ba-, prefix

A Sotho and Setswana plural noun prefix found in some words originating in these languages.

Note:: For examples, see Bakwena, Batlhaping. In Sotho and seTswana, the singular of words beginning ba- is formed by replacing this prefix with mo- or by dropping it. In South African English this pattern is not always observed, and words in the plural forms are sometimes treated as singular nouns, an -s being added to form the English plural, or (especially in the names of peoples), the noun stem, with neither prefix nor -s, being used as a collective plural. See also mo-.

A Sotho and Setswana plural noun prefix found in some words originating in these languages.

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