legwa

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish legua, from Late Latin leuca, leuga (“the Gaulish mile”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *lougā.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: leg‧wa

Noun

legwa

1. a league; the distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers)

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-legwa (infinitive kulegwa)

1. Passive form of -lega

Conjugation

Conjugation of -legwa
Positive present -nalegwa Subjunctive -legwe Negative -legwi Imperative singular legwa
Infinitives
Positive kulegwa Negative kutolegwa
Imperatives
Singular legwa Plural legweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hulegwa Positive past positive subject concord + -lilegwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kulegwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nalegwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninalegwa/nalegwa tunalegwa 2nd person unalegwa mnalegwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) analegwa wanalegwa other classes positive subject concord + -nalegwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -legwi) Singular Plural 1st person silegwi hatulegwi 2nd person hulegwi hamlegwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) halegwi hawalegwi other classes negative subject concord + -legwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -talegwa Negative future negative subject concord + -talegwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -legwe) Singular Plural 1st person nilegwe tulegwe 2nd person ulegwe mlegwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) alegwe walegwe other classes positive subject concord + -legwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -silegwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngelegwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singelegwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalilegwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalilegwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -alegwa) Singular Plural 1st person nalegwa twalegwa 2nd person walegwa mwalegwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) alegwa walegwa m-mi(III/IV) walegwa yalegwa ji-ma(V/VI) lalegwa yalegwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chalegwa vyalegwa n(IX/X) yalegwa zalegwa u(XI) walegwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwalegwa pa(XVI) palegwa mu(XVIII) mwalegwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -melegwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshalegwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jalegwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kilegwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipolegwa Consecutive kalegwa / positive subject concord + -kalegwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kalegwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nilegwa -tulegwa 2nd person -kulegwa -walegwa/-kulegweni/-walegweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mlegwa -walegwa m-mi(III/IV) -ulegwa -ilegwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lilegwa -yalegwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kilegwa -vilegwa n(IX/X) -ilegwa -zilegwa u(XI) -ulegwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kulegwa pa(XVI) -palegwa mu(XVIII) -mulegwa Reflexive -jilegwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -legwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -legwaye -legwao m-mi(III/IV) -legwao -legwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -legwalo -legwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -legwacho -legwavyo n(IX/X) -legwayo -legwazo u(XI) -legwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -legwako pa(XVI) -legwapo mu(XVIII) -legwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -legwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yelegwa -olegwa m-mi(III/IV) -olegwa -yolegwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lolegwa -yolegwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -cholegwa -vyolegwa n(IX/X) -yolegwa -zolegwa u(XI) -olegwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kolegwa pa(XVI) -polegwa mu(XVIII) -molegwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.