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a-¹
Where it comes from
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *à-.
prefix
-
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
- contraction of a- + -a-, literally “3rd person singular ([[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|m class_((I))]]) gnomic”
Talk about this word "a-." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/a-. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. a-. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/a- "a-." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/a-.Cite this
@misc{a_2026,
title = {a-},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/a-},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}