• ba-

Inherited fromProto-Bantu*bà-.

ŵa-

1. Class 2 noun prefix.

Inherited fromProto-Bantu*bá-

ŵa-

1. Class 2 subject concord.

Fromŵa-(“they”) +‎-a-(“recent past infix”). Cognate withChichewaa-

ŵa-

1. 3rd person plural subject concord in the recent past tense.
2. 3rd person singular subject concord in the recent past tense for conveying respect.

• na-
• wa-
• ta-
• mwa-

Inherited fromProto-Bantu*báá-

ŵa-

1. Class 2 possessive concords.

ŵa-

1. Class 2 adjective concord.

Inherited fromProto-Bantu*bá-.

ŵa-

1. Class 2 pronominal concord.

Inherited fromProto-Bantu*bà-.

ŵa-

1. Class 2 noun prefix.

Not all Yao nouns use this class prefix to form their plural. Some nouns do not use the 'ŵ' to form their plural, whereas others are prefixed byaca-

• Tumbuka terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
• Tumbuka terms derived from Proto-Bantu
• Tumbuka lemmas
• Tumbuka prefixes
• Tumbuka noun prefixes
• Tumbuka subject concords
• Tumbuka terms prefixed with ŵa-
• Tumbuka terms interfixed with -a-
• Tumbuka possessive concords
• Tumbuka adjective concords
• Yao terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
• Yao terms derived from Proto-Bantu
• Yao lemmas
• Yao prefixes
• Yao pronominal concords
• Yao noun prefixes

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