ja-

• jā-
• je-
• jo-
• jo̧-
• jō-

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [tʲæ‿ʲ, tʲæ‿ˠ, tʲɑ‿ˠ, tʲæ‿ʷ, tʲɒ‿ʷ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /tʲæ-/
• Bender phonemes: {ja-}

• Category:Marshallese terms prefixed with ja-

ja-

1. not

This prefix is fused directly to a stem without a hyphen.

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

• je-, ji-, joa-

Cognate with Marshallese ja-

• IPA^(key): /ca-/

ja-

1. not

ja- is applied to stative verbs to create a stative with the opposite meaning. Therefore, sihkei (“to be strong”) becomes jasihkei (“to be weak”). Not all statives are allowed to take this prefix.

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *gɪ́á-. Cognate with Chichewa ya-, Tumbuka ya-, Northern Ndebele ya-, Southern Ndebele ya-, Xhosa ya- and Zulu ya-.

ja-

1. Class 4 possessive concords.