"na" meaning in Swahili

See na in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /nɑ/ Audio: Sw-ke-na.flac [Kenya]
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 prepositions Disambiguation of Swahili prepositions: 36 36 27 0

Preposition

IPA: /nɑ/ Audio: Sw-ke-na.flac [Kenya]
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], For a full table
  1. with
    Sense id: en-na-sw-prep-BpW1Y6ze Categories (other): Swahili prepositions Disambiguation of Swahili prepositions: 36 36 27 0
  2. by
    Sense id: en-na-sw-prep-p-LSbo0V Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili prepositions Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 100 0 Disambiguation of Swahili prepositions: 36 36 27 0

Verb

IPA: /nɑ/ Audio: Sw-ke-na.flac [Kenya] 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

Download JSON data for na meaning in Swahili (5.6kB)

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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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”)"
      ],
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          "wa na#Swahili"
        ]
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "present",
        "stem"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/nɑ/"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/Sw-ke-na.flac/Sw-ke-na.flac.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Kenya"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Kenya)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "na"
}
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  "section": "Swahili",
  "subsection": "preposition",
  "title": "na",
  "trace": ""
}

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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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