uchafu
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
uchafu (u class, no plural)
- dirtiness (state or quality of being dirty)
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɨ̞ˈχavɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɪˈχa(ː)vɪ/
- Rhymes: -avɨ̞
Verb edit
uchafu (first-person singular present uchafaf)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | uchafaf | uchefi | uchafa | uchafwn | uchefwch, uchafwch | uchafant | uchefir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
uchafwn | uchafit | uchafai | uchafem | uchafech | uchafent | uchefid | |
| preterite | uchefais | uchefaist | uchafodd | uchafasom | uchafasoch | uchafasant | uchafwyd | |
| pluperfect | uchafaswn | uchafasit | uchafasai | uchafasem | uchafasech | uchafasent | uchafasid, uchafesid | |
| present subjunctive | uchafwyf | uchefych | uchafo | uchafom | uchafoch | uchafont | uchafer | |
| imperative | — | uchafa | uchafed | uchafwn | uchefwch, uchafwch | uchafent | uchafer | |
| verbal noun | uchafu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | uchafedig uchafadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | uchafa i, uchafaf i | uchafi di | uchafith o/e/hi, uchafiff e/hi | uchafwn ni | uchafwch chi | uchafan nhw |
| conditional | uchafwn i, uchafswn i | uchafet ti, uchafset ti | uchafai fo/fe/hi, uchafsai fo/fe/hi | uchafen ni, uchafsen ni | uchafech chi, uchafsech chi | uchafen nhw, uchafsen nhw |
| preterite | uchafais i, uchafes i | uchafaist ti, uchafest ti | uchafodd o/e/hi | uchafon ni | uchafoch chi | uchafon nhw |
| imperative | — | uchafa | — | — | uchafwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| uchafu | unchanged | unchanged | huchafu |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “uchafu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies