la-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "la"

Chichewa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *dɪ́á-

Prefix

la-

1. Class 5 possessive concords.

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́á-.

Prefix

la-

1. of; class 5 possessive concord.

Oneida

Alternative forms

• l- (before vowel stems)

Prefix

la-

1. pronominal prefix for

   He ______

   He ______ it/her

References

• Floyd Lounsbury (1953), “Chapter 5, Table 6: Pronominal Prefixes”, in Oneida Verb Morphology, Yale University Press

Phuthi

Etymology 1

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

Prefix

la-

1. Class 1 relative concord.

Etymology 2

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

Prefix

la-

1. Class 6 relative concord.

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́á-.

Prefix

la-

1. of; class 5 possessive concord.

Swahili

Prefix

la-

1. contraction of li- +‎ -a-, literally “ji class_(V) gnomic”

Swazi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́á-.

Prefix

la-

1. of; class 5 possessive concord.

Etymology 2

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

Prefix

la-

1. Class 6 relative concord.

Tumbuka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *dɪ́á-

Prefix

la-

1. Class 5 possessive concords.

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́á-.

Prefix

la-

1. of; class 5 possessive concord.

Zulu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́á-.

Prefix

la-

1. of; class 5 possessive concord.

Etymology 2

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

Prefix

lá-

1. Used to form demonstratives.

References

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