sikia

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See also: sikiä

Ladino

Noun

sikia f (Latin spelling)

  1. thirst
    • 1979, Kamelia Shahar, “La verdadera felisidad”, in Aki Yerushalayim, number 1, page 5:
      Esto viendo ke no tienes ni ambre ni sikia; tienes mujer i madre ke te keren i te kudian.
      I'm seeing that you have neither hunger nor thirst; you have a wife and a mother who love you and care for you.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sikia

  1. obsolete typography of sikja, now a pronunciation spelling of sitja (“to sit”)
    • 1785, “Goe Dag aa Tak for sist”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, pages 319–20:
      Ongdomen [hae] inkie Han tæ at sikia stille
      The youth doesn't have want for sitting still

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-sikia (infinitive kusikia)

  1. to hear

Conjugation

Conjugation of -sikia
Positive present -nasikia
Subjunctive -sikie
Negative -sikii
Imperative singular sikia
Infinitives
Positive kusikia
Negative kutosikia
Imperatives
Singular sikia
Plural sikieni
Tensed forms
Habitual husikia
Positive past positive subject concord + -lisikia
Negative past negative subject concord + -kusikia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasikia)
Singular Plural
1st person ninasikia/nasikia tunasikia
2nd person unasikia mnasikia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasikia wanasikia
other classes positive subject concord + -nasikia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -sikii)
Singular Plural
1st person sisikii hatusikii
2nd person husikii hamsikii
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasikii hawasikii
other classes negative subject concord + -sikii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasikia
Negative future negative subject concord + -tasikia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sikie)
Singular Plural
1st person nisikie tusikie
2nd person usikie msikie
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asikie wasikie
other classes positive subject concord + -sikie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisikie
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesikia
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesikia
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisikia
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisikia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asikia)
Singular Plural
1st person nasikia twasikia
2nd person wasikia mwasikia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asikia wasikia
m-mi(III/IV) wasikia yasikia
ji-ma(V/VI) lasikia yasikia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasikia vyasikia
n(IX/X) yasikia zasikia
u(XI) wasikia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwasikia
pa(XVI) pasikia
mu(XVIII) mwasikia
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesikia
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshasikia
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasikia
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kisikia
"If not" positive subject concord + -siposikia
Consecutive kasikia / positive subject concord + -kasikia
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasikie
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nisikia -tusikia
2nd person -kusikia -wasikia/-kusikieni/-wasikieni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msikia -wasikia
m-mi(III/IV) -usikia -isikia
ji-ma(V/VI) -lisikia -yasikia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisikia -visikia
n(IX/X) -isikia -zisikia
u(XI) -usikia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kusikia
pa(XVI) -pasikia
mu(XVIII) -musikia
Reflexive -jisikia
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sikia- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -sikiaye -sikiao
m-mi(III/IV) -sikiao -sikiayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -sikialo -sikiayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sikiacho -sikiavyo
n(IX/X) -sikiayo -sikiazo
u(XI) -sikiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -sikiako
pa(XVI) -sikiapo
mu(XVIII) -sikiamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sikia)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yesikia -osikia
m-mi(III/IV) -osikia -yosikia
ji-ma(V/VI) -losikia -yosikia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosikia -vyosikia
n(IX/X) -yosikia -zosikia
u(XI) -osikia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kosikia
pa(XVI) -posikia
mu(XVIII) -mosikia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia