord.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-.

Prefix

wa-

  1. of; class 3 possessive concord.

Xhosa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-.

Prefix

wa-

  1. of; class 1 possessive concord.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-.

Prefix

wa-

  1. of; class 3 possessive concord.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *gá-.

Prefix

wa-

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

Zulu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-.

Prefix

wa-

  1. of; class 1 possessive concord.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-.

Prefix

wa-

  1. of; class 3 possessive concord.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *gá-.

Prefix

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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