katakata

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Swahili

Etymology

Reduplication of -kata (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

-katakata (infinitive kukatakata)

  1. to mince, dice

Conjugation

Conjugation of -katakata
Positive present -nakatakata
Subjunctive -katakate
Negative -katakati
Imperative singular katakata
Infinitives
Positive kukatakata
Negative kutokatakata
Imperatives
Singular katakata
Plural katakateni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukatakata
Positive past positive subject concord + -likatakata
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukatakata
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakatakata)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakatakata/nakatakata tunakatakata
2nd person unakatakata mnakatakata
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakatakata wanakatakata
other classes positive subject concord + -nakatakata
Negative present (negative subject concord + -katakati)
Singular Plural
1st person sikatakati hatukatakati
2nd person hukatakati hamkatakati
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakatakati hawakatakati
other classes negative subject concord + -katakati
Positive future positive subject concord + -takatakata
Negative future negative subject concord + -takatakata
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -katakate)
Singular Plural
1st person nikatakate tukatakate
2nd person ukatakate mkatakate
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akatakate wakatakate
other classes positive subject concord + -katakate
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikatakate
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekatakata
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekatakata
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikatakata
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikatakata
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akatakata)
Singular Plural
1st person nakatakata twakatakata
2nd person wakatakata mwakatakata
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akatakata wakatakata
m-mi(III/IV) wakatakata yakatakata
ji-ma(V/VI) lakatakata yakatakata
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakatakata vyakatakata
n(IX/X) yakatakata zakatakata
u(XI) wakatakata see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakatakata
pa(XVI) pakatakata
mu(XVIII) mwakatakata
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekatakata
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakatakata
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakatakata
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikatakata
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokatakata
Consecutive kakatakata / positive subject concord + -kakatakata
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakatakate
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikatakata -tukatakata
2nd person -kukatakata -wakatakata/-kukatakateni/-wakatakateni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkatakata -wakatakata
m-mi(III/IV) -ukatakata -ikatakata
ji-ma(V/VI) -likatakata -yakatakata
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikatakata -vikatakata
n(IX/X) -ikatakata -zikatakata
u(XI) -ukatakata see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukatakata
pa(XVI) -pakatakata
mu(XVIII) -mukatakata
Reflexive -jikatakata
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -katakata- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -katakataye -katakatao
m-mi(III/IV) -katakatao -katakatayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -katakatalo -katakatayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -katakatacho -katakatavyo
n(IX/X) -katakatayo -katakatazo
u(XI) -katakatao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -katakatako
pa(XVI) -katakatapo
mu(XVIII) -katakatamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -katakata)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekatakata -okatakata
m-mi(III/IV) -okatakata -yokatakata
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokatakata -yokatakata
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokatakata -vyokatakata
n(IX/X) -yokatakata -zokatakata
u(XI) -okatakata see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokatakata
pa(XVI) -pokatakata
mu(XVIII) -mokatakata
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Adverb

katakata

  1. (to refuse) flatly, resolutely, firmly
    • 1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu, page 5:
      Nilikubembeleza hapa nikuoze mke, nawe ukakataa katakata.
      I coaxed you here to marry, and you flatly refused.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Noun

katakatâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜃᜆ)

  1. Alternative form of kata-kata

Yoruba

katakata

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Noun

katakata

  1. tractor, bulldozer
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