-wa

Appendix:Variations of "wa" Akan Alternative forms ak -ba Suffix suffix Twi diminutive marker Blackfoot Alternative forms bla -a after consonants Etymology 1 bla -a, from bla alg-pro *-a animate singular suffix. Cognate with sac -a. Suffix bla suffix post-vocalic form of bla -a Etymology 2 bla alg-pro *-wa third person agreement suffix. Cognate with sjw -wa and unm -w. Suffix bla suffix marks third person singular proximate in verbs References Japanese Romanization わ Jarawa Pronunciation anq /wa/ Suffix anq suffix anq -jə Post-back vowel allomorphic an evidential suffix marking verifiable action Kongo Suffix kg suffix Passive suffix Maltese Etymology See the lemma. Pronunciation mt /wa/ mt -ha Suffix suffix mt -a feminine, plural, or singulative ending, used with stems ending in -u, -w Mokilese Suffix mkj suffix Used to mark nouns as singular and definite, thereby making it equivalent to English the. mkj war canoe warwa the canoe See also References 241 Ndonga Etymology ng bnt-pro *-úa. Suffix ng suffix Passive suffix References d Phuthi Etymology From bnt-phu bnt-pro *-úa. Suffix bnt-phu suffix verb-forming suffixes Forms passive verbs. Usage notes When affixed to monosyllabic stems, the suffix becomes bnt-phu -iwa. Derived terms bnt-phu Polish Etymology pl nominal :inh sla-pro:*-vъ<id:nominal> + 1 Pronunciation Suffix pl suffix f forms feminine nouns pl prukać prukwa Declension Derived terms pl Further reading Potawatomi Etymology pot alg-pro *-aw. Cognate to oj -aw. Pronunciation Suffix pot suffix an pot transitive 1 to do pot -ma -'a Derived terms pot biskëwa pot mzenwa See also pot -'an Quechua Suffix qu suffix First-person singular object. qu rimanki you talk → qu rimawanki you talk to me qu riman he talks → qu rimawan he talks to me Swahili Alternative forms sw -iwa/-ewa sw -liwa/-lewa Etymology sw :inh bnt-pro:*-úa 1 + Cognate with tum -wa passive suffix and hz -w- passive extension. Suffix sw suffix passive suffix sw tuma<alt:-tuma><t:to send> tumwa<alt:-tumwa><t:to be sent> sw jaa<alt:-jaa><t:to fill> jawa<alt:-jawa><t:to be filled> Usage notes This suffix is often similar in meaning to the stative suffix sw -ika/sw -eka, but it differs in that it can take an agent preceded by sw na: sw Kiti kimevunjika. The chair is broken. sw Kiti kimevunjwa na mtoto. The chair has been broken by the child. Derived terms Swahili passive verbs Swazi Etymology From ss bnt-pro *-úa. Suffix ss suffix verb-forming suffixes Forms passive verbs. Usage notes When affixed to monosyllabic stems, the suffix becomes ss -iwa. Derived terms ss Tumbuka Etymology tum bnt-pro *-úa passive suffix. Suffix tum suffix verb-forming suffixes Forms passive verbs. Derived terms tum Xhosa Etymology From xh bnt-pro *-úa. Suffix xh suffix verb-forming suffixes Forms passive verbs. Usage notes When affixed to monosyllabic stems, the suffix becomes xh -iwa. Derived terms xh Yao (Africa) Etymology yao bnt-pro *-úa. Cognate with sw -wa, tum -wa, zu -wa, xh -wa and ss -wa. Suffix yao suffix verb-forming suffixes Forms passive verbs. Zulu Etymology zu :inh bnt-pro:*-ʊa From zu bnt-pro *-ʊa. Suffix zu suffix verb-forming suffixes Forms passive verbs. Usage notes When affixed to monosyllabic stems, the suffix becomes zu -iwa. Derived terms zu References