From Portuguese batizar .
IPA (key ) : /ɓaˈti.za/ , /ɓaˈti.zá/
-batiza (infinitive kubátiza )
to baptize
batiza
Romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌶𐌰
From Portuguese baptizar .
batiza
( Sotavento ) baptize , christen
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batiza
inflection of batizar :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Borrowed from Portuguese batizar [ 1] or English baptize .[ 2]
-batiza (infinitive kubatiza )
to baptize
Conjugation of -batiza
Positive present
-na batiza
Subjunctive
-batize
Negative
-batizi
Imperative singular
batiza
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
hubatiza
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li batiza
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku batiza
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na batiza)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni nabatiza/na batiza
tu nabatiza
2nd person
u nabatiza
m nabatiza
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a nabatiza
wa nabatiza
other classes
positive subject concord + -na batiza
Negative present (negative subject concord + -batizi )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si batizi
hatu batizi
2nd person
hu batizi
ham batizi
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha batizi
hawa batizi
other classes
negative subject concord + -batizi
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta batiza
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta batiza
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -batize )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni batize
tu batize
2nd person
u batize
m batize
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a batize
wa batize
other classes
positive subject concord + -batize
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si batize
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge batiza
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe batiza
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali batiza
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali batiza
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me batiza
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha batiza
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja batiza
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki batiza
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo batiza
Consecutive
kabatiza / positive subject concord + -ka batiza
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka batize
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
^ Harvey, Andrew (2014 ) “Epenthetic Vowels in Swahili Loanwords ”, in Journal of Linguistics and Language in Education [1] , volume 8, number 2, page 44 of 17-45: “origin is more likely to be Pt. "batizar" ”
^ Batibo, Herman M. (2002 ) “The Evolution of the Kiswahili Syllable Structure”, in South African Journal of African Language [2] , volume 22 , number 1, →DOI , page 5 of 1-10