kithiri

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَثُرَ (kaṯura).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-kithiri (infinitive kukithiri)

1. to increase by a large amount
2. to surpass

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kithiri
Positive present -nakithiri Subjunctive -kithiri Negative -kithiri Imperative singular kithiri
Infinitives
Positive kukithiri Negative kutokithiri
Imperatives
Singular kithiri Plural kithirini
Tensed forms
Habitual hukithiri Positive past positive subject concord + -likithiri Negative past negative subject concord + -kukithiri
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakithiri) Singular Plural 1st person ninakithiri/nakithiri tunakithiri 2nd person unakithiri mnakithiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakithiri wanakithiri other classes positive subject concord + -nakithiri
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kithiri) Singular Plural 1st person sikithiri hatukithiri 2nd person hukithiri hamkithiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakithiri hawakithiri other classes negative subject concord + -kithiri
Positive future positive subject concord + -takithiri Negative future negative subject concord + -takithiri
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kithiri) Singular Plural 1st person nikithiri tukithiri 2nd person ukithiri mkithiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akithiri wakithiri other classes positive subject concord + -kithiri
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikithiri Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekithiri Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekithiri Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikithiri Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikithiri
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akithiri) Singular Plural 1st person nakithiri twakithiri 2nd person wakithiri mwakithiri 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akithiri wakithiri m-mi(III/IV) wakithiri yakithiri ji-ma(V/VI) lakithiri yakithiri ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakithiri vyakithiri n(IX/X) yakithiri zakithiri u(XI) wakithiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakithiri pa(XVI) pakithiri mu(XVIII) mwakithiri
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekithiri "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakithiri "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakithiri "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikithiri "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokithiri Consecutive kakithiri / positive subject concord + -kakithiri Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakithiri
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nikithiri -tukithiri 2nd person -kukithiri -wakithiri/-kukithirini/-wakithirini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkithiri -wakithiri m-mi(III/IV) -ukithiri -ikithiri ji-ma(V/VI) -likithiri -yakithiri ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikithiri -vikithiri n(IX/X) -ikithiri -zikithiri u(XI) -ukithiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kukithiri pa(XVI) -pakithiri mu(XVIII) -mukithiri Reflexive -jikithiri
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kithiri- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kithiriye -kithirio m-mi(III/IV) -kithirio -kithiriyo ji-ma(V/VI) -kithirilo -kithiriyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kithiricho -kithirivyo n(IX/X) -kithiriyo -kithirizo u(XI) -kithirio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kithiriko pa(XVI) -kithiripo mu(XVIII) -kithirimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kithiri) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekithiri -okithiri m-mi(III/IV) -okithiri -yokithiri ji-ma(V/VI) -lokithiri -yokithiri ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokithiri -vyokithiri n(IX/X) -yokithiri -zokithiri u(XI) -okithiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokithiri pa(XVI) -pokithiri mu(XVIII) -mokithiri
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.