abiri

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Latin

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Verb

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abīrī

  1. present passive infinitive of abeō

Swahili

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Etymology

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From Arabic عَبَرَ (ʕabara).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɑɓiri/
  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-abiri (infinitive kuabiri)

  1. to cross (a place), travel

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -abiri
Positive present -naabiri
Subjunctive -abiri
Negative -abiri
Imperative singular abiri
Infinitives
Positive kuabiri
Negative kutoabiri
Imperatives
Singular abiri
Plural abirini
Tensed forms
Habitual huabiri
Positive past positive subject concord + -liabiri
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuabiri
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naabiri)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaabiri/naabiri tunaabiri
2nd person unaabiri mnaabiri
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaabiri wanaabiri
other classes positive subject concord + -naabiri
Negative present (negative subject concord + -abiri)
Singular Plural
1st person siabiri hatuabiri
2nd person huabiri hamwabiri
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haabiri hawaabiri
other classes negative subject concord + -abiri
Positive future positive subject concord + -taabiri
Negative future negative subject concord + -taabiri
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -abiri)
Singular Plural
1st person niabiri tuabiri
2nd person uabiri mwabiri
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aabiri waabiri
other classes positive subject concord + -abiri
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siabiri
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeabiri
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeabiri
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliabiri
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliabiri
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aabiri)
Singular Plural
1st person naabiri twaabiri
2nd person waabiri mwaabiri
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aabiri waabiri
m-mi(III/IV) waabiri yaabiri
ji-ma(V/VI) laabiri yaabiri
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaabiri vyaabiri
n(IX/X) yaabiri zaabiri
u(XI) waabiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaabiri
pa(XVI) paabiri
mu(XVIII) mwaabiri
Perfect positive subject concord + -meabiri
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaabiri
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaabiri
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiabiri
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoabiri
Consecutive kaabiri / positive subject concord + -kaabiri
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaabiri
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -niabiri -tuabiri
2nd person -kuabiri -waabiri/-kuabirini/-waabirini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwabiri -waabiri
m-mi(III/IV) -uabiri -iabiri
ji-ma(V/VI) -liabiri -yaabiri
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiabiri -viabiri
n(IX/X) -iabiri -ziabiri
u(XI) -uabiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuabiri
pa(XVI) -paabiri
mu(XVIII) -muabiri
Reflexive -jiabiri
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -abiri- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -abiriye -abirio
m-mi(III/IV) -abirio -abiriyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -abirilo -abiriyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -abiricho -abirivyo
n(IX/X) -abiriyo -abirizo
u(XI) -abirio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -abiriko
pa(XVI) -abiripo
mu(XVIII) -abirimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -abiri)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeabiri -oabiri
m-mi(III/IV) -oabiri -yoabiri
ji-ma(V/VI) -loabiri -yoabiri
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choabiri -vyoabiri
n(IX/X) -yoabiri -zoabiri
u(XI) -oabiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koabiri
pa(XVI) -poabiri
mu(XVIII) -moabiri
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 198 Nr. 1775

Further reading

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  • abiri in Swahili Oxford Living Dictionaries, Oxford University Press

Tooro

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Tooro numbers (edit)
200[a], [b]
 ←  10  ←  19 20 21  →  30  → [a], [b]
2[a], [b]
    Cardinal: makumi abiri, abiri
    Ordinal: -a makumi abiri

Etymology

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Sense 2 is a clipping of makumi abiri (twenty).

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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abiri

  1. class 6 form of -biri (two)
  2. twenty

Usage notes

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  • Sense 2 (twenty) cannot not used when a class 6 noun precedes it, in which case it means "two". makumi abiri is used instead.

Zaghawa

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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abiri

  1. lips

References

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