o-

Second-person singular relative concord.


im-

Class 9 noun prefix; form of in- used before stems beginning with a labial consonant.


em-

Class 9 adjective concord; form of en- used before stems beginning with a labial consonant.


um-

Class 1 noun prefix; form of umu- used before stems of more than one syllable.


um-

Class 3 noun prefix; form of umu- used before stems of more than one syllable.


i-

Contracted from earlier ili-, from Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-, plus augment. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *ì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.

Class 5 noun prefix; form of ili- used before stems of more than one syllable.


i-

Class 9 noun prefix; form of in- used before stems beginning with l, m or n.


u-

you, thou; second-person singular subject concord.


u-

Class 11 noun prefix; form of ulu- used before stems of more than one syllable.


ku-

you; second-person singular object concord.


ka-

he, she, it; class 1 subject concord; form of u- used when another prefix precedes.


ngi-

I; first-person singular subject concord.


ngi-

me; first-person singular object concord.


si-

From Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-, via an intermediate form *tɪ̀-.

we; first-person plural subject concord.


si-

From Proto-Bantu *tʊ́-, via an intermediate form *tɪ́-.


li-

you, you all; second-person plural subject concord.


li-

you, you all; second-person plural object concord.


zi-

From Proto-Bantu *jí-. Originally the prefix of class 10, it replaced the class 8 prefix as well.


ili-

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-, plus augment. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *ì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.


izi-

From Proto-Bantu *jí-, plus augment. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *bì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.


izim-

Class 10 noun prefix; form of izin- used before stems beginning with a labial consonant.


uku-

Class 15 noun prefix; forms the infinitive of verbs.


m-

him, her, it; class 1 object concord; form of mu- used before stems of more than one syllable.


wu-

you, thou; second-person singular subject concord; form of u- used when another prefix precedes.


wu-

he, she, it; class 3 subject concord; form of u- used when another prefix precedes.


yi-

they; class 4 subject concord; form of i- used when another prefix precedes.


yi-

he, she, it; class 9 subject concord; form of i- used when another prefix precedes.


wa-

they; class 6 subject concord; form of a- used when another prefix precedes.


omu-

Second-person singular adjective concord.


om-

Second-person singular adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.


om-

Class 1 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.


om-

Class 3 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.


ezim-

Class 8 and 10 adjective concord; form of ezin- used before stems beginning with a labial consonant.


engimu-

First-person singular adjective concord.


engim-

First-person singular adjective concord; form of engimu- used before stems of more than one syllable.


ukw-

Class 15 full noun prefix; form of uku- used before stems beginning with a vowel.