tibua

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Swahili

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is this the conversive of -tibu or is that too farfetched?”)

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-tibua (infinitive kutibua)

  1. to provoke, stir up

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -tibua
Positive present -natibua
Subjunctive -tibue
Negative -tibui
Imperative singular tibua
Infinitives
Positive kutibua
Negative kutotibua
Imperatives
Singular tibua
Plural tibueni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutibua
Positive past positive subject concord + -litibua
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutibua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natibua)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatibua/natibua tunatibua
2nd person unatibua mnatibua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatibua wanatibua
other classes positive subject concord + -natibua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tibui)
Singular Plural
1st person sitibui hatutibui
2nd person hutibui hamtibui
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatibui hawatibui
other classes negative subject concord + -tibui
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatibua
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatibua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tibue)
Singular Plural
1st person nitibue tutibue
2nd person utibue mtibue
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atibue watibue
other classes positive subject concord + -tibue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitibue
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetibua
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetibua
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitibua
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitibua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atibua)
Singular Plural
1st person natibua twatibua
2nd person watibua mwatibua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atibua watibua
m-mi(III/IV) watibua yatibua
ji-ma(V/VI) latibua yatibua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatibua vyatibua
n(IX/X) yatibua zatibua
u(XI) watibua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatibua
pa(XVI) patibua
mu(XVIII) mwatibua
Perfect positive subject concord + -metibua
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatibua
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatibua
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitibua
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotibua
Consecutive katibua / positive subject concord + -katibua
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katibue
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitibua -tutibua
2nd person -kutibua -watibua/-kutibueni/-watibueni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtibua -watibua
m-mi(III/IV) -utibua -itibua
ji-ma(V/VI) -litibua -yatibua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitibua -vitibua
n(IX/X) -itibua -zitibua
u(XI) -utibua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutibua
pa(XVI) -patibua
mu(XVIII) -mutibua
Reflexive -jitibua
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tibua- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tibuaye -tibuao
m-mi(III/IV) -tibuao -tibuayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tibualo -tibuayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tibuacho -tibuavyo
n(IX/X) -tibuayo -tibuazo
u(XI) -tibuao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tibuako
pa(XVI) -tibuapo
mu(XVIII) -tibuamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tibua)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetibua -otibua
m-mi(III/IV) -otibua -yotibua
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotibua -yotibua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotibua -vyotibua
n(IX/X) -yotibua -zotibua
u(XI) -otibua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotibua
pa(XVI) -potibua
mu(XVIII) -motibua
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.