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Meaning of pa- | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. The prefix for noun class 16 denoting locatives (position at a place).
    morpheme
  2. there, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Pa locative class|pa class_((XVI))]] subject concord
    morpheme
  3. contraction of pa- + -a-, literally “[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Pa locative class|pa class_((XVI))]] gnomic”
    abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, morpheme
  4. verb-initial form of -pa- (“there, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Pa locative class|pa class_((XVI))]] object concord”)
    morpheme

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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