egemea

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Pronunciation

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Verb

-egemea (infinitive kuegemea)

1. to lean on, to rest on

Conjugation

Conjugation of -egemea
Positive present -naegemea Subjunctive -egemee Negative -egemei Imperative singular egemea
Infinitives
Positive kuegemea Negative kutoegemea
Imperatives
Singular egemea Plural egemeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huegemea Positive past positive subject concord + -liegemea Negative past negative subject concord + -kuegemea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naegemea) Singular Plural 1st person ninaegemea/naegemea tunaegemea 2nd person unaegemea mnaegemea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaegemea wanaegemea other classes positive subject concord + -naegemea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -egemei) Singular Plural 1st person siegemei hatuegemei 2nd person huegemei hamwegemei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haegemei hawaegemei other classes negative subject concord + -egemei
Positive future positive subject concord + -taegemea Negative future negative subject concord + -taegemea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -egemee) Singular Plural 1st person niegemee tuegemee 2nd person uegemee mwegemee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aegemee waegemee other classes positive subject concord + -egemee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siegemee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeegemea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeegemea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliegemea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliegemea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aegemea) Singular Plural 1st person naegemea twaegemea 2nd person waegemea mwaegemea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aegemea waegemea m-mi(III/IV) waegemea yaegemea ji-ma(V/VI) laegemea yaegemea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaegemea vyaegemea n(IX/X) yaegemea zaegemea u(XI) waegemea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaegemea pa(XVI) paegemea mu(XVIII) mwaegemea
Perfect positive subject concord + -meegemea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaegemea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaegemea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiegemea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoegemea Consecutive kaegemea / positive subject concord + -kaegemea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaegemee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niegemea -tuegemea 2nd person -kuegemea -waegemea/-kuegemeeni/-waegemeeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwegemea -waegemea m-mi(III/IV) -uegemea -iegemea ji-ma(V/VI) -liegemea -yaegemea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiegemea -viegemea n(IX/X) -iegemea -ziegemea u(XI) -uegemea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuegemea pa(XVI) -paegemea mu(XVIII) -muegemea Reflexive -jiegemea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -egemea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -egemeaye -egemeao m-mi(III/IV) -egemeao -egemeayo ji-ma(V/VI) -egemealo -egemeayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -egemeacho -egemeavyo n(IX/X) -egemeayo -egemeazo u(XI) -egemeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -egemeako pa(XVI) -egemeapo mu(XVIII) -egemeamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -egemea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeegemea -oegemea m-mi(III/IV) -oegemea -yoegemea ji-ma(V/VI) -loegemea -yoegemea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choegemea -vyoegemea n(IX/X) -yoegemea -zoegemea u(XI) -oegemea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koegemea pa(XVI) -poegemea mu(XVIII) -moegemea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -egemeza

• Nominal derivations:
  • egemeo (“support, fulcrum”)