"-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

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

Suffix [Mokilese]

Head templates: {{head|mkj|suffix}} -wa
  1. Used to mark nouns as definite, thereby making it equivalent to English the Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--wa-mkj-suffix-OCQMxDSD Categories (other): Mokilese entries with incorrect language header Related terms: -e, -kai, -en, -n, -kan, -o, -ok, -u, -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): 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): 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): 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
    Sense id: en--wa-ss-suffix-jsvjUmlH Categories (other): Swazi entries with incorrect language header

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
    Sense id: en--wa-xh-suffix-jsvjUmlH Categories (other): Xhosa entries with incorrect language header

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
    Sense id: en--wa-zu-suffix-jsvjUmlH Categories (other): Zulu entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for -wa meaning in All languages combined (10.4kB)

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        "2": "romanization",
        "head": "",
        "sc": "Latn"
      },
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          "Rōmaji",
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          "わ",
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          "-jə#Jarawa"
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{
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          "word": "-a"
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    }
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  "pos": "suffix",
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "war (“canoe”) + -wa → warwa (“the canoe”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Used to mark nouns as definite, thereby making it equivalent to English the"
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          "the",
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          "word": "-e"
        },
        {
          "word": "-kai"
        },
        {
          "word": "-en"
        },
        {
          "word": "-n"
        },
        {
          "word": "-kan"
        },
        {
          "word": "-o"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ok"
        },
        {
          "word": "-u"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ew"
        },
        {
          "word": "-men"
        },
        {
          "word": "-oaw"
        },
        {
          "word": "-pas"
        },
        {
          "word": "-kij"
        },
        {
          "word": "-pwi"
        }
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
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        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pl-decl-noun-f",
      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
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    }
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  "pos": "suffix",
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          "source": "w"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Polish links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "prukać + -wa → prukwa",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "forms feminine nouns"
      ],
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        "feminine",
        "morpheme"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/va/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-a"
    }
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}

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          "text": "-tuma (“to send”) + -wa → -tumwa (“to be sent”)",
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        },
        {
          "text": "-jaa (“to fill”) + -wa → -jawa (“to be filled”)",
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        }
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        {
          "word": "-iwa"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ewa"
        },
        {
          "word": "-liwa"
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        {
          "word": "-lewa"
        }
      ],
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}

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}

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  ],
  "word": "-wa"
}

{
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Central Algonquian:"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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            "2": "-wa"
          },
          "expansion": "Shawnee: -wa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shawnee: -wa"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/-wa",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        }
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        "morpheme",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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{
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}

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      "word": "-u"
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      "word": "-ew"
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    {
      "word": "-men"
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        "Used to mark nouns as definite, thereby making it equivalent to English the"
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          "definite",
          "definite"
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        "morpheme"
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}

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        "morpheme"
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    }
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "-wy",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-wy",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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        "genitive",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-wom",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "-wy",
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        "accusative",
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      "form": "-wą",
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        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wami",
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        "instrumental",
        "plural"
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      "form": "-wie",
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        "locative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "-wach",
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        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wo",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-wy",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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        "feminine",
        "morpheme"
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}

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        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
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  ],
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    }
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}

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        "Swazi verb-forming suffixes"
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    }
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}

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      "args": {
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Xhosa entries with incorrect language header",
        "Xhosa lemmas",
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        "Xhosa verb-forming suffixes"
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        "Zulu entries with incorrect language header",
        "Zulu lemmas",
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        "Zulu verb-forming suffixes"
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        "Forms passive verbs."
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        "morpheme"
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  ],
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}

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