lisha

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Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْعِشَاء (al-ʕišāʔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

lī̀shā f (possessed form lī̀shar̃)

  1. (Islam) isha, the evening prayer

Alternative forms

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-lisha (infinitive kulisha)

  1. Causative form of -la: to feed

Conjugation

Conjugation of -lisha
Positive present -nalisha
Subjunctive -lishe
Negative -lishi
Imperative singular lisha
Infinitives
Positive kulisha
Negative kutolisha
Imperatives
Singular lisha
Plural lisheni
Tensed forms
Habitual hulisha
Positive past positive subject concord + -lilisha
Negative past negative subject concord + -kulisha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nalisha)
Singular Plural
1st person ninalisha/nalisha tunalisha
2nd person unalisha mnalisha
3rd person m-wa(I/II) analisha wanalisha
other classes positive subject concord + -nalisha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -lishi)
Singular Plural
1st person silishi hatulishi
2nd person hulishi hamlishi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) halishi hawalishi
other classes negative subject concord + -lishi
Positive future positive subject concord + -talisha
Negative future negative subject concord + -talisha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lishe)
Singular Plural
1st person nilishe tulishe
2nd person ulishe mlishe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) alishe walishe
other classes positive subject concord + -lishe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -silishe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngelisha
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singelisha
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalilisha
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalilisha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -alisha)
Singular Plural
1st person nalisha twalisha
2nd person walisha mwalisha
3rd person m-wa(I/II) alisha walisha
m-mi(III/IV) walisha yalisha
ji-ma(V/VI) lalisha yalisha
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chalisha vyalisha
n(IX/X) yalisha zalisha
u(XI) walisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwalisha
pa(XVI) palisha
mu(XVIII) mwalisha
Perfect positive subject concord + -melisha
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshalisha
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jalisha
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kilisha
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipolisha
Consecutive kalisha / positive subject concord + -kalisha
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kalishe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nilisha -tulisha
2nd person -kulisha -walisha/-kulisheni/-walisheni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mlisha -walisha
m-mi(III/IV) -ulisha -ilisha
ji-ma(V/VI) -lilisha -yalisha
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kilisha -vilisha
n(IX/X) -ilisha -zilisha
u(XI) -ulisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kulisha
pa(XVI) -palisha
mu(XVIII) -mulisha
Reflexive -jilisha
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -lisha- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -lishaye -lishao
m-mi(III/IV) -lishao -lishayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -lishalo -lishayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -lishacho -lishavyo
n(IX/X) -lishayo -lishazo
u(XI) -lishao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -lishako
pa(XVI) -lishapo
mu(XVIII) -lishamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -lisha)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yelisha -olisha
m-mi(III/IV) -olisha -yolisha
ji-ma(V/VI) -lolisha -yolisha
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -cholisha -vyolisha
n(IX/X) -yolisha -zolisha
u(XI) -olisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kolisha
pa(XVI) -polisha
mu(XVIII) -molisha
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

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