kauka

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Hawaiian

Noun

kauka

  1. doctor
    Hālāwai ke kauka ma nā Pōʻakahi.
    The doctor takes appointments on Mondays.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Swedish köka.

Verb

kauka (present tense kaukar, past tense kauka, past participle kauka, passive infinitive kaukast, present participle kaukande, imperative kauka/kauk)

  1. to shout
  2. to speak loudly

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-kauka (infinitive kukauka)

  1. to (become) dry, dry up

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kauka
Positive present -nakauka
Subjunctive -kauke
Negative -kauki
Imperative singular kauka
Infinitives
Positive kukauka
Negative kutokauka
Imperatives
Singular kauka
Plural kaukeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukauka
Positive past positive subject concord + -likauka
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukauka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakauka)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakauka/nakauka tunakauka
2nd person unakauka mnakauka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakauka wanakauka
other classes positive subject concord + -nakauka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kauki)
Singular Plural
1st person sikauki hatukauki
2nd person hukauki hamkauki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakauki hawakauki
other classes negative subject concord + -kauki
Positive future positive subject concord + -takauka
Negative future negative subject concord + -takauka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kauke)
Singular Plural
1st person nikauke tukauke
2nd person ukauke mkauke
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akauke wakauke
other classes positive subject concord + -kauke
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikauke
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekauka
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekauka
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikauka
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikauka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akauka)
Singular Plural
1st person nakauka twakauka
2nd person wakauka mwakauka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akauka wakauka
m-mi(III/IV) wakauka yakauka
ji-ma(V/VI) lakauka yakauka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakauka vyakauka
n(IX/X) yakauka zakauka
u(XI) wakauka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakauka
pa(XVI) pakauka
mu(XVIII) mwakauka
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekauka
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakauka
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakauka
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikauka
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokauka
Consecutive kakauka / positive subject concord + -kakauka
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakauke
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikauka -tukauka
2nd person -kukauka -wakauka/-kukaukeni/-wakaukeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkauka -wakauka
m-mi(III/IV) -ukauka -ikauka
ji-ma(V/VI) -likauka -yakauka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikauka -vikauka
n(IX/X) -ikauka -zikauka
u(XI) -ukauka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukauka
pa(XVI) -pakauka
mu(XVIII) -mukauka
Reflexive -jikauka
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kauka- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kaukaye -kaukao
m-mi(III/IV) -kaukao -kaukayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -kaukalo -kaukayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kaukacho -kaukavyo
n(IX/X) -kaukayo -kaukazo
u(XI) -kaukao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kaukako
pa(XVI) -kaukapo
mu(XVIII) -kaukamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kauka)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekauka -okauka
m-mi(III/IV) -okauka -yokauka
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokauka -yokauka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokauka -vyokauka
n(IX/X) -yokauka -zokauka
u(XI) -okauka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokauka
pa(XVI) -pokauka
mu(XVIII) -mokauka
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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