zabuni

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic .

Pronunciation

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Noun

zabuni (n class, plural zabuni)

  1. bid, tender

Derived terms

Verb

-zabuni (infinitive kuzabuni)

  1. to bid, tender

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zabuni
Positive present -nazabuni
Subjunctive -zabuni
Negative -zabuni
Imperative singular zabuni
Infinitives
Positive kuzabuni
Negative kutozabuni
Imperatives
Singular zabuni
Plural zabunini
Tensed forms
Habitual huzabuni
Positive past positive subject concord + -lizabuni
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzabuni
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazabuni)
Singular Plural
1st person ninazabuni/nazabuni tunazabuni
2nd person unazabuni mnazabuni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazabuni wanazabuni
other classes positive subject concord + -nazabuni
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zabuni)
Singular Plural
1st person sizabuni hatuzabuni
2nd person huzabuni hamzabuni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazabuni hawazabuni
other classes negative subject concord + -zabuni
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazabuni
Negative future negative subject concord + -tazabuni
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zabuni)
Singular Plural
1st person nizabuni tuzabuni
2nd person uzabuni mzabuni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azabuni wazabuni
other classes positive subject concord + -zabuni
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizabuni
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezabuni
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezabuni
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizabuni
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizabuni
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azabuni)
Singular Plural
1st person nazabuni twazabuni
2nd person wazabuni mwazabuni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azabuni wazabuni
m-mi(III/IV) wazabuni yazabuni
ji-ma(V/VI) lazabuni yazabuni
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazabuni vyazabuni
n(IX/X) yazabuni zazabuni
u(XI) wazabuni see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwazabuni
pa(XVI) pazabuni
mu(XVIII) mwazabuni
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezabuni
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshazabuni
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazabuni
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kizabuni
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipozabuni
Consecutive kazabuni / positive subject concord + -kazabuni
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazabuni
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nizabuni -tuzabuni
2nd person -kuzabuni -wazabuni/-kuzabunini/-wazabunini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzabuni -wazabuni
m-mi(III/IV) -uzabuni -izabuni
ji-ma(V/VI) -lizabuni -yazabuni
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizabuni -vizabuni
n(IX/X) -izabuni -zizabuni
u(XI) -uzabuni see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuzabuni
pa(XVI) -pazabuni
mu(XVIII) -muzabuni
Reflexive -jizabuni
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zabuni- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -zabuniye -zabunio
m-mi(III/IV) -zabunio -zabuniyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -zabunilo -zabuniyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zabunicho -zabunivyo
n(IX/X) -zabuniyo -zabunizo
u(XI) -zabunio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -zabuniko
pa(XVI) -zabunipo
mu(XVIII) -zabunimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zabuni)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yezabuni -ozabuni
m-mi(III/IV) -ozabuni -yozabuni
ji-ma(V/VI) -lozabuni -yozabuni
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozabuni -vyozabuni
n(IX/X) -yozabuni -zozabuni
u(XI) -ozabuni see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kozabuni
pa(XVI) -pozabuni
mu(XVIII) -mozabuni
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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