kataa

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Etymology

Perhaps Proto-Mongolic *kata- (“to harden, to dry out”) +‎ -aa.

Pronunciation

Noun

kataa

  1. salt
  • kataagw (“to dry, to desiccate”)

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَطَعَ (qaṭaʕa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-kataa (infinitive kukataa)

  1. to refuse, deny, object, renounce
    • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎, translation from R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249, stanza 11:
      هُنِلِزِ نَمِ كَلِ بَيْنِ ، لِوَاپُ نَسُرَ نِسِ كَتَيْ
      Hunelezi nami kali baini, liwapo na-sura nisi katae.
      Can't you tell it me plainly that I may admit it?

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kataa
Positive present -nakataa
Subjunctive -katae
Negative -katai
Imperative singular kataa
Infinitives
Positive kukataa
Negative kutokataa
Imperatives
Singular kataa
Plural kataeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukataa
Positive past positive subject concord + -likataa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukataa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakataa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakataa/nakataa tunakataa
2nd person unakataa mnakataa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakataa wanakataa
other classes positive subject concord + -nakataa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -katai)
Singular Plural
1st person sikatai hatukatai
2nd person hukatai hamkatai
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakatai hawakatai
other classes negative subject concord + -katai
Positive future positive subject concord + -takataa
Negative future negative subject concord + -takataa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -katae)
Singular Plural
1st person nikatae tukatae
2nd person ukatae mkatae
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akatae wakatae
other classes positive subject concord + -katae
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikatae
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekataa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekataa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikataa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikataa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akataa)
Singular Plural
1st person nakataa twakataa
2nd person wakataa mwakataa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akataa wakataa
m-mi(III/IV) wakataa yakataa
ji-ma(V/VI) lakataa yakataa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakataa vyakataa
n(IX/X) yakataa zakataa
u(XI) wakataa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakataa
pa(XVI) pakataa
mu(XVIII) mwakataa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekataa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakataa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakataa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikataa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokataa
Consecutive kakataa / positive subject concord + -kakataa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakatae
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikataa -tukataa
2nd person -kukataa -wakataa/-kukataeni/-wakataeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkataa -wakataa
m-mi(III/IV) -ukataa -ikataa
ji-ma(V/VI) -likataa -yakataa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikataa -vikataa
n(IX/X) -ikataa -zikataa
u(XI) -ukataa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukataa
pa(XVI) -pakataa
mu(XVIII) -mukataa
Reflexive -jikataa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kataa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kataaye -kataao
m-mi(III/IV) -kataao -kataayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -kataalo -kataayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kataacho -kataavyo
n(IX/X) -kataayo -kataazo
u(XI) -kataao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kataako
pa(XVI) -kataapo
mu(XVIII) -kataamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kataa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekataa -okataa
m-mi(III/IV) -okataa -yokataa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokataa -yokataa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokataa -vyokataa
n(IX/X) -yokataa -zokataa
u(XI) -okataa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokataa
pa(XVI) -pokataa
mu(XVIII) -mokataa
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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