ziba

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-ziba (infinitive kuziba)

1. to block, to plug

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ziba
Positive present -naziba Subjunctive -zibe Negative -zibi Imperative singular ziba
Infinitives
Positive kuziba Negative kutoziba
Imperatives
Singular ziba Plural zibeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huziba Positive past positive subject concord + -liziba Negative past negative subject concord + -kuziba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naziba) Singular Plural 1st person ninaziba/naziba tunaziba 2nd person unaziba mnaziba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaziba wanaziba other classes positive subject concord + -naziba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zibi) Singular Plural 1st person sizibi hatuzibi 2nd person huzibi hamzibi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazibi hawazibi other classes negative subject concord + -zibi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taziba Negative future negative subject concord + -taziba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zibe) Singular Plural 1st person nizibe tuzibe 2nd person uzibe mzibe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azibe wazibe other classes positive subject concord + -zibe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizibe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeziba Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeziba Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliziba Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliziba
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aziba) Singular Plural 1st person naziba twaziba 2nd person waziba mwaziba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aziba waziba m-mi(III/IV) waziba yaziba ji-ma(V/VI) laziba yaziba ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaziba vyaziba n(IX/X) yaziba zaziba u(XI) waziba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaziba pa(XVI) paziba mu(XVIII) mwaziba
Perfect positive subject concord + -meziba "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaziba "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaziba "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiziba "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoziba Consecutive kaziba / positive subject concord + -kaziba Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazibe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niziba -tuziba 2nd person -kuziba -waziba/-kuzibeni/-wazibeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mziba -waziba m-mi(III/IV) -uziba -iziba ji-ma(V/VI) -liziba -yaziba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiziba -viziba n(IX/X) -iziba -ziziba u(XI) -uziba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuziba pa(XVI) -paziba mu(XVIII) -muziba Reflexive -jiziba
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -ziba- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -zibaye -zibao m-mi(III/IV) -zibao -zibayo ji-ma(V/VI) -zibalo -zibayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zibacho -zibavyo n(IX/X) -zibayo -zibazo u(XI) -zibao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -zibako pa(XVI) -zibapo mu(XVIII) -zibamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -ziba) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeziba -oziba m-mi(III/IV) -oziba -yoziba ji-ma(V/VI) -loziba -yoziba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choziba -vyoziba n(IX/X) -yoziba -zoziba u(XI) -oziba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koziba pa(XVI) -poziba mu(XVIII) -moziba
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:
  • Conversive: -zibua

• Nominal derivations:
  • kizibo (“cork, stopper, plug”)