# wa-
## Chuukese
### Prefix

wa-
* to put
* to place

## Curripaco
### Prefix

wa-
* first person plural agent marker

### References

* Swintha Danielsen, Tania Granadillo, Agreement in two Arawak languages, in The Typology of Semantic Alignment (edited by Mark Donohue, Søren Wichmann) (2008, →ISBN, page 398

## Lakota
### Prefix

wa-
* turns certain verbs into a noun; verbal noun modifier
    ‎wa- + ‎pȟóštaŋ (“to put something on one's head”) → ‎wapȟóštaŋ (“hat”)
* creates an agent noun
    ‎wa- + ‎oyúspa (“to seize, grab, hold on to, arrest”) → ‎wawóyuspa (“policeman”)
* to do with arrowheads

#### Synonyms

* (verbal noun): wó-
* (arrowhead): wi-, waŋ-

## Northern Ndebele
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-.

#### Prefix

wa-
* of; class 1 possessive concord.

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-.

#### Prefix

wa-
* of; class 3 possessive concord.

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *gá-.

#### Prefix

wa-
* they; class 6 subject concord; form of a- used when another prefix precedes.
* them; class 6 object concord.

## Phuthi
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *gá-.

### Prefix

wa-
* they; class 6 subject concord; form of a- used when another prefix precedes.
* them; class 6 object concord.

## Southern Ndebele
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-.

#### Prefix

wa-
* of; class 1 possessive concord.

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-.

#### Prefix

wa-
* of; class 3 possessive concord.

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *gá-.

#### Prefix

wa-
* they; class 6 subject concord; form of a- used when another prefix precedes.
* them; class 6 object concord.

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *bà-.

#### Prefix

wa- (singular m-)
* wa class$_{(II)}$ noun prefix and adjective agreement prefix, denoting plurals of m class$_{(I)}$
    watoto wazuri ― nice children
    ‎mtu (“person”) → ‎watu (“people”)
    ‎Mwingereza (“English person”) → ‎Waingereza (“English people”)

##### Usage notes

Some words are irregular:
    ‎mwizi (“thief”) → ‎wezi (“thieves”)
    ‎mwanamke (“woman”) → ‎wanawake (“women”)
    ‎-ingine (“other”) → ‎wengine

##### See also

* Appendix:Swahili noun classes

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *bá-.

#### Prefix

wa-
* they, 3rd person plural (wa class$_{(II)}$) subject concord
    Antonym: hawa-
* verb-initial form of -wa- (“them (3rd person plural (wa class$_{(II)}$) object concord) or you (2nd person plural object concord)”)

##### See also
### Etymology 3
#### Prefix

wa-
* Contraction of u- + -a- (“2nd person singular, m class$_{(III)}$, and u class$_{(XI)}$ gnomic”).
* Contraction of wa- + -a- (“3rd person plural (wa class$_{(II)}$) gnomic”).

## Swazi
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *gá-.

#### Prefix

wa-
* they; class 6 subject concord; form of a- used when another prefix precedes.
* them; class 6 object concord.

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-.

#### Prefix

wa-
* of; class 1 possessive concord.

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-.

#### Prefix

wa-
* of; class 3 possessive concord.

## Xhosa
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-.

#### Prefix

wa-
* of; class 1 possessive concord.

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-.

#### Prefix

wa-
* of; class 3 possessive concord.

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *gá-.

#### Prefix

wa-
* they; class 6 subject concord; form of a- used when another prefix precedes.
* them; class 6 object concord.

## Zulu
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀á-.

#### Prefix

wa-
* of; class 1 possessive concord.

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́á-.

#### Prefix

wa-
* of; class 3 possessive concord.

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *gá-.

#### Prefix

wá-
* they; class 6 subject concord; form of a- used when another prefix precedes.
* them; class 6 object concord.

### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “wa-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “wa-”