Borrowed from Arabic عِزّ (ʕizz).
enzi (n class, plural enzi)
- power, might, dominion, rule
- age, era
-enzi (infinitive kuenzi)
- to inaugurate, invest power in; exalt, glorify
Conjugation of -enzi
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Positive present
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-naenzi
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Subjunctive
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-enzi
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Negative
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-enzi
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Imperative singular
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enzi
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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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huenzi
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lienzi
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuenzi
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -naenzi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninaenzi/naenzi
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tunaenzi
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2nd person
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unaenzi
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mnaenzi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anaenzi
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wanaenzi
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -naenzi
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -enzi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sienzi
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hatuenzi
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2nd person
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huenzi
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hamwenzi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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haenzi
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hawaenzi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -enzi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -taenzi
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -taenzi
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -enzi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nienzi
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tuenzi
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2nd person
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uenzi
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mwenzi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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aenzi
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waenzi
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -enzi
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sienzi
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngeenzi
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singeenzi
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalienzi
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalienzi
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -meenzi
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshaenzi
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jaenzi
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kienzi
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipoenzi
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Consecutive
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kaenzi / positive subject concord + -kaenzi
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kaenzi
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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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