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Swahili
Etymology
Likely related to kilema, borrowed from Arabic كِلَام (kilām), plural of كَلْم (kalm, “bite, cut”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
-lemaa (infinitive kulemaa)
- to be crippled or disabled
Conjugation
| Conjugation of -lemaa
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| Positive present
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-nalemaa
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| Subjunctive
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-lemae
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| Negative
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-lemai
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| Imperative singular
|
lemaa
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| Infinitives
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| Imperatives
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| Tensed forms
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| Habitual
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hulemaa
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| Positive past
|
positive subject concord + -lilemaa
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| Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kulemaa
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nalemaa)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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ninalemaa/nalemaa
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tunalemaa
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| 2nd person
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unalemaa
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mnalemaa
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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analemaa
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wanalemaa
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -nalemaa
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -lemai)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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silemai
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hatulemai
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| 2nd person
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hulemai
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hamlemai
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
|
halemai
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hawalemai
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| other classes
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negative subject concord + -lemai
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| Positive future
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positive subject concord + -talemaa
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| Negative future
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negative subject concord + -talemaa
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lemae)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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nilemae
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tulemae
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| 2nd person
|
ulemae
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mlemae
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
|
alemae
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walemae
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -lemae
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| Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -silemae
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| Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngelemaa
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| Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singelemaa
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| Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalilemaa
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| Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalilemaa
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| Perfect
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positive subject concord + -melemaa
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| "Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshalemaa
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| "Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jalemaa
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| "If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kilemaa
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| "If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipolemaa
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| Consecutive
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kalemaa / positive subject concord + -kalemaa
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| Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kalemae
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| 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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Derived terms
References
- ^ Alexander Adelaar (2009) “Loanwords in Malagasy”, in Martin Haspelmath, Uri Tadmor, editors, Loanwords in the World's Languages: A Comparative Handbook, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 731 of 717-746.