gaiwa

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡâi.wáː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɡêi.wáː]

Noun

gâiwā f (plural gaiwōyī, possessed form gâiwar̃)

1. lungfish

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-gaiwa (infinitive kugaiwa)

1. Passive form of -gaia

Conjugation

Conjugation of -gaiwa
Positive present -nagaiwa Subjunctive -gaiwe Negative -gaiwi Imperative singular gaiwa
Infinitives
Positive kugaiwa Negative kutogaiwa
Imperatives
Singular gaiwa Plural gaiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hugaiwa Positive past positive subject concord + -ligaiwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kugaiwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagaiwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninagaiwa/nagaiwa tunagaiwa 2nd person unagaiwa mnagaiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anagaiwa wanagaiwa other classes positive subject concord + -nagaiwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -gaiwi) Singular Plural 1st person sigaiwi hatugaiwi 2nd person hugaiwi hamgaiwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hagaiwi hawagaiwi other classes negative subject concord + -gaiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tagaiwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tagaiwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -gaiwe) Singular Plural 1st person nigaiwe tugaiwe 2nd person ugaiwe mgaiwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) agaiwe wagaiwe other classes positive subject concord + -gaiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sigaiwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngegaiwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singegaiwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaligaiwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaligaiwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -agaiwa) Singular Plural 1st person nagaiwa twagaiwa 2nd person wagaiwa mwagaiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) agaiwa wagaiwa m-mi(III/IV) wagaiwa yagaiwa ji-ma(V/VI) lagaiwa yagaiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chagaiwa vyagaiwa n(IX/X) yagaiwa zagaiwa u(XI) wagaiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwagaiwa pa(XVI) pagaiwa mu(XVIII) mwagaiwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -megaiwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshagaiwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jagaiwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kigaiwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipogaiwa Consecutive kagaiwa / positive subject concord + -kagaiwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kagaiwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nigaiwa -tugaiwa 2nd person -kugaiwa -wagaiwa/-kugaiweni/-wagaiweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mgaiwa -wagaiwa m-mi(III/IV) -ugaiwa -igaiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -ligaiwa -yagaiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kigaiwa -vigaiwa n(IX/X) -igaiwa -zigaiwa u(XI) -ugaiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kugaiwa pa(XVI) -pagaiwa mu(XVIII) -mugaiwa Reflexive -jigaiwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -gaiwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -gaiwaye -gaiwao m-mi(III/IV) -gaiwao -gaiwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -gaiwalo -gaiwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -gaiwacho -gaiwavyo n(IX/X) -gaiwayo -gaiwazo u(XI) -gaiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -gaiwako pa(XVI) -gaiwapo mu(XVIII) -gaiwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -gaiwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yegaiwa -ogaiwa m-mi(III/IV) -ogaiwa -yogaiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -logaiwa -yogaiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chogaiwa -vyogaiwa n(IX/X) -yogaiwa -zogaiwa u(XI) -ogaiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kogaiwa pa(XVI) -pogaiwa mu(XVIII) -mogaiwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.