Where does “-wa” come from?

-wa (Zulu) comes from Proto-Bantu -ʊa.

-wa (Zulu): Forms passive verbs

Definitions

  1. Forms passive verbs

Ancestry of “-wa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantu-ʊa—

Words derived from “-wa”

Every word from Proto-Bantu -ʊa →