sukua

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Finnish

Pronunciation

Noun

sukua

  1. partitive singular of suku

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-sukua (infinitive kusukua)

  1. Conversive form of -suka: to loosen, untwist

Conjugation

Conjugation of -sukua
Positive present -nasukua
Subjunctive -sukue
Negative -sukui
Imperative singular sukua
Infinitives
Positive kusukua
Negative kutosukua
Imperatives
Singular sukua
Plural sukueni
Tensed forms
Habitual husukua
Positive past positive subject concord + -lisukua
Negative past negative subject concord + -kusukua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasukua)
Singular Plural
1st person ninasukua/nasukua tunasukua
2nd person unasukua mnasukua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasukua wanasukua
other classes positive subject concord + -nasukua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -sukui)
Singular Plural
1st person sisukui hatusukui
2nd person husukui hamsukui
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasukui hawasukui
other classes negative subject concord + -sukui
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasukua
Negative future negative subject concord + -tasukua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sukue)
Singular Plural
1st person nisukue tusukue
2nd person usukue msukue
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asukue wasukue
other classes positive subject concord + -sukue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisukue
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesukua
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesukua
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisukua
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisukua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asukua)
Singular Plural
1st person nasukua twasukua
2nd person wasukua mwasukua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asukua wasukua
m-mi(III/IV) wasukua yasukua
ji-ma(V/VI) lasukua yasukua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasukua vyasukua
n(IX/X) yasukua zasukua
u(XI) wasukua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwasukua
pa(XVI) pasukua
mu(XVIII) mwasukua
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesukua
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshasukua
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasukua
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kisukua
"If not" positive subject concord + -siposukua
Consecutive kasukua / positive subject concord + -kasukua
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasukue
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nisukua -tusukua
2nd person -kusukua -wasukua/-kusukueni/-wasukueni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msukua -wasukua
m-mi(III/IV) -usukua -isukua
ji-ma(V/VI) -lisukua -yasukua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisukua -visukua
n(IX/X) -isukua -zisukua
u(XI) -usukua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kusukua
pa(XVI) -pasukua
mu(XVIII) -musukua
Reflexive -jisukua
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sukua- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -sukuaye -sukuao
m-mi(III/IV) -sukuao -sukuayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -sukualo -sukuayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sukuacho -sukuavyo
n(IX/X) -sukuayo -sukuazo
u(XI) -sukuao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -sukuako
pa(XVI) -sukuapo
mu(XVIII) -sukuamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sukua)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yesukua -osukua
m-mi(III/IV) -osukua -yosukua
ji-ma(V/VI) -losukua -yosukua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosukua -vyosukua
n(IX/X) -yosukua -zosukua
u(XI) -osukua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kosukua
pa(XVI) -posukua
mu(XVIII) -mosukua
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Yoruba

Súkúà tí ó ní àbíyá-agúngun mẹ́rin àti ìhà mẹ́rin tí ó dọ́gba.

Etymology

Borrowed from English square.

Pronunciation

Noun

súkúà

  1. (geometry) square (polygon with four equal sides and four right angles)
    Hypernyms: onígun-mẹ́rin (“rectangle, quadrilateral”), oníhàmẹ́rin (“quadrilateral”), orígun-púpọ̀ (“polygon”), paraló (“parallelogram”), rọ́bọ́ọ̀sì (“rhombus”)
    Coordinate terms: kátì (“kite”), tirapé (“trapezoid, trapezium”), onígun-mẹ́ta (“triangle”), onígun-márùn-ún (“pentagon”), onígun-mẹ́fà (“hexagon”), onígun-méje (“heptagon”), onígun-mẹ́jọ (“octagon”), onígun-mẹ́sàn-án (“nonagon”), onígun-mẹ́wàá (“decagon”), sákù (“circle”)
  2. (mathematics) square (product of a number multiplied by itself)

Derived terms

References

  • National Language Centre (1987) A Vocabulary of Primary Science and Mathematics in Nine Nigerian Languages, volumes 1 - Fulfilde, Izon and Yoruba, Enugu, Nigeria: Federal Ministry of Education National Language Centre; Fourth Dimension Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 121, 130
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