"u-" meaning in Xhosa

See u- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Forms: wu- [medial]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *ʊ̀-. Etymology templates: {{inh|xh|bnt-pro|*ʊ̀-}} Proto-Bantu *ʊ̀- Head templates: {{head|xh|prefix|medial|wu-|cat2=subject concords}} u- (medial wu-)
  1. you, thou; second-person singular subject concord. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-u--xh-prefix-YaEaohot Categories (other): Xhosa entries with incorrect language header, Xhosa subject concords Disambiguation of Xhosa entries with incorrect language header: 33 0 23 23 21 Disambiguation of Xhosa subject concords: 38 31 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Prefix

Head templates: {{head|xh|prefix|cat2=noun prefixes}} u-
  1. Class 1a noun prefix. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-u--xh-prefix-YDegkouZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Prefix

Forms: ka- [medial]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *ʊ́-. Etymology templates: {{inh|xh|bnt-pro|*ʊ́-}} Proto-Bantu *ʊ́- Head templates: {{head|xh|prefix|medial|ka-|cat2=subject concords}} u- (medial ka-)
  1. he, she, it; class 1 subject concord. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-u--xh-prefix-OwSx1FFL Categories (other): Xhosa subject concords Disambiguation of Xhosa subject concords: 38 31 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Prefix

Forms: wu- [medial]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-. Etymology templates: {{inh|xh|bnt-pro|*gʊ́-}} Proto-Bantu *gʊ́- Head templates: {{head|xh|prefix|medial|wu-|cat2=subject concords}} u- (medial wu-)
  1. he, she, it; class 3 subject concord. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-u--xh-prefix-QT9MwSfG Categories (other): Xhosa subject concords Disambiguation of Xhosa subject concords: 38 31 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Prefix

Head templates: {{head|xh|prefix|cat2=noun prefixes}} u-
  1. Class 11 noun prefix; form of ulu- used before stems of more than one syllable. Tags: class-11, form-of, morpheme, noun, prefix Form of: ulu- used before stems of more than one syllable
    Sense id: en-u--xh-prefix-Qsz1GqoQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5
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