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anika (Arabic spelling ئانکا)
- alternative form of niha (“now”)
- Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “anika”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 8
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jánɪka (“to spread out to dry in the sun”).
-anika (infinitive kuanika)
- to put out to dry, to spread out to dry
| Conjugation of -anika
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| Positive present
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-naanika
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| Subjunctive
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-anike
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| Negative
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-aniki
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| Imperative singular
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anika
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| Infinitives
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| Imperatives
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| Tensed forms
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| Habitual
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huanika
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| Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lianika
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| Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuanika
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -naanika)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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ninaanika/naanika
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tunaanika
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| 2nd person
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unaanika
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mnaanika
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anaanika
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wanaanika
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -naanika
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -aniki)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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sianiki
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hatuaniki
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| 2nd person
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huaniki
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hamwaniki
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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haaniki
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hawaaniki
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| other classes
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negative subject concord + -aniki
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| Positive future
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positive subject concord + -taanika
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| Negative future
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negative subject concord + -taanika
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -anike)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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nianike
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tuanike
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| 2nd person
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uanike
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mwanike
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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aanike
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waanike
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -anike
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| Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sianike
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| Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngeanika
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| Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singeanika
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| Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalianika
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| Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalianika
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| Perfect
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positive subject concord + -meanika
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| "Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshaanika
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| "Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jaanika
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| "If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kianika
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| "If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipoanika
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| Consecutive
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kaanika / positive subject concord + -kaanika
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| Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kaanike
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| 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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Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jánɪka (“to spread to dry - zone N”)
-anika (infinitive kwanika)
- to spread out to dry (clothes, flour)
- William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary[1], Central Africana Limited, pages 3, 260