swi-

Tsonga

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *jí-, plus augment. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *bì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.

Prefix

swi-

  1. Class 8 noun prefix.
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