"-wa" meaning in All languages combined

See -wa on Wiktionary

Romanization [Japanese]

Head templates: {{head|ja|romanization|head=|sc=Latn}} -wa
  1. Rōmaji transcription of わ Tags: Rōmaji, alt-of, romanization Alternative form of:

Suffix [Jarawa]

IPA: /wa/
Head templates: {{head|anq|suffix}} -wa
  1. Post-back vowel allomorphic form of -jə (an evidential suffix marking verifiable action). Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--wa-anq-suffix-RsEI35h8 Categories (other): Jarawa entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries

Suffix [Kongo]

Head templates: {{head|kg|suffix}} -wa
  1. Passive suffix Tags: morpheme, passive, suffix
    Sense id: en--wa-kg-suffix-29mDbKCs Categories (other): Kongo entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries

Suffix [Maltese]

IPA: /wa/
Etymology: See the lemma. Head templates: {{head|mt|suffix}} -wa
  1. Alternative form of -a (feminine, plural, or singulative ending), used with stems ending in -u, -w. Tags: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Alternative form of: -a (extra: (feminine, plural, or singulative ending), used with stems ending in -u, -w)
    Sense id: en--wa-mt-suffix-v6~xHFng Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries

Suffix [Mokilese]

Head templates: {{head|mkj|suffix}} -wa
  1. Used to mark nouns as singular and definite, thereby making it equivalent to English the. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--wa-mkj-suffix-uNKiGtl4 Categories (other): Mokilese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries Related terms: -e, -kai, -en, -n, -kan, -o, -u, -ok, -ew, -men, -oaw, -pas, -kij, -pwi

Suffix [Phuthi]

Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *-úa. Etymology templates: {{inh|bnt-phu|bnt-pro|*-úa}} Proto-Bantu *-úa Head templates: {{head|bnt-phu|suffix|cat2=verb-forming suffixes}} -wa
  1. Forms passive verbs. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--wa-bnt-phu-suffix-jsvjUmlH Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Phuthi entries with incorrect language header

Suffix [Polish]

IPA: /va/
Rhymes: -a Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-vъ. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pl|sla-pro|*-vъ|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Slavic *-vъ, {{inh+|pl|sla-pro|*-vъ}} Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-vъ Head templates: {{head|pl|suffix|g=f}} -wa f Inflection templates: {{pl-decl-noun-f}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], -wa [nominative, singular], -wy [nominative, plural], -wy [genitive, singular], -w [genitive, plural], -wie [dative, singular], -wom [dative, plural], -wę [accusative, singular], -wy [accusative, plural], -wą [instrumental, singular], -wami [instrumental, plural], -wie [locative, singular], -wach [locative, plural], -wo [singular, vocative], -wy [plural, vocative]
  1. forms feminine nouns Tags: feminine, morpheme

Suffix [Proto-Algonquian]

Head templates: {{head|alg-pro|suffix}} *-wa
  1. suffix which marks the third-person form of verbs Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
    Sense id: en--wa-alg-pro-suffix-20fovj0O Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Algonquian entries with incorrect language header

Suffix [Swahili]

Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *-úa. Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*-úa}} Proto-Bantu *-úa Head templates: {{head|sw|suffix}} -wa
  1. passive suffix Tags: morpheme, passive, suffix Synonyms: -iwa, -ewa, -liwa, -lewa Derived forms: Swahili passive verbs
    Sense id: en--wa-sw-suffix-nMuhz-3F Categories (other): Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Suffix [Swazi]

Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *-úa. Etymology templates: {{inh|ss|bnt-pro|*-úa}} Proto-Bantu *-úa Head templates: {{head|ss|suffix|cat2=verb-forming suffixes}} -wa
  1. Forms passive verbs. Tags: morpheme

Suffix [Xhosa]

Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *-úa. Etymology templates: {{inh|xh|bnt-pro|*-úa}} Proto-Bantu *-úa Head templates: {{head|xh|suffix|cat2=verb-forming suffixes}} -wa
  1. Forms passive verbs. Tags: morpheme

Suffix [Zulu]

Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *-ʊa. Etymology templates: {{inh|zu|bnt-pro|*-ʊa}} Proto-Bantu *-ʊa Head templates: {{head|zu|suffix|cat2=verb-forming suffixes}} -wa
  1. Forms passive verbs. Tags: morpheme

