tamani

See also: tama ni

Finnish

Noun

tamani

1. inflection of tama:
   1. first-person singular possessive form of nominative/genitive singular
   2. first-person singular possessive form of nominative/accusative plural (my Tamagotchi)

Japanese

Romanization

tamani

1. Rōmaji transcription of たまに

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَمَنَّى (tamannā).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tamani (infinitive kutamani)

1. to desire, want, crave, long for

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tamani
Positive present -natamani Subjunctive -tamani Negative -tamani Imperative singular tamani
Infinitives
Positive kutamani Negative kutotamani
Imperatives
Singular tamani Plural tamanini
Tensed forms
Habitual hutamani Positive past positive subject concord + -litamani Negative past negative subject concord + -kutamani
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natamani) Singular Plural 1st person ninatamani/natamani tunatamani 2nd person unatamani mnatamani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatamani wanatamani other classes positive subject concord + -natamani
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tamani) Singular Plural 1st person sitamani hatutamani 2nd person hutamani hamtamani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatamani hawatamani other classes negative subject concord + -tamani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatamani Negative future negative subject concord + -tatamani
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tamani) Singular Plural 1st person nitamani tutamani 2nd person utamani mtamani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atamani watamani other classes positive subject concord + -tamani
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitamani Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetamani Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetamani Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitamani Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitamani
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atamani) Singular Plural 1st person natamani twatamani 2nd person watamani mwatamani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atamani watamani m-mi(III/IV) watamani yatamani ji-ma(V/VI) latamani yatamani ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatamani vyatamani n(IX/X) yatamani zatamani u(XI) watamani see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatamani pa(XVI) patamani mu(XVIII) mwatamani
Perfect positive subject concord + -metamani "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatamani "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatamani "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitamani "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotamani Consecutive katamani / positive subject concord + -katamani Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katamani
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitamani -tutamani 2nd person -kutamani -watamani/-kutamanini/-watamanini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtamani -watamani m-mi(III/IV) -utamani -itamani ji-ma(V/VI) -litamani -yatamani ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitamani -vitamani n(IX/X) -itamani -zitamani u(XI) -utamani see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutamani pa(XVI) -patamani mu(XVIII) -mutamani Reflexive -jitamani
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tamani- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tamaniye -tamanio m-mi(III/IV) -tamanio -tamaniyo ji-ma(V/VI) -tamanilo -tamaniyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tamanicho -tamanivyo n(IX/X) -tamaniyo -tamanizo u(XI) -tamanio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tamaniko pa(XVI) -tamanipo mu(XVIII) -tamanimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tamani) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetamani -otamani m-mi(III/IV) -otamani -yotamani ji-ma(V/VI) -lotamani -yotamani ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotamani -vyotamani n(IX/X) -yotamani -zotamani u(XI) -otamani see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotamani pa(XVI) -potamani mu(XVIII) -motamani
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:
  • Causative: -tamanisha
  • Stative: -tamanika

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • tamanio (“desire”)