hadaa

Beaver

Noun

hadaa

1. moose

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَدَعَ (ḵadaʕa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-hadaa (infinitive kuhadaa)

1. to deceive, cheat

Conjugation

Conjugation of -hadaa
Positive present -nahadaa Subjunctive -hadae Negative -hadai Imperative singular hadaa
Infinitives
Positive kuhadaa Negative kutohadaa
Imperatives
Singular hadaa Plural hadaeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huhadaa Positive past positive subject concord + -lihadaa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuhadaa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nahadaa) Singular Plural 1st person ninahadaa/nahadaa tunahadaa 2nd person unahadaa mnahadaa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anahadaa wanahadaa other classes positive subject concord + -nahadaa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -hadai) Singular Plural 1st person sihadai hatuhadai 2nd person huhadai hamhadai 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hahadai hawahadai other classes negative subject concord + -hadai
Positive future positive subject concord + -tahadaa Negative future negative subject concord + -tahadaa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -hadae) Singular Plural 1st person nihadae tuhadae 2nd person uhadae mhadae 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahadae wahadae other classes positive subject concord + -hadae
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sihadae Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngehadaa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singehadaa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalihadaa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalihadaa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ahadaa) Singular Plural 1st person nahadaa twahadaa 2nd person wahadaa mwahadaa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahadaa wahadaa m-mi(III/IV) wahadaa yahadaa ji-ma(V/VI) lahadaa yahadaa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chahadaa vyahadaa n(IX/X) yahadaa zahadaa u(XI) wahadaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwahadaa pa(XVI) pahadaa mu(XVIII) mwahadaa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mehadaa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshahadaa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jahadaa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kihadaa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipohadaa Consecutive kahadaa / positive subject concord + -kahadaa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kahadae
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nihadaa -tuhadaa 2nd person -kuhadaa -wahadaa/-kuhadaeni/-wahadaeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mhadaa -wahadaa m-mi(III/IV) -uhadaa -ihadaa ji-ma(V/VI) -lihadaa -yahadaa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kihadaa -vihadaa n(IX/X) -ihadaa -zihadaa u(XI) -uhadaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuhadaa pa(XVI) -pahadaa mu(XVIII) -muhadaa Reflexive -jihadaa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -hadaa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -hadaaye -hadaao m-mi(III/IV) -hadaao -hadaayo ji-ma(V/VI) -hadaalo -hadaayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -hadaacho -hadaavyo n(IX/X) -hadaayo -hadaazo u(XI) -hadaao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -hadaako pa(XVI) -hadaapo mu(XVIII) -hadaamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -hadaa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yehadaa -ohadaa m-mi(III/IV) -ohadaa -yohadaa ji-ma(V/VI) -lohadaa -yohadaa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chohadaa -vyohadaa n(IX/X) -yohadaa -zohadaa u(XI) -ohadaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kohadaa pa(XVI) -pohadaa mu(XVIII) -mohadaa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.