kariri

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Pronunciation

Numeral

kariri

  1. three

References

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَرَّرَ (karrara).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

-kariri (infinitive kukariri)

  1. to repeat, reiterate
  2. to recite, rehearse

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kariri
Positive present -nakariri
Subjunctive -kariri
Negative -kariri
Imperative singular kariri
Infinitives
Positive kukariri
Negative kutokariri
Imperatives
Singular kariri
Plural karirini
Tensed forms
Habitual hukariri
Positive past positive subject concord + -likariri
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukariri
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakariri)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakariri/nakariri tunakariri
2nd person unakariri mnakariri
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakariri wanakariri
other classes positive subject concord + -nakariri
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kariri)
Singular Plural
1st person sikariri hatukariri
2nd person hukariri hamkariri
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakariri hawakariri
other classes negative subject concord + -kariri
Positive future positive subject concord + -takariri
Negative future negative subject concord + -takariri
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kariri)
Singular Plural
1st person nikariri tukariri
2nd person ukariri mkariri
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akariri wakariri
other classes positive subject concord + -kariri
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikariri
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekariri
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekariri
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikariri
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikariri
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akariri)
Singular Plural
1st person nakariri twakariri
2nd person wakariri mwakariri
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akariri wakariri
m-mi(III/IV) wakariri yakariri
ji-ma(V/VI) lakariri yakariri
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakariri vyakariri
n(IX/X) yakariri zakariri
u(XI) wakariri see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakariri
pa(XVI) pakariri
mu(XVIII) mwakariri
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekariri
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakariri
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakariri
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikariri
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokariri
Consecutive kakariri / positive subject concord + -kakariri
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakariri
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikariri -tukariri
2nd person -kukariri -wakariri/-kukaririni/-wakaririni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkariri -wakariri
m-mi(III/IV) -ukariri -ikariri
ji-ma(V/VI) -likariri -yakariri
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikariri -vikariri
n(IX/X) -ikariri -zikariri
u(XI) -ukariri see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukariri
pa(XVI) -pakariri
mu(XVIII) -mukariri
Reflexive -jikariri
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kariri- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kaririye -karirio
m-mi(III/IV) -karirio -kaririyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -karirilo -kaririyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kariricho -karirivyo
n(IX/X) -kaririyo -karirizo
u(XI) -karirio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kaririko
pa(XVI) -kariripo
mu(XVIII) -karirimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kariri)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekariri -okariri
m-mi(III/IV) -okariri -yokariri
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokariri -yokariri
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokariri -vyokariri
n(IX/X) -yokariri -zokariri
u(XI) -okariri see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokariri
pa(XVI) -pokariri
mu(XVIII) -mokariri
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 259 Nr. 2408