chenga

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃenɡa/
  • Rhymes: -enɡa
  • Syllabification: chen‧ga

Noun

chenga f (plural chengas)

  1. (El Salvador) a roughly made tortilla

Further reading

  • “chenga” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

chenga (n class, plural chenga)

  1. evasion, the act of dodging
  2. a morsel

Verb

-chenga (infinitive kuchenga)

  1. to cut into small pieces
  2. to dodge

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chenga
Positive present -nachenga
Subjunctive -chenge
Negative -chengi
Imperative singular chenga
Infinitives
Positive kuchenga
Negative kutochenga
Imperatives
Singular chenga
Plural chengeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchenga
Positive past positive subject concord + -lichenga
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchenga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachenga)
Singular Plural
1st person ninachenga/nachenga tunachenga
2nd person unachenga mnachenga
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachenga wanachenga
other classes positive subject concord + -nachenga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chengi)
Singular Plural
1st person sichengi hatuchengi
2nd person huchengi hamchengi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachengi hawachengi
other classes negative subject concord + -chengi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachenga
Negative future negative subject concord + -tachenga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chenge)
Singular Plural
1st person nichenge tuchenge
2nd person uchenge mchenge
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achenge wachenge
other classes positive subject concord + -chenge
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichenge
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechenga
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechenga
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichenga
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichenga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achenga)
Singular Plural
1st person nachenga twachenga
2nd person wachenga mwachenga
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achenga wachenga
m-mi(III/IV) wachenga yachenga
ji-ma(V/VI) lachenga yachenga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachenga vyachenga
n(IX/X) yachenga zachenga
u(XI) wachenga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwachenga
pa(XVI) pachenga
mu(XVIII) mwachenga
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechenga
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshachenga
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachenga
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kichenga
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipochenga
Consecutive kachenga / positive subject concord + -kachenga
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachenge
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nichenga -tuchenga
2nd person -kuchenga -wachenga/-kuchengeni/-wachengeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchenga -wachenga
m-mi(III/IV) -uchenga -ichenga
ji-ma(V/VI) -lichenga -yachenga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichenga -vichenga
n(IX/X) -ichenga -zichenga
u(XI) -uchenga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuchenga
pa(XVI) -pachenga
mu(XVIII) -muchenga
Reflexive -jichenga
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chenga- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -chengaye -chengao
m-mi(III/IV) -chengao -chengayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -chengalo -chengayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chengacho -chengavyo
n(IX/X) -chengayo -chengazo
u(XI) -chengao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -chengako
pa(XVI) -chengapo
mu(XVIII) -chengamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chenga)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yechenga -ochenga
m-mi(III/IV) -ochenga -yochenga
ji-ma(V/VI) -lochenga -yochenga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochenga -vyochenga
n(IX/X) -yochenga -zochenga
u(XI) -ochenga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kochenga
pa(XVI) -pochenga
mu(XVIII) -mochenga
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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