gusana

Spanish

Noun

gusana f (plural gusanas)

1. (nonstandard, rare) (female) worm

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-gusana (infinitive kugusana)

1. Reciprocal form of -gusa

Conjugation

Conjugation of -gusana
Positive present -nagusana Subjunctive -gusane Negative -gusani Imperative singular gusana
Infinitives
Positive kugusana Negative kutogusana
Imperatives
Singular gusana Plural gusaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hugusana Positive past positive subject concord + -ligusana Negative past negative subject concord + -kugusana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagusana) Singular Plural 1st person ninagusana/nagusana tunagusana 2nd person unagusana mnagusana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anagusana wanagusana other classes positive subject concord + -nagusana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -gusani) Singular Plural 1st person sigusani hatugusani 2nd person hugusani hamgusani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hagusani hawagusani other classes negative subject concord + -gusani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tagusana Negative future negative subject concord + -tagusana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -gusane) Singular Plural 1st person nigusane tugusane 2nd person ugusane mgusane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) agusane wagusane other classes positive subject concord + -gusane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sigusane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngegusana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singegusana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaligusana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaligusana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -agusana) Singular Plural 1st person nagusana twagusana 2nd person wagusana mwagusana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) agusana wagusana m-mi(III/IV) wagusana yagusana ji-ma(V/VI) lagusana yagusana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chagusana vyagusana n(IX/X) yagusana zagusana u(XI) wagusana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwagusana pa(XVI) pagusana mu(XVIII) mwagusana
Perfect positive subject concord + -megusana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshagusana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jagusana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kigusana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipogusana Consecutive kagusana / positive subject concord + -kagusana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kagusane Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -gusana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -gusanaye -gusanao m-mi(III/IV) -gusanao -gusanayo ji-ma(V/VI) -gusanalo -gusanayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -gusanacho -gusanavyo n(IX/X) -gusanayo -gusanazo u(XI) -gusanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -gusanako pa(XVI) -gusanapo mu(XVIII) -gusanamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -gusana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yegusana -ogusana m-mi(III/IV) -ogusana -yogusana ji-ma(V/VI) -logusana -yogusana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chogusana -vyogusana n(IX/X) -yogusana -zogusana u(XI) -ogusana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kogusana pa(XVI) -pogusana mu(XVIII) -mogusana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • mgusano (“contact”)