"ya-" meaning in Swahili

See ya- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *gá-. Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*gá-}} Proto-Bantu *gá- Head templates: {{head|sw|prefix}} ya-
  1. it, they; [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ji-ma class|ma class_((VI))]] subject concord Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ya--sw-prefix-u3TwZDOa
  2. verb-initial form of -ya- (“them, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ji-ma class|ma class_((VI))]] object concord”) Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ya--sw-prefix-JUoY454B Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 17 59 12 12 Related terms: a-, yu-, ha-, hayu-, -m-, -mw-, -mu-, -ye, wa-, hawa-, -wa-, -o, u-, hau-, -u-, i-, hai-, -i-, -yo, li-, hali-, -li-, -lo, haya-, -ya-, ki-, haki-, -ki-, -cho, vi-, havi-, -vi-, -vyo, zi-, hazi-, -zi-, -zo, ku-, haku-, -ku-, -ko, pa-, hapa-, -pa-, -po, m-, mw-, mu-, ham-, hamw-, hamu-, -mo, For a full table including first and second person
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Prefix

Head templates: {{head|sw|prefix}} ya-
  1. Contraction of i- + -a- (“[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|mi class_((IV))]] and [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#N class|n class_((IX))]] gnomic”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, morpheme Alternative form of: i- (extra: + -a- (“[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|mi class_((IV))]] and [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#N class|n class_((IX))]] gnomic”))
    Sense id: en-ya--sw-prefix-jUiS-YwI
  2. Contraction of ya- + -a- (“[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ji-ma class|ma class_((VI))]] gnomic”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, morpheme Alternative form of: ya- (extra: + -a- (“[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ji-ma class|ma class_((VI))]] gnomic”))
    Sense id: en-ya--sw-prefix-Vrr7KCAQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for ya- meaning in Swahili (4.0kB)

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