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a-¹

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Inherited from Proto-Bantu *à-.

prefix

  1. morpheme she, he; 3rd person singular ([[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|m class_((I))]]) subject concord اِدَاوُ كِغِمَ هُمِتَ پِيْبِ ، اَسِپَتِ كَطِ كُنَ مَااِيِ

    Opposite: ha-

a-²

prefix

  1. abbreviation, contraction, morpheme contraction of a- + -a-, literally “3rd person singular ([[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|m class_((I))]]) gnomic”

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MLA

"a-." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/a-. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

a-. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/a-

Chicago

"a-." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/a-.

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@misc{a_2026,
  title = {a-},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/a-},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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