lisha

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْعِشَاء (al-ʕišāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lìː.ʃáː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [lìː.ʃáː]

Noun

lī̀shā f (possessed form lī̀shar̃)

1. (Islam) isha, the evening prayer

Alternative forms

• ī̀shā

Swahili

Etymology

Cognate with Nyole (Uganda) -liisa (“to feed”) Yao (Africa) -liisya (“to feed”), Tumbuka -lyeska (“to feed”), and Chichewa -dyetsa (“to feed”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-lisha (infinitive kulisha)

1. Causative form of -la: to feed

Conjugation

Conjugation of -lisha
Positive present -nalisha Subjunctive -lishe Negative -lishi Imperative singular lisha
Infinitives
Positive kulisha Negative kutolisha
Imperatives
Singular lisha Plural lisheni
Tensed forms
Habitual hulisha Positive past positive subject concord + -lilisha Negative past negative subject concord + -kulisha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nalisha) Singular Plural 1st person ninalisha/nalisha tunalisha 2nd person unalisha mnalisha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) analisha wanalisha other classes positive subject concord + -nalisha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -lishi) Singular Plural 1st person silishi hatulishi 2nd person hulishi hamlishi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) halishi hawalishi other classes negative subject concord + -lishi
Positive future positive subject concord + -talisha Negative future negative subject concord + -talisha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lishe) Singular Plural 1st person nilishe tulishe 2nd person ulishe mlishe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) alishe walishe other classes positive subject concord + -lishe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -silishe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngelisha Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singelisha Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalilisha Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalilisha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -alisha) Singular Plural 1st person nalisha twalisha 2nd person walisha mwalisha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) alisha walisha m-mi(III/IV) walisha yalisha ji-ma(V/VI) lalisha yalisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) chalisha vyalisha n(IX/X) yalisha zalisha u(XI) walisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwalisha pa(XVI) palisha mu(XVIII) mwalisha
Perfect positive subject concord + -melisha "Already" positive subject concord + -meshalisha "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jalisha "If/When" positive subject concord + -kilisha "If not" positive subject concord + -sipolisha Consecutive kalisha / positive subject concord + -kalisha Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kalishe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nilisha -tulisha 2nd person -kulisha -walisha/-kulisheni/-walisheni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mlisha -walisha m-mi(III/IV) -ulisha -ilisha ji-ma(V/VI) -lilisha -yalisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kilisha -vilisha n(IX/X) -ilisha -zilisha u(XI) -ulisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kulisha pa(XVI) -palisha mu(XVIII) -mulisha Reflexive -jilisha
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -lisha- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -lishaye -lishao m-mi(III/IV) -lishao -lishayo ji-ma(V/VI) -lishalo -lishayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -lishacho -lishavyo n(IX/X) -lishayo -lishazo u(XI) -lishao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -lishako pa(XVI) -lishapo mu(XVIII) -lishamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -lisha) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yelisha -olisha m-mi(III/IV) -olisha -yolisha ji-ma(V/VI) -lolisha -yolisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -cholisha -vyolisha n(IX/X) -yolisha -zolisha u(XI) -olisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kolisha pa(XVI) -polisha mu(XVIII) -molisha
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • lishe (“nutrition, diet”)
  • mlisha (“feeder”)
  • mlisho (“feed (Internet)”)
  • ulishaji (“feeding”)