kafini

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَفَّنَ (kaffana).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-kafini (infinitive kukafini)

1. to shroud, to cover with a shroud (of a corpse)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kafini
Positive present -nakafini Subjunctive -kafini Negative -kafini Imperative singular kafini
Infinitives
Positive kukafini Negative kutokafini
Imperatives
Singular kafini Plural kafinini
Tensed forms
Habitual hukafini Positive past positive subject concord + -likafini Negative past negative subject concord + -kukafini
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakafini) Singular Plural 1st person ninakafini/nakafini tunakafini 2nd person unakafini mnakafini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakafini wanakafini other classes positive subject concord + -nakafini
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kafini) Singular Plural 1st person sikafini hatukafini 2nd person hukafini hamkafini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakafini hawakafini other classes negative subject concord + -kafini
Positive future positive subject concord + -takafini Negative future negative subject concord + -takafini
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kafini) Singular Plural 1st person nikafini tukafini 2nd person ukafini mkafini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akafini wakafini other classes positive subject concord + -kafini
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikafini Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekafini Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekafini Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikafini Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikafini
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akafini) Singular Plural 1st person nakafini twakafini 2nd person wakafini mwakafini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akafini wakafini m-mi(III/IV) wakafini yakafini ji-ma(V/VI) lakafini yakafini ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakafini vyakafini n(IX/X) yakafini zakafini u(XI) wakafini see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakafini pa(XVI) pakafini mu(XVIII) mwakafini
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekafini "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakafini "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakafini "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikafini "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokafini Consecutive kakafini / positive subject concord + -kakafini Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakafini
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nikafini -tukafini 2nd person -kukafini -wakafini/-kukafinini/-wakafinini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkafini -wakafini m-mi(III/IV) -ukafini -ikafini ji-ma(V/VI) -likafini -yakafini ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikafini -vikafini n(IX/X) -ikafini -zikafini u(XI) -ukafini see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kukafini pa(XVI) -pakafini mu(XVIII) -mukafini Reflexive -jikafini
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kafini- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kafiniye -kafinio m-mi(III/IV) -kafinio -kafiniyo ji-ma(V/VI) -kafinilo -kafiniyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kafinicho -kafinivyo n(IX/X) -kafiniyo -kafinizo u(XI) -kafinio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kafiniko pa(XVI) -kafinipo mu(XVIII) -kafinimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kafini) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekafini -okafini m-mi(III/IV) -okafini -yokafini ji-ma(V/VI) -lokafini -yokafini ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokafini -vyokafini n(IX/X) -yokafini -zokafini u(XI) -okafini see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokafini pa(XVI) -pokafini mu(XVIII) -mokafini
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.