Inflected forms

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "romanization",
        "head": "",
        "sc": "Latn"
      },
      "expansion": "-wa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "romanization",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "わ"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese romanizations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 11 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Rōmaji transcription of わ"
      ],
      "id": "en--wa-ja-romanization-SIDZRDiG",
      "links": [
        [
          "Rōmaji",
          "romaji"
        ],
        [
          "わ",
          "わ#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Rōmaji",
        "alt-of",
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-wa"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "anq",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-wa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Jarawa",
  "lang_code": "anq",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Jarawa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 11 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Post-back vowel allomorphic form of -jə (an evidential suffix marking verifiable action)."
      ],
      "id": "en--wa-anq-suffix-RsEI35h8",
      "links": [
        [
          "-jə",
          "-jə#Jarawa"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-wa"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kg",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-wa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Kongo",
  "lang_code": "kg",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Kongo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 11 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Passive suffix"
      ],
      "id": "en--wa-kg-suffix-29mDbKCs",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "passive",
        "suffix"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-wa"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "See the lemma.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-wa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(feminine, plural, or singulative ending), used with stems ending in -u, -w",
          "word": "-a"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 11 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of -a (feminine, plural, or singulative ending), used with stems ending in -u, -w."
      ],
      "id": "en--wa-mt-suffix-v6~xHFng",
      "links": [
        [
          "-a",
          "-a#Maltese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wa/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "-ha"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-wa"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mkj",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-wa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Mokilese",
  "lang_code": "mkj",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mokilese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 11 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "war (“canoe”) + -wa → warwa (“the canoe”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to mark nouns as singular and definite, thereby making it equivalent to English the."
      ],
      "id": "en--wa-mkj-suffix-uNKiGtl4",
      "links": [
        [
          "singular",
          "singular#English"
        ],
        [
          "definite",
          "definite#English"
        ],
        [
          "the",
          "the#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "-e"
        },
        {
          "word": "-kai"
        },
        {
          "word": "-en"
        },
        {
          "word": "-n"
        },
        {
          "word": "-kan"
        },
        {
          "word": "-o"
        },
        {
          "word": "-u"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ok"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ew"
        },
        {
          "word": "-men"
        },
        {
          "word": "-oaw"
        },
        {
          "word": "-pas"
        },
        {
          "word": "-kij"
        },
        {
          "word": "-pwi"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-wa"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-phu",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*-úa"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *-úa",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *-úa.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-phu",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "verb-forming suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-wa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Phuthi",
  "lang_code": "bnt-phu",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 11 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Phuthi entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms passive verbs."
      ],
      "id": "en--wa-bnt-phu-suffix-jsvjUmlH",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-wa"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*-vъ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *-vъ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*-vъ"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-vъ",
      "name": "inh+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-vъ.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pl-decl-noun-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-w",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wę",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wą",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "suffix",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "-wa f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "[please"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "pl-decl-noun-f"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Polish",
  "lang_code": "pl",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 11 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Polish entries with Template:pl-pr without syllabification",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Polish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Polish links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Polish links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Polish links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "prukać + -wa → prukwa",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forms feminine nouns"
      ],
      "id": "en--wa-pl-suffix-B1W2ZJGR",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/va/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-a"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-wa"
}

{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*-úa"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *-úa",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *-úa.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-wa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 11 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Swahili passive verbs"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "-tuma (“to send”) + -wa → -tumwa (“to be sent”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-jaa (“to fill”) + -wa → -jawa (“to be filled”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "passive suffix"
      ],
      "id": "en--wa-sw-suffix-nMuhz-3F",
      "links": [
        [
          "passive suffix",
          "Appendix:Swahili verbal derivation#Passive"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-iwa"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ewa"
        },
        {
          "word": "-liwa"
        },
        {
          "word": "-lewa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "passive",
        "suffix"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-wa"
}

{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ss",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*-úa"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *-úa",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *-úa.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ss",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "verb-forming suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-wa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swazi",
  "lang_code": "ss",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 11 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swazi entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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      "args": {
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        "alt-of",
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      "args": {
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        "Pages with 11 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
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        "Post-back vowel allomorphic form of -jə (an evidential suffix marking verifiable action)."
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        [
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          "-jə#Jarawa"
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        "morpheme"
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    }
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        [
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}

{
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      "word": "-e"
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      "word": "-u"
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      "word": "-ok"
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      "word": "-ew"
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    {
      "word": "-men"
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        [
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        [
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        [
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          "the#English"
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        "morpheme"
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      "form": "pl-decl-noun-f",
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        "nominative",
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    },
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      "form": "-wy",
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    {
      "form": "-wie",
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      "form": "-wom",
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    {
      "form": "-wę",
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    {
      "form": "-wy",
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    {
      "form": "-wami",
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    },
    {
      "form": "-wie",
      "source": "declension",
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        "locative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "-wach",
      "source": "declension",
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        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wo",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-wy",
      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
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        "Rhymes:Polish/a",
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        "feminine",
        "morpheme"
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{
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      "text": "Central Algonquian:"
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        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
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}

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        "Swazi terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
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        "morpheme"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xh",
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zu",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "verb-forming suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-wa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Zulu",
  "lang_code": "zu",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 11 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Zulu entries with incorrect language header",
        "Zulu lemmas",
        "Zulu suffixes",
        "Zulu terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
        "Zulu terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
        "Zulu verb-forming suffixes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms passive verbs."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-wa"
}

Download raw JSONL data for -wa meaning in All languages combined (10.5kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "-wa"
  ],
  "section": "Mokilese",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-wa",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "-wa"
  ],
  "section": "Mokilese",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-wa",
  "trace": ""
}

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