-nwa
passive suffix
-nwa
suffix. passive suffix; active participle (intransitive verbs), passive suffix; active participle (intransitive verbs); [ᴹQ.] perfective participle
Derivations
- ✶-nwā “passive participle, present (perfect)”
Element in
- Q. mirröanwë “incarnate”
-nwā
suffix. passive participle, present (perfect)
Derivatives
- Q. -nwa “passive suffix; active participle (intransitive verbs), passive suffix; active participle (intransitive verbs); [ᴹQ.] perfective participle”
Element in
- ✶wanwa “gone, taken away, lost, departed” ✧ PE22/136
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-nwa
suffix. perfective adjective
Element in
- ᴹQ. vanwa “gone (for good), departed, vanished, lost, past, over, dead” ✧ PE22/106; PE22/112
-ma
suffix. passive participle
Variations
- -ma ✧ PE14/056
-ndon
suffix. -ly, -ily; manner suffix
Variations
- -indon ✧ PE14/047; PE14/047 (-indon); PE14/078
- -don ✧ PE14/047 (-don); PE14/078
- -nwa ✧ PE14/078
- -son ✧ PE14/078
- -ta ✧ PE14/078
- -va ✧ PE14/078
-nwa is said to be "a passive suffix" irregularly occurring in the word vanwa "lost" (PE17:63), the word seems to be irregular since the underlying root means "go away" and so vanwa is in a sense a past active participle, *"having gone". Compare PE17:68.