"na" meaning in Swahili

See na in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /nɑ/ Audio: Sw-ke-na.flac
Etymology: Akin to Lingala na, Luganda na. From Proto-Bantu *nà. Etymology templates: {{cog|ln|na}} Lingala na, {{cog|lg|na}} Luganda na, {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*nà}} Proto-Bantu *nà Head templates: {{head|sw|conjunctions}} na
  1. and
    Sense id: en-na-sw-conj-YgERG4Og Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili prepositions Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Swahili prepositions: 27 0 36 36

Preposition

IPA: /nɑ/ Audio: Sw-ke-na.flac
Etymology: Akin to Lingala na, Luganda na. From Proto-Bantu *nà. Etymology templates: {{cog|ln|na}} Lingala na, {{cog|lg|na}} Luganda na, {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*nà}} Proto-Bantu *nà Head templates: {{head|sw|preposition}} na Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], nami [first-person, singular], nasi [first-person, plural], nawe [second-person, singular], nanyi [plural, second-person], naye [class-1, class-2, singular, third-person], nao [class-1, class-2, plural, third-person], nao [class-3, class-4, singular, third-person], nayo [class-3, class-4, plural, third-person], nalo [class-5, class-6, singular, third-person], nayo [class-5, class-6, plural, third-person], nacho [class-7, class-8, singular, third-person], navyo [class-7, class-8, plural, third-person], nayo [class-10, class-9, singular, third-person], nazo [class-10, class-9, plural, third-person], nao [class-11, singular, third-person], nako [class-15, class-17, singular, third-person], napo [class-16, singular, third-person], namo [class-18, singular, third-person]
  1. with
    Sense id: en-na-sw-prep-BpW1Y6ze
  2. by
    Sense id: en-na-sw-prep-p-LSbo0V Categories (other): Swahili prepositions Disambiguation of Swahili prepositions: 27 0 36 36

Verb

IPA: /nɑ/ Audio: Sw-ke-na.flac Forms: -na [canonical]
Etymology: Akin to Lingala na, Luganda na. From Proto-Bantu *nà. Etymology templates: {{cog|ln|na}} Lingala na, {{cog|lg|na}} Luganda na, {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*nà}} Proto-Bantu *nà Head templates: {{head|sw|verb form|head=-na}} -na
  1. present stem of -wa na (“to have”) Tags: form-of, present, stem Form of: -wa na (extra: to have)
    Sense id: en-na-sw-verb-wT21IlqB Categories (other): Swahili prepositions Disambiguation of Swahili prepositions: 27 0 36 36
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lg",
        "2": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "Luganda na",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*nà"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *nà",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Akin to Lingala na, Luganda na. From Proto-Bantu *nà.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-na",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "-na"
      },
      "expansion": "-na",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swahili terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I do not have it",
          "text": "sinacho",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "to have",
          "word": "-wa na"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present stem of -wa na (“to have”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-wa na",
          "wa na#Swahili"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "present",
        "stem"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nɑ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-na.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/Sw-ke-na.flac/Sw-ke-na.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/Sw-ke-na.flac/Sw-ke-na.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "na"
}

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