Meaning of wa- | Babel Free

Definitions

1. [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|wa class_((II))]] noun prefix and adjective agreement prefix, denoting plurals of [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|m class_((I))]]
   morpheme
2. they, 3rd person plural ([[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|wa class_((II))]]) subject concord
   morpheme
3. contraction of u- + -a-, literally “2nd person singular, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|m class_((III))]], and [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#U class|u class_((XI))]] gnomic”
   abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, morpheme
4. verb-initial form of -wa- (“them (3rd person plural ([[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|wa class_((II))]]) object concord) or you (2nd person plural object concord)”)
   morpheme
5. contraction of wa- + -a-, literally “3rd person plural ([[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|wa class_((II))]]) gnomic”
   abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, morpheme

Equivalents

Examples

“watoto wazuri”

nice children

“mtu (“person”) → watu (“people”)”

“Mwingereza (“English person”) → Waingereza (“English people”)”

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