onya

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English

Pronunciation

Interjection

onya

  1. (Australia, slang) good on you

Anagrams

Swahili

Etymology

From -ona (“to see”) +‎ -ya (causative affix).

Pronunciation

Verb

-onya (infinitive kuonya)

  1. to warn, admonish

Conjugation

Conjugation of -onya
Positive present -naonya
Subjunctive -onye
Negative -onyi
Imperative singular onya
Infinitives
Positive kuonya
Negative kutoonya
Imperatives
Singular onya
Plural onyeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huonya
Positive past positive subject concord + -lionya
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuonya
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naonya)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaonya/naonya tunaonya
2nd person unaonya mnaonya
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaonya wanaonya
other classes positive subject concord + -naonya
Negative present (negative subject concord + -onyi)
Singular Plural
1st person sionyi hatuonyi
2nd person huonyi hamwonyi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haonyi hawaonyi
other classes negative subject concord + -onyi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taonya
Negative future negative subject concord + -taonya
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -onye)
Singular Plural
1st person nionye tuonye
2nd person uonye mwonye
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aonye waonye
other classes positive subject concord + -onye
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sionye
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeonya
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeonya
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalionya
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalionya
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aonya)
Singular Plural
1st person naonya twaonya
2nd person waonya mwaonya
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aonya waonya
m-mi(III/IV) waonya yaonya
ji-ma(V/VI) laonya yaonya
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaonya vyaonya
n(IX/X) yaonya zaonya
u(XI) waonya see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaonya
pa(XVI) paonya
mu(XVIII) mwaonya
Perfect positive subject concord + -meonya
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaonya
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaonya
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kionya
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoonya
Consecutive kaonya / positive subject concord + -kaonya
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaonye
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nionya -tuonya
2nd person -kuonya -waonya/-kuonyeni/-waonyeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwonya -waonya
m-mi(III/IV) -uonya -ionya
ji-ma(V/VI) -lionya -yaonya
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kionya -vionya
n(IX/X) -ionya -zionya
u(XI) -uonya see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuonya
pa(XVI) -paonya
mu(XVIII) -muonya
Reflexive -jionya
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -onya- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -onyaye -onyao
m-mi(III/IV) -onyao -onyayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -onyalo -onyayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -onyacho -onyavyo
n(IX/X) -onyayo -onyazo
u(XI) -onyao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -onyako
pa(XVI) -onyapo
mu(XVIII) -onyamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -onya)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeonya -oonya
m-mi(III/IV) -oonya -yoonya
ji-ma(V/VI) -loonya -yoonya
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choonya -vyoonya
n(IX/X) -yoonya -zoonya
u(XI) -oonya see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koonya
pa(XVI) -poonya
mu(XVIII) -moonya
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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