kwa-

See also: kwa, Kwa, and -kʷa

Mohawk

Prefix

kwa-

1. pronominal prefix for

   I ____ you (pl.)

Alternative forms

-	Initial consonant
Environment	t/s/h/k	n/r/w/’	a	e/en	o/on	i	y
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

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “kwa-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “kwa-”