kuza

See also: kuža and küzä

English

Noun

kuza (plural kuzas)

1. Alternative form of cooja

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-kuza (infinitive kukuza)

1. Causative form of -kua: to enlarge, to inflate
2. to glorify, to praise
3. to develop

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kuza
Positive present -nakuza Subjunctive -kuze Negative -kuzi Imperative singular kuza
Infinitives
Positive kukuza Negative kutokuza
Imperatives
Singular kuza Plural kuzeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukuza Positive past positive subject concord + -likuza Negative past negative subject concord + -kukuza
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakuza) Singular Plural 1st person ninakuza/nakuza tunakuza 2nd person unakuza mnakuza 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakuza wanakuza other classes positive subject concord + -nakuza
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kuzi) Singular Plural 1st person sikuzi hatukuzi 2nd person hukuzi hamkuzi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakuzi hawakuzi other classes negative subject concord + -kuzi
Positive future positive subject concord + -takuza Negative future negative subject concord + -takuza
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kuze) Singular Plural 1st person nikuze tukuze 2nd person ukuze mkuze 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akuze wakuze other classes positive subject concord + -kuze
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikuze Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekuza Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekuza Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikuza Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikuza
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akuza) Singular Plural 1st person nakuza twakuza 2nd person wakuza mwakuza 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akuza wakuza m-mi(III/IV) wakuza yakuza ji-ma(V/VI) lakuza yakuza ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakuza vyakuza n(IX/X) yakuza zakuza u(XI) wakuza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakuza pa(XVI) pakuza mu(XVIII) mwakuza
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekuza "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakuza "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakuza "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikuza "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokuza Consecutive kakuza / positive subject concord + -kakuza Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakuze
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nikuza -tukuza 2nd person -kukuza -wakuza/-kukuzeni/-wakuzeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkuza -wakuza m-mi(III/IV) -ukuza -ikuza ji-ma(V/VI) -likuza -yakuza ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikuza -vikuza n(IX/X) -ikuza -zikuza u(XI) -ukuza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kukuza pa(XVI) -pakuza mu(XVIII) -mukuza Reflexive -jikuza
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kuza- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kuzaye -kuzao m-mi(III/IV) -kuzao -kuzayo ji-ma(V/VI) -kuzalo -kuzayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kuzacho -kuzavyo n(IX/X) -kuzayo -kuzazo u(XI) -kuzao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuzako pa(XVI) -kuzapo mu(XVIII) -kuzamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kuza) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekuza -okuza m-mi(III/IV) -okuza -yokuza ji-ma(V/VI) -lokuza -yokuza ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokuza -vyokuza n(IX/X) -yokuza -zokuza u(XI) -okuza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokuza pa(XVI) -pokuza mu(XVIII) -mokuza
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • ukuzaji (“development”)

Vilamovian

Verb

kuza

1. to talk

Votic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkuzɑ/, [ˈkuzɑ]
• Rhymes: -uzɑ
• Hyphenation: ku‧za

Adverb

kuza

1. (interrogative, static) where (in, at)?
2. (relative, static) where

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kuza”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn