kirihi

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَرِهَ (kariha).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-kirihi (infinitive kukirihi)

  1. to disgust, to loathe

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kirihi
Positive present -nakirihi
Subjunctive -kirihi
Negative -kirihi
Imperative singular kirihi
Infinitives
Positive kukirihi
Negative kutokirihi
Imperatives
Singular kirihi
Plural kirihini
Tensed forms
Habitual hukirihi
Positive past positive subject concord + -likirihi
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukirihi
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakirihi)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakirihi/nakirihi tunakirihi
2nd person unakirihi mnakirihi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakirihi wanakirihi
other classes positive subject concord + -nakirihi
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kirihi)
Singular Plural
1st person sikirihi hatukirihi
2nd person hukirihi hamkirihi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakirihi hawakirihi
other classes negative subject concord + -kirihi
Positive future positive subject concord + -takirihi
Negative future negative subject concord + -takirihi
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kirihi)
Singular Plural
1st person nikirihi tukirihi
2nd person ukirihi mkirihi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akirihi wakirihi
other classes positive subject concord + -kirihi
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikirihi
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekirihi
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekirihi
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikirihi
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikirihi
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akirihi)
Singular Plural
1st person nakirihi twakirihi
2nd person wakirihi mwakirihi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akirihi wakirihi
m-mi(III/IV) wakirihi yakirihi
ji-ma(V/VI) lakirihi yakirihi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakirihi vyakirihi
n(IX/X) yakirihi zakirihi
u(XI) wakirihi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakirihi
pa(XVI) pakirihi
mu(XVIII) mwakirihi
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekirihi
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakirihi
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakirihi
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikirihi
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokirihi
Consecutive kakirihi / positive subject concord + -kakirihi
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakirihi
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikirihi -tukirihi
2nd person -kukirihi -wakirihi/-kukirihini/-wakirihini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkirihi -wakirihi
m-mi(III/IV) -ukirihi -ikirihi
ji-ma(V/VI) -likirihi -yakirihi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikirihi -vikirihi
n(IX/X) -ikirihi -zikirihi
u(XI) -ukirihi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukirihi
pa(XVI) -pakirihi
mu(XVIII) -mukirihi
Reflexive -jikirihi
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kirihi- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kirihiye -kirihio
m-mi(III/IV) -kirihio -kirihiyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -kirihilo -kirihiyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kirihicho -kirihivyo
n(IX/X) -kirihiyo -kirihizo
u(XI) -kirihio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kirihiko
pa(XVI) -kirihipo
mu(XVIII) -kirihimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kirihi)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekirihi -okirihi
m-mi(III/IV) -okirihi -yokirihi
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokirihi -yokirihi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokirihi -vyokirihi
n(IX/X) -yokirihi -zokirihi
u(XI) -okirihi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokirihi
pa(XVI) -pokirihi
mu(XVIII) -mokirihi
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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