tabiri

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَعْبِير (taʕbīr).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tabiri (infinitive kutabiri)

  1. to forecast

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tabiri
Positive present -natabiri
Subjunctive -tabiri
Negative -tabiri
Imperative singular tabiri
Infinitives
Positive kutabiri
Negative kutotabiri
Imperatives
Singular tabiri
Plural tabirini
Tensed forms
Habitual hutabiri
Positive past positive subject concord + -litabiri
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutabiri
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natabiri)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatabiri/natabiri tunatabiri
2nd person unatabiri mnatabiri
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatabiri wanatabiri
other classes positive subject concord + -natabiri
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tabiri)
Singular Plural
1st person sitabiri hatutabiri
2nd person hutabiri hamtabiri
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatabiri hawatabiri
other classes negative subject concord + -tabiri
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatabiri
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatabiri
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tabiri)
Singular Plural
1st person nitabiri tutabiri
2nd person utabiri mtabiri
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atabiri watabiri
other classes positive subject concord + -tabiri
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitabiri
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetabiri
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetabiri
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitabiri
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitabiri
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atabiri)
Singular Plural
1st person natabiri twatabiri
2nd person watabiri mwatabiri
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atabiri watabiri
m-mi(III/IV) watabiri yatabiri
ji-ma(V/VI) latabiri yatabiri
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatabiri vyatabiri
n(IX/X) yatabiri zatabiri
u(XI) watabiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatabiri
pa(XVI) patabiri
mu(XVIII) mwatabiri
Perfect positive subject concord + -metabiri
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatabiri
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatabiri
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitabiri
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotabiri
Consecutive katabiri / positive subject concord + -katabiri
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katabiri
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitabiri -tutabiri
2nd person -kutabiri -watabiri/-kutabirini/-watabirini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtabiri -watabiri
m-mi(III/IV) -utabiri -itabiri
ji-ma(V/VI) -litabiri -yatabiri
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitabiri -vitabiri
n(IX/X) -itabiri -zitabiri
u(XI) -utabiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutabiri
pa(XVI) -patabiri
mu(XVIII) -mutabiri
Reflexive -jitabiri
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tabiri- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tabiriye -tabirio
m-mi(III/IV) -tabirio -tabiriyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tabirilo -tabiriyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tabiricho -tabirivyo
n(IX/X) -tabiriyo -tabirizo
u(XI) -tabirio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tabiriko
pa(XVI) -tabiripo
mu(XVIII) -tabirimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tabiri)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetabiri -otabiri
m-mi(III/IV) -otabiri -yotabiri
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotabiri -yotabiri
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotabiri -vyotabiri
n(IX/X) -yotabiri -zotabiri
u(XI) -otabiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotabiri
pa(XVI) -potabiri
mu(XVIII) -motabiri
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 199 Nr. 1777
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