-wa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "wa"

Japanese

Romanization

-wa

1. Rōmaji transcription of わ

Jarawa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa/

Suffix

-wa

1. Post-back vowel allomorphic form of -jə (an evidential suffix marking verifiable action).

Kongo

Suffix

-wa

1. Passive suffix

Maltese

Etymology

See the lemma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa/
• Homophone: -ha

Suffix

-wa

1. Alternative form of -a (feminine, plural, or singulative ending), used with stems ending in -u, -w.

Mokilese

Suffix

-wa

1. Used to mark nouns as definite, thereby making it equivalent to English the

   ‎war (“canoe”) + ‎-wa → ‎warwa (“the canoe”)

See also

Mokilese determinative suffixes

Demonstratives	Singular	Plural
Proximal (near speaker)	-e	-kai
Medial (near hearer)	-en, -n	-kan
Distal (near neither speaker nor hearer)	-o, -u	-ok
Articles
indefinite	-ew, -men, -oaw, -pas, -kij	-pwi
definite	-wa	-wa

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-úa.

Suffix

-wa

1. Forms passive verbs.

Usage notes

When affixed to monosyllabic stems, the suffix becomes -iwa.

Derived terms

Phuthi terms suffixed with -wa

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-vъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Suffix

-wa f

1. forms feminine nouns

   ‎prukać + ‎-wa → ‎prukwa

Declension

Declension of -wa

	singular	plural
nominative	-wa	-wy
genitive	-wy	-w
dative	-wie	-wom
accusative	-wę	-wy
instrumental	-wą	-wami
locative	-wie	-wach
vocative	-wo	-wy

Derived terms

Polish terms suffixed with -wa

Further reading

• -wa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swahili

Alternative forms

• -iwa/-ewa
• -liwa/-lewa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-úa.

Suffix

-wa

1. passive suffix

   ‎-tuma (“to send”) + ‎-wa → ‎-tumwa (“to be sent”)

   ‎-jaa (“to fill”) + ‎-wa → ‎-jawa (“to be filled”)

Usage notes

This suffix is often similar in meaning to the stative suffix -ika/-eka, but it differs in that it can take an agent preceded by na:

Kiti kimevunjika. ― The chair is broken.

Kiti kimevunjwa na mtoto. ― The chair has been broken by the child.

Derived terms

• Swahili passive verbs

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-úa.

Suffix

-wa

1. Forms passive verbs.

Usage notes

When affixed to monosyllabic stems, the suffix becomes -iwa.

Derived terms

Swazi terms suffixed with -wa

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-úa.

Suffix

-wa

1. Forms passive verbs.

Usage notes

When affixed to monosyllabic stems, the suffix becomes -iwa.

Derived terms

Xhosa terms suffixed with -wa

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-ʊa.

Suffix

-wa

1. Forms passive verbs.

Usage notes

When affixed to monosyllabic stems, the suffix becomes -iwa.

Derived terms

Zulu terms suffixed with -wa

References

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