See also: Appendix:Variations of "zaa"
Translingual
Symbol
zaa
- (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Sierra de Juárez Zapotec.
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Sierra de Juárez Zapotec terms
English
Noun
zaa (plural zaas)
- The letter ظ in the Arabic script.
2006, Coleman South, Leslie Jermyn, Syria, page 95:Z (zaa): a loose-tongued z; same as above.
2013, Jane Wightwick, Mahmoud Gaafar, Colloquial Arabic of Egypt:the letter Zaa, formally an emphatic 'z', but often pronounced as an emphatic 'd' in Egyptian Arabic
Translations
Anagrams
Lutuv
Pronunciation
Noun
zaa
- pocket
References
- Kelly Harper Berkson, Amanda Bohnert, Sui Hnem Par (2022) “Consonant Sounds in Hnaring Lutuv”, in Indiana Working Papers in South Asian Languages and Cultures[1], volume 3, number 1
Swahili
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-bíada.
Pronunciation
Verb
-zaa (infinitive kuzaa)
- to give birth, bear
- to beget
Conjugation
| Conjugation of -zaa
|
| Positive present
|
-nazaa
|
| Subjunctive
|
-zae
|
| Negative
|
-zai
|
| Imperative singular
|
zaa
|
|
| Infinitives
|
| Positive
|
kuzaa
|
| Negative
|
kutozaa
|
|
| Imperatives
|
| Singular
|
zaa
|
| Plural
|
zaeni
|
|
| Tensed forms
|
| Habitual
|
huzaa
|
| Positive past
|
positive subject concord + -lizaa
|
| Negative past
|
negative subject concord + -kuzaa
|
|
| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazaa)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
ninazaa/nazaa
|
tunazaa
|
| 2nd person
|
unazaa
|
mnazaa
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
anazaa
|
wanazaa
|
| other classes
|
positive subject concord + -nazaa
|
|
| Negative present (negative subject concord + -zai)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
sizai
|
hatuzai
|
| 2nd person
|
huzai
|
hamzai
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
hazai
|
hawazai
|
| other classes
|
negative subject concord + -zai
|
|
| Positive future
|
positive subject concord + -tazaa
|
| Negative future
|
negative subject concord + -tazaa
|
|
| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zae)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
nizae
|
tuzae
|
| 2nd person
|
uzae
|
mzae
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
azae
|
wazae
|
| other classes
|
positive subject concord + -zae
|
|
| Negative subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -sizae
|
| Positive present conditional
|
positive subject concord + -ngezaa
|
| Negative present conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singezaa
|
| Positive past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -ngalizaa
|
| Negative past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singalizaa
|
|
| Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azaa)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
nazaa
|
twazaa
|
| 2nd person
|
wazaa
|
mwazaa
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
azaa
|
wazaa
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
wazaa
|
yazaa
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
lazaa
|
yazaa
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
chazaa
|
vyazaa
|
| n(IX/X)
|
yazaa
|
zazaa
|
| u(XI)
|
wazaa
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
kwazaa
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
pazaa
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
mwazaa
|
|
|
| Perfect
|
positive subject concord + -mezaa
|
| "Already"
|
positive subject concord + -meshazaa
|
| "Not yet"
|
negative subject concord + -jazaa
|
| "If/When"
|
positive subject concord + -kizaa
|
| "If not"
|
positive subject concord + -sipozaa
|
| Consecutive
|
kazaa / positive subject concord + -kazaa
|
| Consecutive subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -kazae
|
|
| Object concord (indicative positive)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
-nizaa
|
-tuzaa
|
| 2nd person
|
-kuzaa
|
-wazaa/-kuzaeni/-wazaeni
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
-mzaa
|
-wazaa
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-uzaa
|
-izaa
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-lizaa
|
-yazaa
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-kizaa
|
-vizaa
|
| n(IX/X)
|
-izaa
|
-zizaa
|
| u(XI)
|
-uzaa
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-kuzaa
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
-pazaa
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
-muzaa
|
|
| Reflexive
|
-jizaa
|
|
| Relative forms
|
| General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zaa- + relative marker)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| m-wa(I/II)
|
-zaaye
|
-zaao
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-zaao
|
-zaayo
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-zaalo
|
-zaayo
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-zaacho
|
-zaavyo
|
| n(IX/X)
|
-zaayo
|
-zaazo
|
| u(XI)
|
-zaao
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-zaako
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
-zaapo
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
-zaamo
|
|
|
| Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zaa)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| m-wa(I/II)
|
-yezaa
|
-ozaa
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-ozaa
|
-yozaa
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-lozaa
|
-yozaa
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-chozaa
|
-vyozaa
|
| n(IX/X)
|
-yozaa
|
-zozaa
|
| u(XI)
|
-ozaa
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-kozaa
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
-pozaa
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
-mozaa
|
|
|
|
| Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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Derived terms
- Nominal derivations:
- kizazi (“lineage”)
- mzazi (“parent”)
- uzazi (“parenthood”)
- zao (“offspring; crops (in the plural)”)