onwa

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See also: önwa

Japanese

Romanization

onwa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おんわ

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-onwa (infinitive kuonwa)

  1. Passive form of -ona: to be seen

Conjugation

Conjugation of -onwa
Positive present -naonwa
Subjunctive -onwe
Negative -onwi
Imperative singular onwa
Infinitives
Positive kuonwa
Negative kutoonwa
Imperatives
Singular onwa
Plural onweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huonwa
Positive past positive subject concord + -lionwa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuonwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naonwa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaonwa/naonwa tunaonwa
2nd person unaonwa mnaonwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaonwa wanaonwa
other classes positive subject concord + -naonwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -onwi)
Singular Plural
1st person sionwi hatuonwi
2nd person huonwi hamwonwi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haonwi hawaonwi
other classes negative subject concord + -onwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taonwa
Negative future negative subject concord + -taonwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -onwe)
Singular Plural
1st person nionwe tuonwe
2nd person uonwe mwonwe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aonwe waonwe
other classes positive subject concord + -onwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sionwe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeonwa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeonwa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalionwa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalionwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aonwa)
Singular Plural
1st person naonwa twaonwa
2nd person waonwa mwaonwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aonwa waonwa
m-mi(III/IV) waonwa yaonwa
ji-ma(V/VI) laonwa yaonwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaonwa vyaonwa
n(IX/X) yaonwa zaonwa
u(XI) waonwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaonwa
pa(XVI) paonwa
mu(XVIII) mwaonwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -meonwa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaonwa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaonwa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kionwa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoonwa
Consecutive kaonwa / positive subject concord + -kaonwa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaonwe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nionwa -tuonwa
2nd person -kuonwa -waonwa/-kuonweni/-waonweni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwonwa -waonwa
m-mi(III/IV) -uonwa -ionwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lionwa -yaonwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kionwa -vionwa
n(IX/X) -ionwa -zionwa
u(XI) -uonwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuonwa
pa(XVI) -paonwa
mu(XVIII) -muonwa
Reflexive -jionwa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -onwa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -onwaye -onwao
m-mi(III/IV) -onwao -onwayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -onwalo -onwayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -onwacho -onwavyo
n(IX/X) -onwayo -onwazo
u(XI) -onwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -onwako
pa(XVI) -onwapo
mu(XVIII) -onwamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -onwa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeonwa -oonwa
m-mi(III/IV) -oonwa -yoonwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -loonwa -yoonwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choonwa -vyoonwa
n(IX/X) -yoonwa -zoonwa
u(XI) -oonwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koonwa
pa(XVI) -poonwa
mu(XVIII) -moonwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.