"wa-" meaning in Zulu

See wa- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-. Etymology templates: {{inh|zu|bnt-pro|*jʊ̀á-}} Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á- Head templates: {{head|zu|prefix|cat2=possessive concords}} wa-
  1. of; class 1 possessive concord. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-wa--zu-prefix--0OWW3ot Categories (other): Zulu object concords, Zulu possessive concords Disambiguation of Zulu object concords: 20 20 28 32 Disambiguation of Zulu possessive concords: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Prefix

Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-. Etymology templates: {{inh|zu|bnt-pro|*gʊ́á-}} Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á- Head templates: {{head|zu|prefix|cat2=possessive concords}} wa-
  1. of; class 3 possessive concord. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-wa--zu-prefix-4ycl6xgy Categories (other): Zulu object concords, Zulu possessive concords Disambiguation of Zulu object concords: 20 20 28 32 Disambiguation of Zulu possessive concords: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Prefix

Forms: wá- [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *gá-. Etymology templates: {{inh|zu|bnt-pro|*gá-}} Proto-Bantu *gá- Head templates: {{head|zu|prefix|cat2=subject concords|cat3=object concords|head=wá-}} wá-
  1. they; class 6 subject concord; form of a- used when another prefix precedes. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-wa--zu-prefix-Al2CRzNk Categories (other): Zulu entries with incorrect language header, Zulu object concords, Zulu subject concords Disambiguation of Zulu entries with incorrect language header: 14 14 60 13 Disambiguation of Zulu object concords: 20 20 28 32 Disambiguation of Zulu subject concords: 20 20 39 20
  2. them; class 6 object concord. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-wa--zu-prefix-5Z~K5tGA Categories (other): Zulu object concords Disambiguation of Zulu object concords: 20 20 28 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Download JSON data for wa- meaning in Zulu (3.3kB)

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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-.",
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        "of; class 1 possessive concord."
      ],
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        "of; class 3 possessive concord."
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          "_dis": "14 14 60 13",
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        "them; class 6 object concord."
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          "them",
          "them"
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}
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    "Zulu subject concords",
    "Zulu terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
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    "Zulu subject concords",
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    "Zulu lemmas",
    "Zulu object concords",
    "Zulu prefixes",
    "Zulu subject concords",
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