From ji- + -chubua.
-jichubua (infinitive kujichubua)
- reflexive form of -chubua: to scrub oneself
- to bleach (of skin)
Conjugation of -jichubua
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Positive present
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-najichubua
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Subjunctive
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-jichubue
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Negative
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-jichubui
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Imperative singular
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jichubua
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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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hujichubua
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lijichubua
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kujichubua
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -najichubua)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninajichubua/najichubua
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tunajichubua
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2nd person
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unajichubua
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mnajichubua
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anajichubua
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wanajichubua
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -najichubua
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -jichubui)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sijichubui
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hatujichubui
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2nd person
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hujichubui
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hamjichubui
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hajichubui
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hawajichubui
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -jichubui
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tajichubua
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tajichubua
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -jichubue)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nijichubue
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tujichubue
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2nd person
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ujichubue
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mjichubue
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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ajichubue
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wajichubue
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -jichubue
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sijichubue
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngejichubua
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singejichubua
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalijichubua
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalijichubua
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mejichubua
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshajichubua
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jajichubua
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kijichubua
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipojichubua
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Consecutive
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kajichubua / positive subject concord + -kajichubua
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kajichubue
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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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- The template Template:R:sw:Fritsch:2017 does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Fritsch, Katharina (2017) “‘Trans-skin’: Analyzing the practice of skin bleaching among middle-class women in Dar es Salaam”, in Ethnicities[1], volume 17, number 6, →DOI, page page of 749-770:However, responding to the question whether products like Fair&White in fact bleach, a doctor working at the above mentioned cosmetic supermarket points to the apparent difference between bleaching and lightening as commonly referred to by women using skin-bleaching products as well as by sellers. This distinction is reflected in two different Swahili terms, the doctor explains to me, both commonly referred to in day-to-day language: ‘Kujichubua’ literally meaning to ‘scrub oneself’, refers to ‘bleaching’, while ‘kung‘arisha’ describes the practice of ‘lightening’ as well as ‘softening’.