ŵa

Tumbuka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-báa.

Verb

-ŵa (infinitive kuŵa)

  1. to be
  2. to exist
  3. to become

Derived terms

  • -ŵapo (“to be present”)
  • -ŵa na (“to have”)
  • -ŵa maso (“to be awake”)
  • -ŵa pachanya (“to be pregnant”)
  • kaŵiro (“nature, habit”)

References

  • William Y. Turner (1996) Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎[1], Central Africana Limited, pages 4, 177, 178, 215

Yao

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *báá-

Particle

ŵa

  1. Class 2 inflected form of -a

Derived terms

See also

Inflected forms of -a
singular plural
class 1 jwa class 2 ŵa
class 3 wa class 4 ja
class 5 lya class 6 ga
class 7 ca class 8 ya
class 9 ja class 10 sya
class 11 lwa
class 12 ka class 13 twa
class 14 wa
class 15 kwa
locative classes
class 16 class 17 class 18
pa kwa mwa
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