tabiki

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَابَقَ (ṭābaqa).

Verb

-tabiki (infinitive kutabiki)

1. to be equal to

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tabiki
Positive present -natabiki Subjunctive -tabiki Negative -tabiki Imperative singular tabiki
Infinitives
Positive kutabiki Negative kutotabiki
Imperatives
Singular tabiki Plural tabikini
Tensed forms
Habitual hutabiki Positive past positive subject concord + -litabiki Negative past negative subject concord + -kutabiki
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natabiki) Singular Plural 1st person ninatabiki/natabiki tunatabiki 2nd person unatabiki mnatabiki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatabiki wanatabiki other classes positive subject concord + -natabiki
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tabiki) Singular Plural 1st person sitabiki hatutabiki 2nd person hutabiki hamtabiki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatabiki hawatabiki other classes negative subject concord + -tabiki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatabiki Negative future negative subject concord + -tatabiki
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tabiki) Singular Plural 1st person nitabiki tutabiki 2nd person utabiki mtabiki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atabiki watabiki other classes positive subject concord + -tabiki
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitabiki Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetabiki Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetabiki Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitabiki Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitabiki
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atabiki) Singular Plural 1st person natabiki twatabiki 2nd person watabiki mwatabiki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atabiki watabiki m-mi(III/IV) watabiki yatabiki ji-ma(V/VI) latabiki yatabiki ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatabiki vyatabiki n(IX/X) yatabiki zatabiki u(XI) watabiki see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatabiki pa(XVI) patabiki mu(XVIII) mwatabiki
Perfect positive subject concord + -metabiki "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatabiki "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatabiki "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitabiki "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotabiki Consecutive katabiki / positive subject concord + -katabiki Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katabiki
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitabiki -tutabiki 2nd person -kutabiki -watabiki/-kutabikini/-watabikini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtabiki -watabiki m-mi(III/IV) -utabiki -itabiki ji-ma(V/VI) -litabiki -yatabiki ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitabiki -vitabiki n(IX/X) -itabiki -zitabiki u(XI) -utabiki see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutabiki pa(XVI) -patabiki mu(XVIII) -mutabiki Reflexive -jitabiki
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tabiki- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tabikiye -tabikio m-mi(III/IV) -tabikio -tabikiyo ji-ma(V/VI) -tabikilo -tabikiyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tabikicho -tabikivyo n(IX/X) -tabikiyo -tabikizo u(XI) -tabikio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tabikiko pa(XVI) -tabikipo mu(XVIII) -tabikimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tabiki) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetabiki -otabiki m-mi(III/IV) -otabiki -yotabiki ji-ma(V/VI) -lotabiki -yotabiki ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotabiki -vyotabiki n(IX/X) -yotabiki -zotabiki u(XI) -otabiki see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotabiki pa(XVI) -potabiki mu(XVIII) -motabiki
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -tabikia
  • Causative: -tabikisha
  • Stative: -tabikika