Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic تَبَوَّلَ (tabawwala).

Verb

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-tabawali (infinitive kutabawali)

  1. to urinate
    Synonym: -kojoa

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -tabawali
Positive present -natabawali
Subjunctive -tabawali
Negative -tabawali
Imperative singular tabawali
Infinitives
Positive kutabawali
Negative kutotabawali
Imperatives
Singular tabawali
Plural tabawalini
Tensed forms
Habitual hutabawali
Positive past positive subject concord + -litabawali
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutabawali
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natabawali)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatabawali/natabawali tunatabawali
2nd person unatabawali mnatabawali
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatabawali wanatabawali
other classes positive subject concord + -natabawali
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tabawali)
Singular Plural
1st person sitabawali hatutabawali
2nd person hutabawali hamtabawali
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatabawali hawatabawali
other classes negative subject concord + -tabawali
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatabawali
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatabawali
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tabawali)
Singular Plural
1st person nitabawali tutabawali
2nd person utabawali mtabawali
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atabawali watabawali
other classes positive subject concord + -tabawali
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitabawali
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetabawali
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetabawali
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitabawali
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitabawali
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atabawali)
Singular Plural
1st person natabawali twatabawali
2nd person watabawali mwatabawali
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atabawali watabawali
m-mi(III/IV) watabawali yatabawali
ji-ma(V/VI) latabawali yatabawali
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatabawali vyatabawali
n(IX/X) yatabawali zatabawali
u(XI) watabawali see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatabawali
pa(XVI) patabawali
mu(XVIII) mwatabawali
Perfect positive subject concord + -metabawali
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatabawali
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatabawali
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitabawali
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotabawali
Consecutive katabawali / positive subject concord + -katabawali
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katabawali
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitabawali -tutabawali
2nd person -kutabawali -watabawali/-kutabawalini/-watabawalini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtabawali -watabawali
m-mi(III/IV) -utabawali -itabawali
ji-ma(V/VI) -litabawali -yatabawali
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitabawali -vitabawali
n(IX/X) -itabawali -zitabawali
u(XI) -utabawali see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutabawali
pa(XVI) -patabawali
mu(XVIII) -mutabawali
Reflexive -jitabawali
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tabawali- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tabawaliye -tabawalio
m-mi(III/IV) -tabawalio -tabawaliyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tabawalilo -tabawaliyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tabawalicho -tabawalivyo
n(IX/X) -tabawaliyo -tabawalizo
u(XI) -tabawalio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tabawaliko
pa(XVI) -tabawalipo
mu(XVIII) -tabawalimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tabawali)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetabawali -otabawali
m-mi(III/IV) -otabawali -yotabawali
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotabawali -yotabawali
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotabawali -vyotabawali
n(IX/X) -yotabawali -zotabawali
u(XI) -otabawali see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotabawali
pa(XVI) -potabawali
mu(XVIII) -motabawali
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.