liza

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See also: Liza, Líza, liză, liža, liżą, лиза, -liza, and -lizą

English

Noun

liza (plural lizas)

  1. The white mullet (Mugil curema), of the subtropical Americas.

Anagrams

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

liza (Cyrillic spelling лиза)

  1. genitive singular of liz

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French lice.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈliθa/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈlisa/
  • Rhymes: -iθa
  • Rhymes: -isa
  • Syllabification: li‧za

Noun

liza f (plural lizas)

  1. (formal) battle, fight
    Synonym: lid
  2. (historical) palaestra
  3. list (field of combat); joust

Further reading

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-liza (infinitive kuliza)

  1. Causative form of -lia

Conjugation

Conjugation of -liza
Positive present -naliza
Subjunctive -lize
Negative -lizi
Imperative singular liza
Infinitives
Positive kuliza
Negative kutoliza
Imperatives
Singular liza
Plural lizeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huliza
Positive past positive subject concord + -liliza
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuliza
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naliza)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaliza/naliza tunaliza
2nd person unaliza mnaliza
3rd person m-wa(I/II) analiza wanaliza
other classes positive subject concord + -naliza
Negative present (negative subject concord + -lizi)
Singular Plural
1st person silizi hatulizi
2nd person hulizi hamlizi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) halizi hawalizi
other classes negative subject concord + -lizi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taliza
Negative future negative subject concord + -taliza
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lize)
Singular Plural
1st person nilize tulize
2nd person ulize mlize
3rd person m-wa(I/II) alize walize
other classes positive subject concord + -lize
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -silize
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeliza
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeliza
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliliza
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliliza
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aliza)
Singular Plural
1st person naliza twaliza
2nd person waliza mwaliza
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aliza waliza
m-mi(III/IV) waliza yaliza
ji-ma(V/VI) laliza yaliza
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaliza vyaliza
n(IX/X) yaliza zaliza
u(XI) waliza see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaliza
pa(XVI) paliza
mu(XVIII) mwaliza
Perfect positive subject concord + -meliza
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaliza
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaliza
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiliza
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoliza
Consecutive kaliza / positive subject concord + -kaliza
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kalize
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -niliza -tuliza
2nd person -kuliza -waliza/-kulizeni/-walizeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mliza -waliza
m-mi(III/IV) -uliza -iliza
ji-ma(V/VI) -liliza -yaliza
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiliza -viliza
n(IX/X) -iliza -ziliza
u(XI) -uliza see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuliza
pa(XVI) -paliza
mu(XVIII) -muliza
Reflexive -jiliza
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -liza- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -lizaye -lizao
m-mi(III/IV) -lizao -lizayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -lizalo -lizayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -lizacho -lizavyo
n(IX/X) -lizayo -lizazo
u(XI) -lizao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -lizako
pa(XVI) -lizapo
mu(XVIII) -lizamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -liza)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeliza -oliza
m-mi(III/IV) -oliza -yoliza
ji-ma(V/VI) -loliza -yoliza
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choliza -vyoliza
n(IX/X) -yoliza -zoliza
u(XI) -oliza see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koliza
pa(XVI) -poliza
mu(XVIII) -moliza
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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