fiwa

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Noun

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fiwa

  1. loquat

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-fiwa (infinitive kufiwa)

  1. Passive form of -fa: to mourn, be bereaved

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -fiwa
Positive present -nafiwa
Subjunctive -fiwe
Negative -fiwi
Imperative singular fiwa
Infinitives
Positive kufiwa
Negative kutofiwa
Imperatives
Singular fiwa
Plural fiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufiwa
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifiwa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufiwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafiwa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafiwa/nafiwa tunafiwa
2nd person unafiwa mnafiwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafiwa wanafiwa
other classes positive subject concord + -nafiwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fiwi)
Singular Plural
1st person sifiwi hatufiwi
2nd person hufiwi hamfiwi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafiwi hawafiwi
other classes negative subject concord + -fiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafiwa
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafiwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fiwe)
Singular Plural
1st person nifiwe tufiwe
2nd person ufiwe mfiwe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afiwe wafiwe
other classes positive subject concord + -fiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifiwe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefiwa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefiwa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifiwa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifiwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afiwa)
Singular Plural
1st person nafiwa twafiwa
2nd person wafiwa mwafiwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afiwa wafiwa
m-mi(III/IV) wafiwa yafiwa
ji-ma(V/VI) lafiwa yafiwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafiwa vyafiwa
n(IX/X) yafiwa zafiwa
u(XI) wafiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafiwa
pa(XVI) pafiwa
mu(XVIII) mwafiwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefiwa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafiwa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafiwa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifiwa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofiwa
Consecutive kafiwa / positive subject concord + -kafiwa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafiwe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifiwa -tufiwa
2nd person -kufiwa -wafiwa/-kufiweni/-wafiweni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfiwa -wafiwa
m-mi(III/IV) -ufiwa -ifiwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifiwa -yafiwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifiwa -vifiwa
n(IX/X) -ifiwa -zifiwa
u(XI) -ufiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufiwa
pa(XVI) -pafiwa
mu(XVIII) -mufiwa
Reflexive -jifiwa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fiwa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -fiwaye -fiwao
m-mi(III/IV) -fiwao -fiwayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -fiwalo -fiwayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fiwacho -fiwavyo
n(IX/X) -fiwayo -fiwazo
u(XI) -fiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -fiwako
pa(XVI) -fiwapo
mu(XVIII) -fiwamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fiwa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefiwa -ofiwa
m-mi(III/IV) -ofiwa -yofiwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofiwa -yofiwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofiwa -vyofiwa
n(IX/X) -yofiwa -zofiwa
u(XI) -ofiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofiwa
pa(XVI) -pofiwa
mu(XVIII) -mofiwa
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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