Borrowed from Arabic نَقْص (naqṣ).[1]
nakisi (n class, plural nakisi)
- deficit, shortage
- Synonym: upungufu
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) reduction
Borrowed from Arabic نَقَّصَ (naqqaṣa).
-nakisi (infinitive kunakisi)
- to reduce
- Synonym: -punguza
Conjugation of -nakisi
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Positive present
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-nanakisi
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Subjunctive
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-nakisi
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Negative
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-nakisi
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Imperative singular
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nakisi
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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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hunakisi
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -linakisi
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kunakisi
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nanakisi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninanakisi/nanakisi
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tunanakisi
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2nd person
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unanakisi
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mnanakisi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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ananakisi
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wananakisi
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nanakisi
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -nakisi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sinakisi
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hatunakisi
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2nd person
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hunakisi
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hamnakisi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hanakisi
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hawanakisi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -nakisi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tanakisi
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tanakisi
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -nakisi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninakisi
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tunakisi
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2nd person
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unakisi
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mnakisi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anakisi
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wanakisi
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nakisi
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sinakisi
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngenakisi
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singenakisi
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalinakisi
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalinakisi
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -menakisi
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshanakisi
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -janakisi
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kinakisi
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -siponakisi
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Consecutive
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kanakisi / positive subject concord + -kanakisi
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kanakisi
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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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- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 293 Nr. 2785