jaza

See also: ĵaza and Jaza

Portuguese

Verb

jaza

1. inflection of jazer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

jaza (Cyrillic spelling јаза)

1. genitive singular of jaz

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Verb

-jaza (infinitive kujaza)

1. Causative form of -jaa: to fill

Conjugation

Conjugation of -jaza
Positive present -najaza Subjunctive -jaze Negative -jazi Imperative singular jaza
Infinitives
Positive kujaza Negative kutojaza
Imperatives
Singular jaza Plural jazeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hujaza Positive past positive subject concord + -lijaza Negative past negative subject concord + -kujaza
Positive present (positive subject concord + -najaza) Singular Plural 1st person ninajaza/najaza tunajaza 2nd person unajaza mnajaza 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anajaza wanajaza other classes positive subject concord + -najaza
Negative present (negative subject concord + -jazi) Singular Plural 1st person sijazi hatujazi 2nd person hujazi hamjazi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hajazi hawajazi other classes negative subject concord + -jazi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tajaza Negative future negative subject concord + -tajaza
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -jaze) Singular Plural 1st person nijaze tujaze 2nd person ujaze mjaze 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ajaze wajaze other classes positive subject concord + -jaze
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sijaze Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngejaza Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singejaza Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalijaza Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalijaza
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ajaza) Singular Plural 1st person najaza twajaza 2nd person wajaza mwajaza 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ajaza wajaza m-mi(III/IV) wajaza yajaza ji-ma(V/VI) lajaza yajaza ki-vi(VII/VIII) chajaza vyajaza n(IX/X) yajaza zajaza u(XI) wajaza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwajaza pa(XVI) pajaza mu(XVIII) mwajaza
Perfect positive subject concord + -mejaza "Already" positive subject concord + -meshajaza "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jajaza "If/When" positive subject concord + -kijaza "If not" positive subject concord + -sipojaza Consecutive kajaza / positive subject concord + -kajaza Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kajaze
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nijaza -tujaza 2nd person -kujaza -wajaza/-kujazeni/-wajazeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mjaza -wajaza m-mi(III/IV) -ujaza -ijaza ji-ma(V/VI) -lijaza -yajaza ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kijaza -vijaza n(IX/X) -ijaza -zijaza u(XI) -ujaza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kujaza pa(XVI) -pajaza mu(XVIII) -mujaza Reflexive -jijaza
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -jaza- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -jazaye -jazao m-mi(III/IV) -jazao -jazayo ji-ma(V/VI) -jazalo -jazayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -jazacho -jazavyo n(IX/X) -jazayo -jazazo u(XI) -jazao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -jazako pa(XVI) -jazapo mu(XVIII) -jazamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -jaza) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yejaza -ojaza m-mi(III/IV) -ojaza -yojaza ji-ma(V/VI) -lojaza -yojaza ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chojaza -vyojaza n(IX/X) -yojaza -zojaza u(XI) -ojaza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kojaza pa(XVI) -pojaza mu(XVIII) -mojaza
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -jazia
  • Causative: -jazisha
  • Passive: -jazwa
  • Reciprocal: -jazana
  • Stative: -jazika

• Nominal derivations:
  • ujazo (“volume, capacity”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic جَزَاء (jazāʔ).

Noun

jaza (n class, plural jaza)

1. gift, reward, favor