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Fanagalo
Etymology
From Zulu -bopha.
Verb
bopa
- to tie
Northern Sotho
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-bʊ́mba.
Verb
bopa
- to mould
Sotho
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-bʊ́mba.
Verb
bopa
- to mould
Swahili
Pronunciation
Verb
-bopa (infinitive kubopa)
- to press softly
Conjugation
Conjugation of -bopa
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Positive present
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-nabopa
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Subjunctive
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-bope
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Negative
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-bopi
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Imperative singular
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bopa
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hubopa
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -libopa
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kubopa
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nabopa)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninabopa/nabopa
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tunabopa
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2nd person
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unabopa
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mnabopa
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anabopa
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wanabopa
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nabopa
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -bopi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sibopi
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hatubopi
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2nd person
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hubopi
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hambopi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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habopi
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hawabopi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -bopi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tabopa
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tabopa
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -bope)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nibope
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tubope
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2nd person
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ubope
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mbope
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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abope
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wabope
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -bope
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sibope
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngebopa
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singebopa
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalibopa
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalibopa
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mebopa
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshabopa
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jabopa
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kibopa
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipobopa
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Consecutive
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kabopa / positive subject concord + -kabopa
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kabope
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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Tswana
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-bʊ́mba.
Verb
bopa
- to mould
Welsh
Etymology
Pet form of modryb.
Pronunciation
Noun
bopa f
- aunt
- Synonyms: anti, modryb
Coordinate terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bopa”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies