Cypriot Arabic

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Root
p-t-n
2 terms

Etymology

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Borrowed from Greek μπατανία (batanía), from Ottoman Turkish بطانیه (battaniye), from Arabic بَطَّانِيَّة (baṭṭāniyya).

Noun

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patanía f (plural pataniaes)

  1. blanket

References

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  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 161

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-patania (infinitive kupatania)

  1. Applicative form of -patana

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -patania
Positive present -napatania
Subjunctive -patanie
Negative -patanii
Imperative singular patania
Infinitives
Positive kupatania
Negative kutopatania
Imperatives
Singular patania
Plural patanieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupatania
Positive past positive subject concord + -lipatania
Negative past negative subject concord + -kupatania
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napatania)
Singular Plural
1st person ninapatania/napatania tunapatania
2nd person unapatania mnapatania
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapatania wanapatania
other classes positive subject concord + -napatania
Negative present (negative subject concord + -patanii)
Singular Plural
1st person sipatanii hatupatanii
2nd person hupatanii hampatanii
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapatanii hawapatanii
other classes negative subject concord + -patanii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapatania
Negative future negative subject concord + -tapatania
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -patanie)
Singular Plural
1st person nipatanie tupatanie
2nd person upatanie mpatanie
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apatanie wapatanie
other classes positive subject concord + -patanie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipatanie
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepatania
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepatania
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipatania
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipatania
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apatania)
Singular Plural
1st person napatania twapatania
2nd person wapatania mwapatania
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apatania wapatania
m-mi(III/IV) wapatania yapatania
ji-ma(V/VI) lapatania yapatania
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapatania vyapatania
n(IX/X) yapatania zapatania
u(XI) wapatania see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwapatania
pa(XVI) papatania
mu(XVIII) mwapatania
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepatania
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshapatania
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -japatania
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kipatania
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipopatania
Consecutive kapatania / positive subject concord + -kapatania
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapatanie
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nipatania -tupatania
2nd person -kupatania -wapatania/-kupatanieni/-wapatanieni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpatania -wapatania
m-mi(III/IV) -upatania -ipatania
ji-ma(V/VI) -lipatania -yapatania
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipatania -vipatania
n(IX/X) -ipatania -zipatania
u(XI) -upatania see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kupatania
pa(XVI) -papatania
mu(XVIII) -mupatania
Reflexive -jipatania
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -patania- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -pataniaye -pataniao
m-mi(III/IV) -pataniao -pataniayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -patanialo -pataniayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pataniacho -pataniavyo
n(IX/X) -pataniayo -pataniazo
u(XI) -pataniao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -pataniako
pa(XVI) -pataniapo
mu(XVIII) -pataniamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -patania)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yepatania -opatania
m-mi(III/IV) -opatania -yopatania
ji-ma(V/VI) -lopatania -yopatania
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopatania -vyopatania
n(IX/X) -yopatania -zopatania
u(XI) -opatania see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kopatania
pa(XVI) -popatania
mu(XVIII) -mopatania
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.