kusudi

Swahili

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic قَصَدَ‎ (qaṣada, “to intend”).

Verb

-kusudi (infinitive kukusudi)

1. to intend

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kusudi
Positive present -nakusudi Subjunctive -kusudi Negative -kusudi Imperative singular kusudi
Infinitives
Positive kukusudi Negative kutokusudi
Imperatives
Singular kusudi Plural kusudini
Tensed forms
Habitual hukusudi Positive past positive subject concord + -likusudi Negative past negative subject concord + -kukusudi
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakusudi) Singular Plural 1st person ninakusudi/nakusudi tunakusudi 2nd person unakusudi mnakusudi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakusudi wanakusudi other classes positive subject concord + -nakusudi
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kusudi) Singular Plural 1st person sikusudi hatukusudi 2nd person hukusudi hamkusudi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakusudi hawakusudi other classes negative subject concord + -kusudi
Positive future positive subject concord + -takusudi Negative future negative subject concord + -takusudi
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kusudi) Singular Plural 1st person nikusudi tukusudi 2nd person ukusudi mkusudi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akusudi wakusudi other classes positive subject concord + -kusudi
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikusudi Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekusudi Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekusudi Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikusudi Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikusudi
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akusudi) Singular Plural 1st person nakusudi twakusudi 2nd person wakusudi mwakusudi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akusudi wakusudi m-mi(III/IV) wakusudi yakusudi ji-ma(V/VI) lakusudi yakusudi ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakusudi vyakusudi n(IX/X) yakusudi zakusudi u(XI) wakusudi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakusudi pa(XVI) pakusudi mu(XVIII) mwakusudi
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekusudi "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakusudi "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakusudi "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikusudi "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokusudi Consecutive kakusudi / positive subject concord + -kakusudi Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakusudi
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nikusudi -tukusudi 2nd person -kukusudi -wakusudi/-kukusudini/-wakusudini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkusudi -wakusudi m-mi(III/IV) -ukusudi -ikusudi ji-ma(V/VI) -likusudi -yakusudi ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikusudi -vikusudi n(IX/X) -ikusudi -zikusudi u(XI) -ukusudi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kukusudi pa(XVI) -pakusudi mu(XVIII) -mukusudi Reflexive -jikusudi
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kusudi- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kusudiye -kusudio m-mi(III/IV) -kusudio -kusudiyo ji-ma(V/VI) -kusudilo -kusudiyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kusudicho -kusudivyo n(IX/X) -kusudiyo -kusudizo u(XI) -kusudio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kusudiko pa(XVI) -kusudipo mu(XVIII) -kusudimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kusudi) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekusudi -okusudi m-mi(III/IV) -okusudi -yokusudi ji-ma(V/VI) -lokusudi -yokusudi ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokusudi -vyokusudi n(IX/X) -yokusudi -zokusudi u(XI) -okusudi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokusudi pa(XVI) -pokusudi mu(XVIII) -mokusudi
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:
  • Applicative: -kusudia
  • Causative: -kusudisha
  • Passive: -kusudiwa
  • Reciprocal: -kusudiana
  • Stative: -kusudika

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic قَصْد‎ (qaṣd).

Noun

kusudi (ma class, plural makusudi)

1. purpose, intention

Derived terms

• kwa kusudi

References

• Baldi, Sergio (2009), “Swahili”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 4, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 385