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Swahili
Pronunciation
Verb
-menyeka (infinitive kumenyeka)
- Stative form of -menya: to be peeled, to be stripped (of skin, peel…)
2004, Pius B. Ngeze, Kilimo bora cha muhogo, Tanzania Educational Publishers, →ISBN:Hii ni kwa sababu wakati huo maganda yake humenyeka kwa urahisi.- This is because at that moment its peel is easily stripped.
- to toil
2022, Muungano wa Tanganyika na Zanzibar: Chimbuko, Misingi na Maendeleo, Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, →ISBN:Jibu likawa "watumwa" wa kumenyeka kwenye mashamba ya karafuu na minazi Zanzibar pamoja na mashamba ya malighafi ughaibuni […]- The answer was then "slaves" who toiled in the fields of cloves and coconuts in Zanzibar as well as in the fields of raw materials abroad
Conjugation
| Conjugation of -menyeka
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| Positive present
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-namenyeka
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| Subjunctive
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-menyeke
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| Negative
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-menyeki
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| Imperative singular
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menyeka
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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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humenyeka
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| Positive past
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positive subject concord + -limenyeka
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| Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kumenyeka
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -namenyeka)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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ninamenyeka/namenyeka
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tunamenyeka
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| 2nd person
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unamenyeka
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mnamenyeka
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anamenyeka
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wanamenyeka
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -namenyeka
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -menyeki)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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simenyeki
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hatumenyeki
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| 2nd person
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humenyeki
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hammenyeki
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hamenyeki
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hawamenyeki
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| other classes
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negative subject concord + -menyeki
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| Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tamenyeka
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| Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tamenyeka
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -menyeke)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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nimenyeke
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tumenyeke
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| 2nd person
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umenyeke
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mmenyeke
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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amenyeke
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wamenyeke
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -menyeke
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| Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -simenyeke
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| Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngemenyeka
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| Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singemenyeka
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| Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalimenyeka
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| Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalimenyeka
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| Perfect
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positive subject concord + -memenyeka
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| "Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshamenyeka
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| "Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jamenyeka
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| "If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kimenyeka
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| "If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipomenyeka
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| Consecutive
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kamenyeka / positive subject concord + -kamenyeka
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| Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kamenyeke
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| Object concord
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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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