kwa-
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *kwá-, from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *kwá-, from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-
Tocharian B
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-Nguni *kwá-, from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-
Zulu
Etymology 1
From Proto-Nguni *kwá-, from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɠwá/
Etymology 2
From Proto-Nguni *kwá-, from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́á-
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɠwá/
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɠwá/
Usage notes
Unlike other prepositions, kwa- is not attached to the full form of the noun, but rather to the stem (without the noun prefix). When attached to pronouns, the pronouns take the possessive combining form when it exists (-ithu instead of -thi and so on).
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “kwa-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “kwa-”
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