ponda

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-ponda (infinitive kuponda)

  1. to crush
  2. to pound
  3. to discredit
  4. to knock down

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ponda
Positive present -naponda
Subjunctive -ponde
Negative -pondi
Imperative singular ponda
Infinitives
Positive kuponda
Negative kutoponda
Imperatives
Singular ponda
Plural pondeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huponda
Positive past positive subject concord + -liponda
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuponda
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naponda)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaponda/naponda tunaponda
2nd person unaponda mnaponda
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaponda wanaponda
other classes positive subject concord + -naponda
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pondi)
Singular Plural
1st person sipondi hatupondi
2nd person hupondi hampondi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapondi hawapondi
other classes negative subject concord + -pondi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taponda
Negative future negative subject concord + -taponda
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ponde)
Singular Plural
1st person niponde tuponde
2nd person uponde mponde
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aponde waponde
other classes positive subject concord + -ponde
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siponde
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeponda
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeponda
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliponda
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliponda
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aponda)
Singular Plural
1st person naponda twaponda
2nd person waponda mwaponda
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aponda waponda
m-mi(III/IV) waponda yaponda
ji-ma(V/VI) laponda yaponda
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaponda vyaponda
n(IX/X) yaponda zaponda
u(XI) waponda see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaponda
pa(XVI) paponda
mu(XVIII) mwaponda
Perfect positive subject concord + -meponda
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaponda
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -japonda
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiponda
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoponda
Consecutive kaponda / positive subject concord + -kaponda
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaponde
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -niponda -tuponda
2nd person -kuponda -waponda/-kupondeni/-wapondeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mponda -waponda
m-mi(III/IV) -uponda -iponda
ji-ma(V/VI) -liponda -yaponda
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiponda -viponda
n(IX/X) -iponda -ziponda
u(XI) -uponda see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuponda
pa(XVI) -paponda
mu(XVIII) -muponda
Reflexive -jiponda
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -ponda- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -pondaye -pondao
m-mi(III/IV) -pondao -pondayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -pondalo -pondayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pondacho -pondavyo
n(IX/X) -pondayo -pondazo
u(XI) -pondao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -pondako
pa(XVI) -pondapo
mu(XVIII) -pondamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -ponda)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeponda -oponda
m-mi(III/IV) -oponda -yoponda
ji-ma(V/VI) -loponda -yoponda
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choponda -vyoponda
n(IX/X) -yoponda -zoponda
u(XI) -oponda see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koponda
pa(XVI) -poponda
mu(XVIII) -moponda
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fonda (“stall”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ponda (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜇ)

  1. a temporary shed where light meals and refreshments are sold during a feast or a celebration
    Synonym: tindahan
  2. (obsolete) lodging house; inn
    Synonym: bahay-panuluyan
  3. (obsolete) eating house
    Synonyms: restoran, karinderya, kantin, kapeteriya

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “ponda”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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