balehe

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَلَغَ (balaḡa).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

-balehe (infinitive kubalehe)

  1. to reach puberty

Conjugation

Conjugation of -balehe
Positive present -nabalehe
Subjunctive -balehe
Negative -balehe
Imperative singular balehe
Infinitives
Positive kubalehe
Negative kutobalehe
Imperatives
Singular balehe
Plural baleheni
Tensed forms
Habitual hubalehe
Positive past positive subject concord + -libalehe
Negative past negative subject concord + -kubalehe
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nabalehe)
Singular Plural
1st person ninabalehe/nabalehe tunabalehe
2nd person unabalehe mnabalehe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anabalehe wanabalehe
other classes positive subject concord + -nabalehe
Negative present (negative subject concord + -balehe)
Singular Plural
1st person sibalehe hatubalehe
2nd person hubalehe hambalehe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) habalehe hawabalehe
other classes negative subject concord + -balehe
Positive future positive subject concord + -tabalehe
Negative future negative subject concord + -tabalehe
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -balehe)
Singular Plural
1st person nibalehe tubalehe
2nd person ubalehe mbalehe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) abalehe wabalehe
other classes positive subject concord + -balehe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sibalehe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngebalehe
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singebalehe
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalibalehe
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalibalehe
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -abalehe)
Singular Plural
1st person nabalehe twabalehe
2nd person wabalehe mwabalehe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) abalehe wabalehe
m-mi(III/IV) wabalehe yabalehe
ji-ma(V/VI) labalehe yabalehe
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chabalehe vyabalehe
n(IX/X) yabalehe zabalehe
u(XI) wabalehe see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwabalehe
pa(XVI) pabalehe
mu(XVIII) mwabalehe
Perfect positive subject concord + -mebalehe
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshabalehe
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jabalehe
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kibalehe
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipobalehe
Consecutive kabalehe / positive subject concord + -kabalehe
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kabalehe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nibalehe -tubalehe
2nd person -kubalehe -wabalehe/-kubaleheni/-wabaleheni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mbalehe -wabalehe
m-mi(III/IV) -ubalehe -ibalehe
ji-ma(V/VI) -libalehe -yabalehe
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kibalehe -vibalehe
n(IX/X) -ibalehe -zibalehe
u(XI) -ubalehe see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kubalehe
pa(XVI) -pabalehe
mu(XVIII) -mubalehe
Reflexive -jibalehe
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -balehe- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -baleheye -baleheo
m-mi(III/IV) -baleheo -baleheyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -balehelo -baleheyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -balehecho -balehevyo
n(IX/X) -baleheyo -balehezo
u(XI) -baleheo see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -baleheko
pa(XVI) -balehepo
mu(XVIII) -balehemo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -balehe)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yebalehe -obalehe
m-mi(III/IV) -obalehe -yobalehe
ji-ma(V/VI) -lobalehe -yobalehe
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chobalehe -vyobalehe
n(IX/X) -yobalehe -zobalehe
u(XI) -obalehe see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kobalehe
pa(XVI) -pobalehe
mu(XVIII) -mobalehe
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 38 Nr. 297
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