Fromu-(“thou, you (singular)”) +‎-a-(“past perfect infix”). Cognate withTumbukawa-

wa-

1. 2nd person singular subject concord in the past perfect tense.

Froma-(“he, she”) +‎-a-(“past perfect infix”). Cognate withTumbukawa-

wa-

1. 3rd person singular subject concord in the past perfect tense.

• nda-
• ta-
• mwa-
• a-

Inherited fromProto-Bantu*gʊ́á-. Cognate withTumbukawa-,Yaowa- andZuluwa-.

wa-

1. Class 3 possessive concord.

Inherited fromProto-Bantu*bà-(“Class 2 noun prefix”)

wa-

1. (obsolete)Class 2 noun prefix

• Rev. John Rebman (1877),Dictionary of the Kiniassa Language‎^[1], Church Missionary Society

wa-

1. toput
2. toplace

wa-

1. first person plural agent marker

• Swintha Danielsen, Tania Granadillo,Agreement in two Arawak languages, inThe Typology of Semantic Alignment (edited by Mark Donohue, Søren Wichmann) (2008,→ISBN, page 398

wa-

1. turns certain verbs into a noun;verbal noun modifier

   ‎wa- + ‎pȟóštaŋ(“to put something on one's head”) → ‎wapȟóštaŋ(“hat”)

2. creates anagent noun

   ‎wa- + ‎oyúspa(“to seize, grab, hold on to, arrest”) → ‎wawóyuspa(“policeman”)

3. to do witharrowheads

• (verbal noun):wó-
• (arrowhead):wi-,waŋ-

FromProto-Bantu*jʊ̀á-.

wa-

1. of;class 1 possessive concord.

FromProto-Bantu*gʊ́á-.

wa-

1. of;class 3 possessive concord.

FromProto-Bantu*gá-.

wa-

1. they;class 6 subject concord; form ofa- used when another prefix precedes.
2. them;class 6 object concord.

FromProto-Bantu*gá-.

wa-

1. they;class 6 subject concord; form ofa- used when another prefix precedes.
2. them;class 6 object concord.

FromProto-Bantu*jʊ̀á-.

wa-

1. of;class 1 possessive concord.

FromProto-Bantu*gʊ́á-.

wa-

1. of;class 3 possessive concord.

FromProto-Bantu*gá-.

wa-

1. they;class 6 subject concord; form ofa- used when another prefix precedes.
2. them;class 6 object concord.

• Audio(Kenya):

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FromProto-Bantu*bà-.

wa- (singularm-)

1. wa class_(II) noun prefix and adjective agreement prefix, denoting plurals ofm class_(I)

   watotowazuri ―nice children

   ‎mtu(“person”) → ‎watu(“people”)

   ‎Mwingereza(“English person”) → ‎Waingereza(“English people”)

Some words are irregular:

‎mwizi(“thief”) → ‎wezi(“thieves”)

‎mwanamke(“woman”) → ‎wanawake(“women”)

‎-ingine(“other”) → ‎wengine

• Appendix:Swahili noun classes

FromProto-Bantu*bá-.

wa-

1. they,3rd person plural (wa class_(II)) subject concord

   Antonym:hawa-

2. verb-initial form of-wa-(“them (3rd person plural (wa class_(II)) object concord) or you (2nd person plural object concord)”)

wa-

1. contraction ofu- +-a-(“2nd person singular,m class_(III), andu class_(XI) gnomic”)
2. contraction ofwa- +-a-(“3rd person plural (wa class_(II)) gnomic”)

FromProto-Bantu*gá-.

wa-

1. they;class 6 subject concord; form ofa- used when another prefix precedes.
2. them;class 6 object concord.

FromProto-Bantu*jʊ̀á-.

wa-

1. of;class 1 possessive concord.

FromProto-Bantu*gʊ́á-.

wa-

1. of;class 3 possessive concord.

Inherited fromProto-Bantu*à-

wa-

1. Class 1 subject concord.

Fromu-(“thou, you (singular)”) +‎-a-(“recent perfect infix”). Cognate withChichewawa-

wa-

1. 2nd person singular subject concord in the recent past tense.

Froma-(“he, she”) +‎-a-(“recent perfect infix”). Cognate withChichewawa-

wa-

1. 3rd person singular subject concord in the recent past tense.

Inherited fromProto-Bantu*gʊ́á-. Cognate withChichewawa-,Yaowa- andZuluwa-

wa-

1. Class 3 possessive concords.

FromProto-Bantu*jʊ̀á-.

wa-

1. of;class 1 possessive concord.

FromProto-Bantu*gʊ́á-.

wa-

1. of;class 3 possessive concord.

FromProto-Bantu*gá-.

wa-

1. they;class 6 subject concord; form ofa- used when another prefix precedes.
2. them;class 6 object concord.

Inherited fromProto-Bantu*gʊ́á-

wa-

1. Class 3 possessive concord.

Inherited fromProto-Bantu*bà-

wa-

1. Class 2 noun prefix.

FromProto-Bantu*jʊ̀á-. Cognate withYaojwa-

wa-

1. of;class 1 possessive concord.

FromProto-Bantu*gʊ́á-. Cognate withChichewawa-,Tumbukawa- andYaowa-.

wa-

1. of;class 3 possessive concord.

FromProto-Bantu*gá-.

wá-

1. they;class 6 subject concord; form ofa- used when another prefix precedes.
2. them;class 6 object concord.

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

• Chichewa terms prefixed with u-
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• Chichewa lemmas
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• Chichewa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
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• Chichewa terms with obsolete senses
• Chuukese lemmas
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• Northern Ndebele terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
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• Northern Ndebele lemmas
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• Northern Ndebele object concords
• Phuthi terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
• Phuthi terms derived from Proto-Bantu
• Phuthi lemmas
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• Southern Ndebele terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
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• Southern Ndebele lemmas
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• Swahili terms with audio pronunciation
• Swahili terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
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• Swahili lemmas
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• Swahili terms with usage examples
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• Tumbuka terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
• Tumbuka terms derived from Proto-Bantu
• Tumbuka lemmas
• Tumbuka prefixes
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• Tumbuka terms prefixed with u-
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• Xhosa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
• Xhosa terms derived from Proto-Bantu
• Xhosa lemmas
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• Yao terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
• Yao terms derived from Proto-Bantu
• Yao lemmas
• Yao prefixes
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• Zigula terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
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• Zigula lemmas
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• Zigula noun prefixes
• Zulu terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
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