ahiri
- water
- I Simposio Antonio Tovar sobre Lenguas Amerindias (Emilio Ridruejo Alonso, Mara Fuertes, Carlos González-Espresati; 2003)
- Čestmír Loukotka, Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) ?
- native-languages.org
Borrowed from Arabic أَخَّرَ (ʔaḵḵara).
-ahiri (infinitive kuahiri)
- to delay, to put off, to procrastinate
Conjugation of -ahiri
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Positive present
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-naahiri
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Subjunctive
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-ahiri
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Negative
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-ahiri
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Imperative singular
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ahiri
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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huahiri
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -liahiri
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuahiri
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -naahiri)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninaahiri/naahiri
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tunaahiri
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2nd person
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unaahiri
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mnaahiri
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anaahiri
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wanaahiri
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -naahiri
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -ahiri)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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siahiri
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hatuahiri
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2nd person
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huahiri
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hamwahiri
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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haahiri
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hawaahiri
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -ahiri
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -taahiri
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -taahiri
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ahiri)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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niahiri
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tuahiri
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2nd person
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uahiri
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mwahiri
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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aahiri
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waahiri
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -ahiri
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -siahiri
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngeahiri
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singeahiri
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngaliahiri
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singaliahiri
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -meahiri
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshaahiri
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jaahiri
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kiahiri
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipoahiri
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Consecutive
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kaahiri / positive subject concord + -kaahiri
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kaahiri
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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