"pa-" meaning in Swahili

See pa- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Audio: Sw-ke-pa.flac [Kenya]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *pà-. Etymology templates: {{der|sw|bnt-pro|*pà-}} Proto-Bantu *pà- Head templates: {{head|sw|prefix}} pa-
  1. The prefix for noun class 16 denoting locatives (position at a place). Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-pa--sw-prefix-C0kgyOwT Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 41 21 19 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Prefix

Audio: Sw-ke-pa.flac [Kenya]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *pá-. Etymology templates: {{der|sw|bnt-pro|*pá-}} Proto-Bantu *pá- Head templates: {{head|sw|prefix}} pa-
  1. there, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Pa locative class|pa class_((XVI))]] subject concord Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-pa--sw-prefix-WFXL6dbr
  2. verb-initial form of -pa- (“there, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Pa locative class|pa class_((XVI))]] object concord”) Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-pa--sw-prefix-pFabVL7o
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Related terms: a-, yu-, ha-, hayu-, -m-, -mw-, -mu-, -ye, wa-, hawa-, -wa-, -o, u-, hau-, -u-, i-, hai-, -i-, -yo, li-, hali-, -li-, -lo, ya-, haya-, -ya-, ki-, haki-, -ki-, -cho, vi-, havi-, -vi-, -vyo, zi-, hazi-, -zi-, -zo, ku-, haku-, -ku-, -ko, hapa-, -pa-, -po, m-, mw-, mu-, ham-, hamw-, hamu-, -mo, For a full table including first and second person

Prefix

Audio: Sw-ke-pa.flac [Kenya]
Head templates: {{head|sw|prefix}} pa-
  1. Contraction of pa- + -a- (“[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Pa locative class|pa class_((XVI))]] gnomic”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, morpheme Alternative form of: pa- (extra: + -a- (“[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Pa locative class|pa class_((XVI))]] gnomic”))
    Sense id: en-pa--sw-prefix-73BXujNj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for pa- meaning in Swahili (4.9kB)

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