dukua

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-dukua (infinitive kudukua)

  1. to crack (to gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account; to gain illegal access to a computer network)
  2. to hack (to accomplish a difficult programming task; to make a quick code change to patch a computer program)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -dukua
Positive present -nadukua
Subjunctive -dukue
Negative -dukui
Imperative singular dukua
Infinitives
Positive kudukua
Negative kutodukua
Imperatives
Singular dukua
Plural dukueni
Tensed forms
Habitual hudukua
Positive past positive subject concord + -lidukua
Negative past negative subject concord + -kudukua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nadukua)
Singular Plural
1st person ninadukua/nadukua tunadukua
2nd person unadukua mnadukua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anadukua wanadukua
other classes positive subject concord + -nadukua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -dukui)
Singular Plural
1st person sidukui hatudukui
2nd person hudukui hamdukui
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hadukui hawadukui
other classes negative subject concord + -dukui
Positive future positive subject concord + -tadukua
Negative future negative subject concord + -tadukua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -dukue)
Singular Plural
1st person nidukue tudukue
2nd person udukue mdukue
3rd person m-wa(I/II) adukue wadukue
other classes positive subject concord + -dukue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sidukue
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngedukua
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singedukua
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalidukua
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalidukua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -adukua)
Singular Plural
1st person nadukua twadukua
2nd person wadukua mwadukua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) adukua wadukua
m-mi(III/IV) wadukua yadukua
ji-ma(V/VI) ladukua yadukua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chadukua vyadukua
n(IX/X) yadukua zadukua
u(XI) wadukua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwadukua
pa(XVI) padukua
mu(XVIII) mwadukua
Perfect positive subject concord + -medukua
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshadukua
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jadukua
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kidukua
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipodukua
Consecutive kadukua / positive subject concord + -kadukua
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kadukue
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nidukua -tudukua
2nd person -kudukua -wadukua/-kudukueni/-wadukueni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mdukua -wadukua
m-mi(III/IV) -udukua -idukua
ji-ma(V/VI) -lidukua -yadukua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kidukua -vidukua
n(IX/X) -idukua -zidukua
u(XI) -udukua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kudukua
pa(XVI) -padukua
mu(XVIII) -mudukua
Reflexive -jidukua
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -dukua- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -dukuaye -dukuao
m-mi(III/IV) -dukuao -dukuayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -dukualo -dukuayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -dukuacho -dukuavyo
n(IX/X) -dukuayo -dukuazo
u(XI) -dukuao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -dukuako
pa(XVI) -dukuapo
mu(XVIII) -dukuamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -dukua)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yedukua -odukua
m-mi(III/IV) -odukua -yodukua
ji-ma(V/VI) -lodukua -yodukua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chodukua -vyodukua
n(IX/X) -yodukua -zodukua
u(XI) -odukua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kodukua
pa(XVI) -podukua
mu(XVIII) -modukua
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms