tumia

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Finnish

Noun

tumia

  1. partitive plural of tuma

Anagrams

Swahili

Etymology

Applicative form of -tuma.

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tumia (infinitive kutumia)

  1. to use
  2. (of a person) to employ
  3. (of money) to spend

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tumia
Positive present -natumia
Subjunctive -tumie
Negative -tumii
Imperative singular tumia
Infinitives
Positive kutumia
Negative kutotumia
Imperatives
Singular tumia
Plural tumieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutumia
Positive past positive subject concord + -litumia
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutumia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natumia)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatumia/natumia tunatumia
2nd person unatumia mnatumia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatumia wanatumia
other classes positive subject concord + -natumia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tumii)
Singular Plural
1st person situmii hatutumii
2nd person hutumii hamtumii
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatumii hawatumii
other classes negative subject concord + -tumii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatumia
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatumia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tumie)
Singular Plural
1st person nitumie tutumie
2nd person utumie mtumie
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atumie watumie
other classes positive subject concord + -tumie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -situmie
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetumia
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetumia
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitumia
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitumia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atumia)
Singular Plural
1st person natumia twatumia
2nd person watumia mwatumia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atumia watumia
m-mi(III/IV) watumia yatumia
ji-ma(V/VI) latumia yatumia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatumia vyatumia
n(IX/X) yatumia zatumia
u(XI) watumia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatumia
pa(XVI) patumia
mu(XVIII) mwatumia
Perfect positive subject concord + -metumia
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatumia
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatumia
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitumia
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotumia
Consecutive katumia / positive subject concord + -katumia
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katumie
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitumia -tutumia
2nd person -kutumia -watumia/-kutumieni/-watumieni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtumia -watumia
m-mi(III/IV) -utumia -itumia
ji-ma(V/VI) -litumia -yatumia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitumia -vitumia
n(IX/X) -itumia -zitumia
u(XI) -utumia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutumia
pa(XVI) -patumia
mu(XVIII) -mutumia
Reflexive -jitumia
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tumia- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tumiaye -tumiao
m-mi(III/IV) -tumiao -tumiayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tumialo -tumiayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tumiacho -tumiavyo
n(IX/X) -tumiayo -tumiazo
u(XI) -tumiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tumiako
pa(XVI) -tumiapo
mu(XVIII) -tumiamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tumia)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetumia -otumia
m-mi(III/IV) -otumia -yotumia
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotumia -yotumia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotumia -vyotumia
n(IX/X) -yotumia -zotumia
u(XI) -otumia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotumia
pa(XVI) -potumia
mu(XVIII) -motumia
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