Tumbuka
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bà-.
Prefix
[edit]ŵa-
- Class 2 noun prefix.
Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bá-
Prefix
[edit]ŵa-
- Class 2 subject concord.
Etymology 3
[edit]From ŵa- (“they”) + -a- (“recent past infix”). Cognate with Chichewa a-
Prefix
[edit]ŵa-
- 3rd person plural subject concord in the recent past tense.
- 3rd person singular subject concord in the recent past tense for conveying respect.
See also
[edit]Etymology 4
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Bantu *báá-
Prefix
[edit]ŵa-
- Class 2 possessive concords.
Yao
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bá-.
Prefix
[edit]ŵa-
- Class 2 pronominal concord.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bà-.
Prefix
[edit]ŵa-
- Class 2 noun prefix.
Usage notes
[edit]Not all Yao nouns use this class prefix to form their plural. Some nouns do not use the 'ŵ' to form their plural, whereas others are prefixed by aca-
Categories:
- Tumbuka terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Tumbuka terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Tumbuka lemmas
- Tumbuka prefixes
- Tumbuka noun prefixes
- Tumbuka subject concords
- Tumbuka terms prefixed with ŵa-
- Tumbuka terms interfixed with -a-
- Tumbuka possessive concords
- Yao terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Yao terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Yao lemmas
- Yao prefixes
- Yao pronominal concords
- Yao noun prefixes