okoa

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-okoa (infinitive kuokoa)

  1. to rescue, save, redeem
  2. to preserve

Conjugation

Conjugation of -okoa
Positive present -naokoa
Subjunctive -okoe
Negative -okoi
Imperative singular okoa
Infinitives
Positive kuokoa
Negative kutookoa
Imperatives
Singular okoa
Plural okoeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huokoa
Positive past positive subject concord + -liokoa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuokoa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naokoa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaokoa/naokoa tunaokoa
2nd person unaokoa mnaokoa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaokoa wanaokoa
other classes positive subject concord + -naokoa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -okoi)
Singular Plural
1st person siokoi hatuokoi
2nd person huokoi hamwokoi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haokoi hawaokoi
other classes negative subject concord + -okoi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taokoa
Negative future negative subject concord + -taokoa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -okoe)
Singular Plural
1st person niokoe tuokoe
2nd person uokoe mwokoe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aokoe waokoe
other classes positive subject concord + -okoe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siokoe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeokoa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeokoa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliokoa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliokoa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aokoa)
Singular Plural
1st person naokoa twaokoa
2nd person waokoa mwaokoa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aokoa waokoa
m-mi(III/IV) waokoa yaokoa
ji-ma(V/VI) laokoa yaokoa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaokoa vyaokoa
n(IX/X) yaokoa zaokoa
u(XI) waokoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaokoa
pa(XVI) paokoa
mu(XVIII) mwaokoa
Perfect positive subject concord + -meokoa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaokoa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaokoa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiokoa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipookoa
Consecutive kaokoa / positive subject concord + -kaokoa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaokoe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -niokoa -tuokoa
2nd person -kuokoa -waokoa/-kuokoeni/-waokoeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwokoa -waokoa
m-mi(III/IV) -uokoa -iokoa
ji-ma(V/VI) -liokoa -yaokoa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiokoa -viokoa
n(IX/X) -iokoa -ziokoa
u(XI) -uokoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuokoa
pa(XVI) -paokoa
mu(XVIII) -muokoa
Reflexive -jiokoa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -okoa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -okoaye -okoao
m-mi(III/IV) -okoao -okoayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -okoalo -okoayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -okoacho -okoavyo
n(IX/X) -okoayo -okoazo
u(XI) -okoao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -okoako
pa(XVI) -okoapo
mu(XVIII) -okoamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -okoa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeokoa -ookoa
m-mi(III/IV) -ookoa -yookoa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lookoa -yookoa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chookoa -vyookoa
n(IX/X) -yookoa -zookoa
u(XI) -ookoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kookoa
pa(XVI) -pookoa
mu(XVIII) -mookoa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

Tanimuca-Retuarã

Alternative forms

  • o'koa

Noun

okoa

  1. water
  2. rain

Related terms

References

  • Sofía Victoria Gaviria T., Luis José Azcárate G., Fonología y lexicología de la lengua tanimuca: semestre de campo (1979)
  • Strom, Clay, Strom, Beverly (2019) Diccionario escolar trilingüe: Letuama & tanimuka — español — inglés‎ (overall work in Spanish and English), page 56
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