"-wa" meaning in Xhosa

See -wa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

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): Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Xhosa entries with incorrect language header
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xh",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*-úa"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *-úa",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *-úa.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xh",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "verb-forming suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-wa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Xhosa",
  "lang_code": "xh",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 11 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Xhosa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms passive verbs."
      ],
      "id": "en--wa-xh-suffix-jsvjUmlH",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-wa"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xh",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*-úa"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *-úa",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *-úa.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xh",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "verb-forming suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-wa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Xhosa",
  "lang_code": "xh",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 11 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Xhosa entries with incorrect language header",
        "Xhosa lemmas",
        "Xhosa suffixes",
        "Xhosa terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
        "Xhosa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
        "Xhosa verb-forming suffixes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms passive verbs."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-wa"
}

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