tiwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tiwa (infinitive kutiwa)

1. Passive form of -tia: to be put or placed

   Synonym: -tiliwa

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tiwa
Positive present -natiwa Subjunctive -tiwe Negative -tiwi Imperative singular tiwa
Infinitives
Positive kutiwa Negative kutotiwa
Imperatives
Singular tiwa Plural tiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutiwa Positive past positive subject concord + -litiwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kutiwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natiwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninatiwa/natiwa tunatiwa 2nd person unatiwa mnatiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatiwa wanatiwa other classes positive subject concord + -natiwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tiwi) Singular Plural 1st person sitiwi hatutiwi 2nd person hutiwi hamtiwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatiwi hawatiwi other classes negative subject concord + -tiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatiwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tatiwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tiwe) Singular Plural 1st person nitiwe tutiwe 2nd person utiwe mtiwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atiwe watiwe other classes positive subject concord + -tiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitiwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetiwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetiwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitiwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitiwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atiwa) Singular Plural 1st person natiwa twatiwa 2nd person watiwa mwatiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atiwa watiwa m-mi(III/IV) watiwa yatiwa ji-ma(V/VI) latiwa yatiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatiwa vyatiwa n(IX/X) yatiwa zatiwa u(XI) watiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatiwa pa(XVI) patiwa mu(XVIII) mwatiwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -metiwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatiwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatiwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitiwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotiwa Consecutive katiwa / positive subject concord + -katiwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katiwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitiwa -tutiwa 2nd person -kutiwa -watiwa/-kutiweni/-watiweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtiwa -watiwa m-mi(III/IV) -utiwa -itiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -litiwa -yatiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitiwa -vitiwa n(IX/X) -itiwa -zitiwa u(XI) -utiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutiwa pa(XVI) -patiwa mu(XVIII) -mutiwa Reflexive -jitiwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tiwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tiwaye -tiwao m-mi(III/IV) -tiwao -tiwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tiwalo -tiwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tiwacho -tiwavyo n(IX/X) -tiwayo -tiwazo u(XI) -tiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tiwako pa(XVI) -tiwapo mu(XVIII) -tiwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tiwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetiwa -otiwa m-mi(III/IV) -otiwa -yotiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lotiwa -yotiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotiwa -vyotiwa n(IX/X) -yotiwa -zotiwa u(XI) -otiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotiwa pa(XVI) -potiwa mu(XVIII) -motiwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtiwa/ [ˈt̪iː.wɐ], /ˈtiwaʔ/ [ˈt̪iː.wɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -iwa, -iwaʔ
• Syllabification: ti‧wa

Noun

tiwa or tiwà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜏ)

1. intestinal worm

   Synonyms: bulati, ulyabid, sulitarya

Derived terms

• tiwain

Anagrams

• awit