gaiwa

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Pronunciation

Noun

gâiwā f (plural gaiwōyī, possessed form gâiwar̃)

  1. lungfish

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-gaiwa (infinitive kugaiwa)

  1. Passive form of -gaia

Conjugation

Conjugation of -gaiwa
Positive present -nagaiwa
Subjunctive -gaiwe
Negative -gaiwi
Imperative singular gaiwa
Infinitives
Positive kugaiwa
Negative kutogaiwa
Imperatives
Singular gaiwa
Plural gaiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hugaiwa
Positive past positive subject concord + -ligaiwa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kugaiwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagaiwa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninagaiwa/nagaiwa tunagaiwa
2nd person unagaiwa mnagaiwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anagaiwa wanagaiwa
other classes positive subject concord + -nagaiwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -gaiwi)
Singular Plural
1st person sigaiwi hatugaiwi
2nd person hugaiwi hamgaiwi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hagaiwi hawagaiwi
other classes negative subject concord + -gaiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tagaiwa
Negative future negative subject concord + -tagaiwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -gaiwe)
Singular Plural
1st person nigaiwe tugaiwe
2nd person ugaiwe mgaiwe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) agaiwe wagaiwe
other classes positive subject concord + -gaiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sigaiwe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngegaiwa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singegaiwa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaligaiwa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaligaiwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -agaiwa)
Singular Plural
1st person nagaiwa twagaiwa
2nd person wagaiwa mwagaiwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) agaiwa wagaiwa
m-mi(III/IV) wagaiwa yagaiwa
ji-ma(V/VI) lagaiwa yagaiwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chagaiwa vyagaiwa
n(IX/X) yagaiwa zagaiwa
u(XI) wagaiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwagaiwa
pa(XVI) pagaiwa
mu(XVIII) mwagaiwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -megaiwa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshagaiwa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jagaiwa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kigaiwa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipogaiwa
Consecutive kagaiwa / positive subject concord + -kagaiwa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kagaiwe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nigaiwa -tugaiwa
2nd person -kugaiwa -wagaiwa/-kugaiweni/-wagaiweni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mgaiwa -wagaiwa
m-mi(III/IV) -ugaiwa -igaiwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -ligaiwa -yagaiwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kigaiwa -vigaiwa
n(IX/X) -igaiwa -zigaiwa
u(XI) -ugaiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kugaiwa
pa(XVI) -pagaiwa
mu(XVIII) -mugaiwa
Reflexive -jigaiwa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -gaiwa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -gaiwaye -gaiwao
m-mi(III/IV) -gaiwao -gaiwayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -gaiwalo -gaiwayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -gaiwacho -gaiwavyo
n(IX/X) -gaiwayo -gaiwazo
u(XI) -gaiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -gaiwako
pa(XVI) -gaiwapo
mu(XVIII) -gaiwamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -gaiwa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yegaiwa -ogaiwa
m-mi(III/IV) -ogaiwa -yogaiwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -logaiwa -yogaiwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chogaiwa -vyogaiwa
n(IX/X) -yogaiwa -zogaiwa
u(XI) -ogaiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kogaiwa
pa(XVI) -pogaiwa
mu(XVIII) -mogaiwa
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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