"wa-" meaning in Xhosa

See wa- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-. Etymology templates: {{inh|xh|bnt-pro|*jʊ̀á-}} Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á- Head templates: {{head|xh|prefix|cat2=possessive concords}} wa-
  1. of; class 1 possessive concord. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-wa--xh-prefix--0OWW3ot Categories (other): Xhosa possessive concords Disambiguation of Xhosa possessive concords: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Prefix

Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-. Etymology templates: {{inh|xh|bnt-pro|*gʊ́á-}} Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á- Head templates: {{head|xh|prefix|cat2=possessive concords}} wa-
  1. of; class 3 possessive concord. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-wa--xh-prefix-4ycl6xgy Categories (other): Xhosa possessive concords Disambiguation of Xhosa possessive concords: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Prefix

Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *gá-. Etymology templates: {{inh|xh|bnt-pro|*gá-}} Proto-Bantu *gá- Head templates: {{head|xh|prefix|cat2=subject concords|cat3=object concords}} wa-
  1. they; class 6 subject concord; form of a- used when another prefix precedes. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-wa--xh-prefix-Al2CRzNk Categories (other): Xhosa entries with incorrect language header, Xhosa subject concords Disambiguation of Xhosa entries with incorrect language header: 13 13 61 12 Disambiguation of Xhosa subject concords: 22 22 33 23
  2. them; class 6 object concord. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-wa--xh-prefix-5Z~K5tGA Categories (other): Xhosa object concords Disambiguation of Xhosa object concords: 21 21 25 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "of; class 1 possessive concord."
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