kamua

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Finnish

Noun

kamua

  1. partitive singular of kamu

Anagrams

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-kamua (infinitive kukamua)

  1. to squeeze

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kamua
Positive present -nakamua
Subjunctive -kamue
Negative -kamui
Imperative singular kamua
Infinitives
Positive kukamua
Negative kutokamua
Imperatives
Singular kamua
Plural kamueni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukamua
Positive past positive subject concord + -likamua
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukamua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakamua)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakamua/nakamua tunakamua
2nd person unakamua mnakamua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakamua wanakamua
other classes positive subject concord + -nakamua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kamui)
Singular Plural
1st person sikamui hatukamui
2nd person hukamui hamkamui
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakamui hawakamui
other classes negative subject concord + -kamui
Positive future positive subject concord + -takamua
Negative future negative subject concord + -takamua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kamue)
Singular Plural
1st person nikamue tukamue
2nd person ukamue mkamue
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akamue wakamue
other classes positive subject concord + -kamue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikamue
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekamua
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekamua
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikamua
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikamua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akamua)
Singular Plural
1st person nakamua twakamua
2nd person wakamua mwakamua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akamua wakamua
m-mi(III/IV) wakamua yakamua
ji-ma(V/VI) lakamua yakamua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakamua vyakamua
n(IX/X) yakamua zakamua
u(XI) wakamua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakamua
pa(XVI) pakamua
mu(XVIII) mwakamua
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekamua
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakamua
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakamua
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikamua
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokamua
Consecutive kakamua / positive subject concord + -kakamua
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakamue
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikamua -tukamua
2nd person -kukamua -wakamua/-kukamueni/-wakamueni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkamua -wakamua
m-mi(III/IV) -ukamua -ikamua
ji-ma(V/VI) -likamua -yakamua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikamua -vikamua
n(IX/X) -ikamua -zikamua
u(XI) -ukamua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukamua
pa(XVI) -pakamua
mu(XVIII) -mukamua
Reflexive -jikamua
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kamua- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kamuaye -kamuao
m-mi(III/IV) -kamuao -kamuayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -kamualo -kamuayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kamuacho -kamuavyo
n(IX/X) -kamuayo -kamuazo
u(XI) -kamuao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kamuako
pa(XVI) -kamuapo
mu(XVIII) -kamuamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kamua)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekamua -okamua
m-mi(III/IV) -okamua -yokamua
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokamua -yokamua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokamua -vyokamua
n(IX/X) -yokamua -zokamua
u(XI) -okamua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokamua
pa(XVI) -pokamua
mu(XVIII) -mokamua
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.