hurumia

Swahili

Etymology

From huruma (“mercy, compassion, pity, sympathy”) +‎ -ia (applicative suffix).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-hurumia (infinitive kuhurumia)

1. to take pity on, to sympathize with

Conjugation

Conjugation of -hurumia
Positive present -nahurumia Subjunctive -hurumie Negative -hurumii Imperative singular hurumia
Infinitives
Positive kuhurumia Negative kutohurumia
Imperatives
Singular hurumia Plural hurumieni
Tensed forms
Habitual huhurumia Positive past positive subject concord + -lihurumia Negative past negative subject concord + -kuhurumia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nahurumia) Singular Plural 1st person ninahurumia/nahurumia tunahurumia 2nd person unahurumia mnahurumia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anahurumia wanahurumia other classes positive subject concord + -nahurumia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -hurumii) Singular Plural 1st person sihurumii hatuhurumii 2nd person huhurumii hamhurumii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hahurumii hawahurumii other classes negative subject concord + -hurumii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tahurumia Negative future negative subject concord + -tahurumia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -hurumie) Singular Plural 1st person nihurumie tuhurumie 2nd person uhurumie mhurumie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahurumie wahurumie other classes positive subject concord + -hurumie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sihurumie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngehurumia Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singehurumia Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalihurumia Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalihurumia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ahurumia) Singular Plural 1st person nahurumia twahurumia 2nd person wahurumia mwahurumia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahurumia wahurumia m-mi(III/IV) wahurumia yahurumia ji-ma(V/VI) lahurumia yahurumia ki-vi(VII/VIII) chahurumia vyahurumia n(IX/X) yahurumia zahurumia u(XI) wahurumia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwahurumia pa(XVI) pahurumia mu(XVIII) mwahurumia
Perfect positive subject concord + -mehurumia "Already" positive subject concord + -meshahurumia "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jahurumia "If/When" positive subject concord + -kihurumia "If not" positive subject concord + -sipohurumia Consecutive kahurumia / positive subject concord + -kahurumia Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kahurumie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nihurumia -tuhurumia 2nd person -kuhurumia -wahurumia/-kuhurumieni/-wahurumieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mhurumia -wahurumia m-mi(III/IV) -uhurumia -ihurumia ji-ma(V/VI) -lihurumia -yahurumia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kihurumia -vihurumia n(IX/X) -ihurumia -zihurumia u(XI) -uhurumia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuhurumia pa(XVI) -pahurumia mu(XVIII) -muhurumia Reflexive -jihurumia
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -hurumia- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -hurumiaye -hurumiao m-mi(III/IV) -hurumiao -hurumiayo ji-ma(V/VI) -hurumialo -hurumiayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -hurumiacho -hurumiavyo n(IX/X) -hurumiayo -hurumiazo u(XI) -hurumiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -hurumiako pa(XVI) -hurumiapo mu(XVIII) -hurumiamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -hurumia) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yehurumia -ohurumia m-mi(III/IV) -ohurumia -yohurumia ji-ma(V/VI) -lohurumia -yohurumia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chohurumia -vyohurumia n(IX/X) -yohurumia -zohurumia u(XI) -ohurumia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kohurumia pa(XVI) -pohurumia mu(XVIII) -mohurumia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.