tapatapa

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Swahili

Verb

-tapatapa (infinitive kutapatapa)

  1. to fret
    • 1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu, page 5:
      "Lakini, bwana," alitapatapa Kasim kitini kwake, []
      "But Sir," Kasim fretted in his chair, 

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tapatapa
Positive present -natapatapa
Subjunctive -tapatape
Negative -tapatapi
Imperative singular tapatapa
Infinitives
Positive kutapatapa
Negative kutotapatapa
Imperatives
Singular tapatapa
Plural tapatapeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutapatapa
Positive past positive subject concord + -litapatapa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutapatapa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natapatapa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatapatapa/natapatapa tunatapatapa
2nd person unatapatapa mnatapatapa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatapatapa wanatapatapa
other classes positive subject concord + -natapatapa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tapatapi)
Singular Plural
1st person sitapatapi hatutapatapi
2nd person hutapatapi hamtapatapi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatapatapi hawatapatapi
other classes negative subject concord + -tapatapi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatapatapa
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatapatapa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tapatape)
Singular Plural
1st person nitapatape tutapatape
2nd person utapatape mtapatape
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atapatape watapatape
other classes positive subject concord + -tapatape
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitapatape
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetapatapa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetapatapa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitapatapa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitapatapa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atapatapa)
Singular Plural
1st person natapatapa twatapatapa
2nd person watapatapa mwatapatapa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atapatapa watapatapa
m-mi(III/IV) watapatapa yatapatapa
ji-ma(V/VI) latapatapa yatapatapa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatapatapa vyatapatapa
n(IX/X) yatapatapa zatapatapa
u(XI) watapatapa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatapatapa
pa(XVI) patapatapa
mu(XVIII) mwatapatapa
Perfect positive subject concord + -metapatapa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatapatapa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatapatapa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitapatapa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotapatapa
Consecutive katapatapa / positive subject concord + -katapatapa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katapatape
Object concord
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + -tapatapa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tapatapaye -tapatapao
m-mi(III/IV) -tapatapao -tapatapayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tapatapalo -tapatapayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tapatapacho -tapatapavyo
n(IX/X) -tapatapayo -tapatapazo
u(XI) -tapatapao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tapatapako
pa(XVI) -tapatapapo
mu(XVIII) -tapatapamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -tapatapa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetapatapa -otapatapa
m-mi(III/IV) -otapatapa -yotapatapa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotapatapa -yotapatapa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotapatapa -vyotapatapa
n(IX/X) -yotapatapa -zotapatapa
u(XI) -otapatapa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotapatapa
pa(XVI) -potapatapa
mu(XVIII) -motapatapa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.