swa-

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese swa, from Sanskrit स्व (svá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swás, from Proto-Indo-European *swós.

Prefix

swa-

  1. self-, auto-
    swadayaself-reliance
    swahargaself-respect

Derived terms

Further reading

Oneida

Prefix

swa-

  1. second person plural agent pronominal prefix
    you (p) _______
  2. second person plural patient pronominal prefix
    _______ you (p)

References

  • Floyd Lounsbury (1953) “Chapter 5, Table 6: Pronominal Prefixes”, in Oneida Verb Morphology, Yale University Press