Borrowed from Arabic قَطَعَ (qaṭaʕa).
-kataa (infinitive kukataa)
- to refuse, deny, object, renounce
18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi[1], translation from R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249, stanza 11:هُنِلِزِ نَمِ كَلِ بَيْنِ ، لِوَاپُ نَسُرَ نِسِ كَتَيْ- Hunelezi nami kali baini, liwapo na-sura nisi katae.
- Can't you tell it me plainly that I may admit it?
Conjugation of -kataa
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Positive present
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-nakataa
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Subjunctive
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-katae
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Negative
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-katai
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Imperative singular
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kataa
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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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hukataa
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -likataa
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kukataa
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakataa)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninakataa/nakataa
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tunakataa
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2nd person
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unakataa
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mnakataa
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anakataa
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wanakataa
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nakataa
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -katai)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sikatai
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hatukatai
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2nd person
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hukatai
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hamkatai
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hakatai
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hawakatai
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -katai
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -takataa
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -takataa
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -katae)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nikatae
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tukatae
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2nd person
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ukatae
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mkatae
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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akatae
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wakatae
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -katae
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sikatae
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngekataa
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singekataa
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalikataa
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalikataa
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mekataa
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshakataa
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jakataa
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kikataa
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipokataa
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Consecutive
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kakataa / positive subject concord + -kakataa
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kakatae
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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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