kwa-
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *kwá-, from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-
Prefix
kwa-
- of; class 15 possessive concord.
Southern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *kwá-, from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-
Prefix
kwa-
- of; class 15 possessive concord.
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *kwá-, from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-
Prefix
kwa-
- of; class 15 possessive concord.
Tocharian B
Verb
kwa-
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
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *kwá-, from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-
Prefix
kwa-
- of; class 15 possessive concord.
Zulu
Etymology 1
From Proto-Nguni *kwá-, from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-
Pronunciation
Prefix
kwa-
- of; class 15 possessive concord.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Nguni *kwá-, from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-
Pronunciation
Prefix
kwa-
- 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
Preposition
kwa-
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-”
Categories:
- Northern Ndebele terms inherited from Proto-Nguni
- Northern Ndebele terms derived from Proto-Nguni
- 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-Nguni
- Southern Ndebele terms derived from Proto-Nguni
- Southern Ndebele terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Southern Ndebele terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Southern Ndebele lemmas
- Southern Ndebele prefixes
- Southern Ndebele possessive concords
- Swazi terms inherited from Proto-Nguni
- Swazi terms derived from Proto-Nguni
- 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-Nguni
- Xhosa terms derived from Proto-Nguni
- Xhosa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Xhosa terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Xhosa lemmas
- Xhosa prefixes
- Xhosa possessive concords
- Zulu terms inherited from Proto-Nguni
- Zulu terms derived from Proto-Nguni
- Zulu terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Zulu terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Zulu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Zulu lemmas
- Zulu prefixes
- Zulu possessive concords
- Zulu prepositions