uza

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See also: uža and uża

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French user, Latin usare.

Verb

a uza (third-person singular present uzează, past participle uzat) 1st conj.

  1. to use, utilize, make use of
    Synonyms: folosi, utiliza
  2. to wear out, wear away

Conjugation

    conjugation of uza (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a uza
gerund uzând
past participle uzat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present uzez uzezi uzează uzăm uzați uzează
imperfect uzam uzai uza uzam uzați uzau
simple perfect uzai uzași uză uzarăm uzarăți uzară
pluperfect uzasem uzaseși uzase uzaserăm uzaserăți uzaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să uzez să uzezi să uzeze să uzăm să uzați să uzeze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative uzează uzați
negative nu uza nu uzați

Derived terms

Related terms

Serbo-Croatian

Preposition

uza (Cyrillic spelling уза)

  1. Alternative form of uz.

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-uza (infinitive kuuza)

  1. to sell

Conjugation

Conjugation of -uza
Positive present -nauza
Subjunctive -uze
Negative -uzi
Imperative singular uza
Infinitives
Positive kuuza
Negative kutouza
Imperatives
Singular uza
Plural uzeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huuza
Positive past positive subject concord + -liuza
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuuza
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nauza)
Singular Plural
1st person ninauza/nauza tunauza
2nd person unauza mnauza
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anauza wanauza
other classes positive subject concord + -nauza
Negative present (negative subject concord + -uzi)
Singular Plural
1st person siuzi hatuuzi
2nd person huuzi hamuuzi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hauzi hawauzi
other classes negative subject concord + -uzi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tauza
Negative future negative subject concord + -tauza
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -uze)
Singular Plural
1st person niuze tuuze
2nd person uuze muuze
3rd person m-wa(I/II) auze wauze
other classes positive subject concord + -uze
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siuze
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeuza
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeuza
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliuza
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliuza
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -auza)
Singular Plural
1st person nauza twauza
2nd person wauza mwauza
3rd person m-wa(I/II) auza wauza
m-mi(III/IV) wauza yauza
ji-ma(V/VI) lauza yauza
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chauza vyauza
n(IX/X) yauza zauza
u(XI) wauza see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwauza
pa(XVI) pauza
mu(XVIII) mwauza
Perfect positive subject concord + -meuza
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshauza
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jauza
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiuza
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipouza
Consecutive kauza / positive subject concord + -kauza
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kauze
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -niuza -tuuza
2nd person -kuuza -wauza/-kuuzeni/-wauzeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -muuza -wauza
m-mi(III/IV) -uuza -iuza
ji-ma(V/VI) -liuza -yauza
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiuza -viuza
n(IX/X) -iuza -ziuza
u(XI) -uuza see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuuza
pa(XVI) -pauza
mu(XVIII) -muuza
Reflexive -jiuza
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -uza- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -uzaye -uzao
m-mi(III/IV) -uzao -uzayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -uzalo -uzayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -uzacho -uzavyo
n(IX/X) -uzayo -uzazo
u(XI) -uzao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -uzako
pa(XVI) -uzapo
mu(XVIII) -uzamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -uza)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeuza -ouza
m-mi(III/IV) -ouza -youza
ji-ma(V/VI) -louza -youza
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chouza -vyouza
n(IX/X) -youza -zouza
u(XI) -ouza see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kouza
pa(XVI) -pouza
mu(XVIII) -mouza
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Edekiri *ʊ̀-cà, ultimately from Proto-Yoruba *ʊ̀-cà.

Pronunciation

Noun

ùzà

  1. (Ào) Alternative form of ùṣà (“a type of clay pot”)
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