Hinde (1904) records kumenya as an equivalent of English know in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba kumanya as its equivalent.[1]
menya (infinitive kũmenya)
- to know[2]
- ndiramenya ― I do not know
(Verbs)
(Proverbs)
From Proto-Bantu [Term?].
-menya (infinitive kumenya)
- to peel
Conjugation of -menya
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Positive present
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-namenya
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Subjunctive
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-menye
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Negative
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-menyi
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Imperative singular
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menya
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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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humenya
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -limenya
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kumenya
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -namenya)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninamenya/namenya
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tunamenya
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2nd person
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unamenya
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mnamenya
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anamenya
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wanamenya
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -namenya
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -menyi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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simenyi
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hatumenyi
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2nd person
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humenyi
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hammenyi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hamenyi
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hawamenyi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -menyi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tamenya
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tamenya
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -menye)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nimenye
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tumenye
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2nd person
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umenye
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mmenye
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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amenye
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wamenye
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -menye
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -simenye
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngemenya
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singemenya
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalimenya
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalimenya
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -memenya
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshamenya
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jamenya
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kimenya
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipomenya
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Consecutive
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kamenya / positive subject concord + -kamenya
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kamenye
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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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