kwa-

See also: kwa, Kwa, and -kʷa

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *kwá-, from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-

Prefix

kwa-

1. of; class 15 possessive concord.

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Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *kwá-, from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-

Prefix

kwa-

1. of; class 15 possessive concord.

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Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *kwá-, from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-

Prefix

kwa-

1. of; class 15 possessive concord.

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Tocharian B

Verb

kwa-

1. to call out
2. to invite

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN

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Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *kwá-, from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-

Prefix

kwa-

1. of; class 15 possessive concord.

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Zulu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *kwá-, from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɠwá/

Prefix

kwa-

1. of; class 15 possessive concord.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *kwá-, from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɠwá/

Prefix

kwa-

1. of; class 17 possessive concord.

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɠwá/

Preposition

kwa-

1. at/to/from the home/place of

Usage notes

Unlike other prepositions, kwa- is not attached to the full form of the noun, but rather to the stem (without the noun prefix). When attached to pronouns, the pronouns take the possessive combining form when it exists (-ithu instead of -thi and so on).

References

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