nyoa

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-nyoa (infinitive kunyoa)

  1. to shave, to cut hair

Conjugation

Conjugation of -nyoa
Positive present -nanyoa
Subjunctive -nyoe
Negative -nyoi
Imperative singular nyoa
Infinitives
Positive kunyoa
Negative kutonyoa
Imperatives
Singular nyoa
Plural nyoeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hunyoa
Positive past positive subject concord + -linyoa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kunyoa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nanyoa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninanyoa/nanyoa tunanyoa
2nd person unanyoa mnanyoa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ananyoa wananyoa
other classes positive subject concord + -nanyoa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -nyoi)
Singular Plural
1st person sinyoi hatunyoi
2nd person hunyoi hamnyoi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hanyoi hawanyoi
other classes negative subject concord + -nyoi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tanyoa
Negative future negative subject concord + -tanyoa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -nyoe)
Singular Plural
1st person ninyoe tunyoe
2nd person unyoe mnyoe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anyoe wanyoe
other classes positive subject concord + -nyoe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sinyoe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngenyoa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singenyoa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalinyoa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalinyoa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -anyoa)
Singular Plural
1st person nanyoa twanyoa
2nd person wanyoa mwanyoa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anyoa wanyoa
m-mi(III/IV) wanyoa yanyoa
ji-ma(V/VI) lanyoa yanyoa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chanyoa vyanyoa
n(IX/X) yanyoa zanyoa
u(XI) wanyoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwanyoa
pa(XVI) panyoa
mu(XVIII) mwanyoa
Perfect positive subject concord + -menyoa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshanyoa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -janyoa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kinyoa
"If not" positive subject concord + -siponyoa
Consecutive kanyoa / positive subject concord + -kanyoa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kanyoe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -ninyoa -tunyoa
2nd person -kunyoa -wanyoa/-kunyoeni/-wanyoeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mnyoa -wanyoa
m-mi(III/IV) -unyoa -inyoa
ji-ma(V/VI) -linyoa -yanyoa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kinyoa -vinyoa
n(IX/X) -inyoa -zinyoa
u(XI) -unyoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kunyoa
pa(XVI) -panyoa
mu(XVIII) -munyoa
Reflexive -jinyoa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -nyoa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -nyoaye -nyoao
m-mi(III/IV) -nyoao -nyoayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -nyoalo -nyoayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -nyoacho -nyoavyo
n(IX/X) -nyoayo -nyoazo
u(XI) -nyoao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -nyoako
pa(XVI) -nyoapo
mu(XVIII) -nyoamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -nyoa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yenyoa -onyoa
m-mi(III/IV) -onyoa -yonyoa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lonyoa -yonyoa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chonyoa -vyonyoa
n(IX/X) -yonyoa -zonyoa
u(XI) -onyoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -konyoa
pa(XVI) -ponyoa
mu(XVIII) -monyoa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

Ternate

nyoa

Etymology

According to de Clercq (pg. 352), this is an unidentified loan.

Pronunciation

Noun

nyoa

  1. the rays (Batoidea)

References

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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