-wa

• -a (after consonants)

Apheretic form of -a, from Proto-Algonquian *-a (animate singular suffix).

Cognate with Fox -a.

-wa

1. alternative form of -a

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *-wa (third person agreement suffix).

Cognate with Shawnee -wa and Unami -w.

-wa

1. marks third person singular animate in verbs

• Frantz, Donald G.; Genee, Inge (2016–2023), Blackfoot Online Dictionary‎^[1], University of Toronto Press

-wa

1. Rōmaji transcription of わ

• IPA^(key): /wa/

-wa

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

-wa

1. Passive suffix

See the lemma.

• IPA^(key): /wa/
• Homophone: -ha

-wa

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

-wa

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

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

From Proto-Bantu *-úa.

-wa

1. Forms passive verbs.

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-vъ.

• IPA^(key): /va/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: -wa

-wa f

1. forms feminine nouns

   ‎prukać + ‎-wa → ‎prukwa

• -wa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• -iwa/-ewa
• -liwa/-lewa

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-úa. Cognate with Tumbuka -wa (“passive suffix”) and Herero -w- (“passive extension”).

-wa

1. passive suffix

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

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

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.

• Swahili passive verbs

From Proto-Bantu *-úa.

-wa

1. Forms passive verbs.

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

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-úa (“passive suffix”).

-wa

1. Forms passive verbs.

From Proto-Bantu *-úa.

-wa

1. Forms passive verbs.

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

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-úa. Cognate with Swahili -wa, Tumbuka -wa, Zulu -wa, Xhosa -wa and Swazi -wa.

-wa

1. Forms passive verbs.

From Proto-Bantu *-ʊa.

-wa

1. Forms passive verbs.

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

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