wa-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "wa"

Chuukese

Prefix

wa-

1. to put
2. to place

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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

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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-.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *bà-.

Prefix

wa- (singular m-)

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

See also

• Appendix:Swahili noun classes

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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.

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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.

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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

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