liwa

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Noun

liwa

  1. water

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay liwa, from Arabic لِوَاء (liwāʔ, “banner, flag, standard”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: li‧wa

Noun

liwa (plural liwa-liwa, first-person possessive liwaku, second-person possessive liwamu, third-person possessive liwanya)

  1. (archaic) flag, banner.
    Synonyms: bendera, panji-panji

Further reading

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

-liwa (infinitive kuliwa)

  1. Passive form of -la: to be eaten
  2. to be edible
    Synonym: -lika

Conjugation

Conjugation of -liwa
Positive present -naliwa
Subjunctive -liwe
Negative -liwi
Imperative singular liwa
Infinitives
Positive kuliwa
Negative kutoliwa
Imperatives
Singular liwa
Plural liweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huliwa
Positive past positive subject concord + -liliwa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuliwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naliwa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaliwa/naliwa tunaliwa
2nd person unaliwa mnaliwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) analiwa wanaliwa
other classes positive subject concord + -naliwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -liwi)
Singular Plural
1st person siliwi hatuliwi
2nd person huliwi hamliwi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haliwi hawaliwi
other classes negative subject concord + -liwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taliwa
Negative future negative subject concord + -taliwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -liwe)
Singular Plural
1st person niliwe tuliwe
2nd person uliwe mliwe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aliwe waliwe
other classes positive subject concord + -liwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siliwe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeliwa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeliwa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliliwa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliliwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aliwa)
Singular Plural
1st person naliwa twaliwa
2nd person waliwa mwaliwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aliwa waliwa
m-mi(III/IV) waliwa yaliwa
ji-ma(V/VI) laliwa yaliwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaliwa vyaliwa
n(IX/X) yaliwa zaliwa
u(XI) waliwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaliwa
pa(XVI) paliwa
mu(XVIII) mwaliwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -meliwa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaliwa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaliwa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiliwa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoliwa
Consecutive kaliwa / positive subject concord + -kaliwa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaliwe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -niliwa -tuliwa
2nd person -kuliwa -waliwa/-kuliweni/-waliweni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mliwa -waliwa
m-mi(III/IV) -uliwa -iliwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -liliwa -yaliwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiliwa -viliwa
n(IX/X) -iliwa -ziliwa
u(XI) -uliwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuliwa
pa(XVI) -paliwa
mu(XVIII) -muliwa
Reflexive -jiliwa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -liwa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -liwaye -liwao
m-mi(III/IV) -liwao -liwayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -liwalo -liwayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -liwacho -liwavyo
n(IX/X) -liwayo -liwazo
u(XI) -liwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -liwako
pa(XVI) -liwapo
mu(XVIII) -liwamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -liwa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeliwa -oliwa
m-mi(III/IV) -oliwa -yoliwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -loliwa -yoliwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choliwa -vyoliwa
n(IX/X) -yoliwa -zoliwa
u(XI) -oliwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koliwa
pa(XVI) -poliwa
mu(XVIII) -moliwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Swazi

Noun

lîwá class 5 (plural émawá class 6)

  1. cliff

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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