kwa-

See also: kwa, Kwa, and -kʷa

Mohawk

Prefix

kwa-

  1. pronominal prefix for
    I ____ you (pl.)

Alternative forms
- Initial consonant
Environmentt/s/h/kn/r/w/’ae/eno/oniy
Word-Initial kwa-kwa-kw-kw-ti-kwen-kwa-

References
  • Nora Deering, Helga H. Delisle (1976) Mohawk: A teaching grammar (preliminary version), Quebec: Manitou College, page 383

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-.

Prefix

kwa-

  1. of; class 15 possessive concord.

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-.

Prefix

kwa-

  1. of; class 15 possessive concord.

Swahili

Prefix

kwa-

  1. Contraction of ku- + -a- (“ku class(XV/XVII) gnomic”).

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-.

Prefix

kwa-

  1. of; class 15 possessive concord.

Tocharian B

Verb

kwa-

  1. to call out
  2. to invite

Further reading
  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-.

Prefix

kwa-

  1. of; class 15 possessive concord.

Zulu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɠʷa/

Prefix

kwa-

  1. of; class 15 possessive concord.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɠʷa/

Prefix

kwa-

  1. of; class 17 possessive concord.
  2. at/to/from the home/place of
Usage notes

When used as sense 2, kwa- attaches to the noun without its augment. Hence kwamfundisi (at the reverend's house) rather than *komfundisi. When attached to pronouns, the pronouns take the possessive combining form when it exists (-ithu instead of -thi and so on).

References
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