Etymology
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From Swahili shauri.
shauri (plural shauris)
- (dated, Africa) A consultation, usually between a bwana and a local African.
1876, Henry Morton Stanley, Through the Dark Continent, volume 2, page 78:Strangers were few before they saw us, and we had shauri after shauri with them.
1896, John Walter Gregory, The Great Rift Valley, page 129:The poor guide had been sitting through the shauri open-eyed and open-mouthed, intensely puzzled by the whole performance.
- 30 October 1935, letter by Helga Voigt published in Letters from Helga 1934-1937 (2008) on p. 119:
- Although we have a lot of variety through the local folks, who constantly refresh us with new shauris, they would likely not interest you.
- (Kenya) One's problem; concern.
- Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) (volume 5, page 431)
- Whether these people will be taken on or not is not my shauri.
Anagrams
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Etymology
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From Arabic شَوْر (šawr, “advice, counsel”).
Pronunciation
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shauri (ma class, plural mashauri)
- plan
- advice
- consultation
- matter of conversation
-shauri (infinitive kushauri)
- to consult, confer
Conjugation
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Conjugation of -shauri
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Positive present
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-nashauri
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Subjunctive
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-shauri
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Negative
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-shauri
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Imperative singular
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shauri
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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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hushauri
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lishauri
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kushauri
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nashauri)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninashauri/nashauri
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tunashauri
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2nd person
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unashauri
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mnashauri
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anashauri
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wanashauri
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nashauri
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -shauri)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sishauri
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hatushauri
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2nd person
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hushauri
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hamshauri
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hashauri
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hawashauri
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -shauri
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tashauri
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tashauri
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -shauri)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nishauri
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tushauri
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2nd person
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ushauri
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mshauri
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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ashauri
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washauri
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -shauri
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sishauri
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngeshauri
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singeshauri
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalishauri
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalishauri
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -meshauri
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshashauri
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jashauri
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kishauri
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -siposhauri
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Consecutive
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kashauri / positive subject concord + -kashauri
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kashauri
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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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Derived terms
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